Screenshots
Watch trailer on Steam ↗Markus Ritter - Ghosts Of The Past
Flimmersoft · Published by Flimmersoft · Official site ↗
Content notice: Contains mild violance and death scenes.
Very Positive — 93% positive (55 reviews) · 29 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
In front of you lies a classic FMV point and click adventure game. Can you stop a serial killer who is murdering his way through Vienna? Experience a week in the life of Markus Ritter, who really just wants to lie on the couch at home, but suddenly has to juggle a job, love and the supernatural.
DJCTQ 14
£7.15
Lowest price we've ever recorded
View on SteamPrices can lag the live Steam store — always confirm before buying.
£7.15
Price history
3 Sept 2026Lowest: £7.15 · Highest: £7.159 Oct 2026
Action, Adventure, Indie · 2023 · More £5 - £15 games
Embark on Markus Ritter’s haunted journey through Vienna as you piece together clues to thwart a serial murderer. Navigate his chaotic week filled with supernatural encounters, work, and romance.
About this game
What can you expect?
We affectionately call it "queer cheesy trash". The 90s FMVs had their own charm and that included exaggerated acting, exaggerated characters and a penchant for hoarding items. We want to get back to that.
- 100% FMV Point and Click Adventure Game
- 2 alternating playable main characters
- 15 different playable locations in Austria
- 13 interactive NPCs
- classic point and click puzzles!
Story
Markus was recently a pretty normal average guy. He has no particular ambitions in life and keeps his head above water as a photographer of photo books of questionable quality. But when he is plagued by nightmares, he starts to investigate. And a letter addressed to him, but with the wrong surname, changes his life completely.
The blood of a time-honored family of Shadowhunters beats in his heart. And with it comes a responsibility to his fellow man. For the Shadowhunters are destined to fight demonic beings, so-called 'shadows'. One such monster is currently killing in Vienna and has already claimed countless victims. Will Markus be up to the task?
But not only the supernatural plagues our young Shadowhunter. His publisher has big plans for a book that Markus himself hasn't even written. Will his presence in the public eye be advantageous, or will it hinder his existence as a Shadowhunter?
Then there's also his love life, which takes off at a most inconvenient time. There's Claudia, the secretary, but also Ludwig, the charismatic digital designer.
And then there's Ro. A young woman who suddenly appears everywhere the shadow is. What's the story behind her?
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Dual Core
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GT 220
- Storage: 10 GB available space
Recommended
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 10
Supported Languages
English*, German*
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Big Visual Overhaul
Hello everyone, We have been hard at work the last few months and overhauled the whole game. First of all, we fixed a lot of audio differences between the locations and scenes! That was one of the bigger feedback points from the community. A more apparent change though, is that we changed most of the visuals to fit our vision of the scenes and the mood more. It also is more stylized that way and we are very happy how it turned out. We also did some minor bug fixes. The update is perfectly on time with the Summer-Sale! We hope you have fun playing! I hope you enjoy our revised version of the game! Kind Regards, Flimmersoft.Read full article on Community Announcements (《TE》Mr. Green)AnnouncementsOfficial
Author-Playthrough on Twitch
Today at 10:30 am CET the Author and main protagonist of Ghosts of the Past will Stream the game the first time on his Twitch Channel. The Stream will be held in german language. We will though record another playthrough of both producers playing the game and talking about it on YouTube soon in English! If you have questions about the game/story/characters, come and join the stream today.Read full article on Community Announcements (IsakuCosplay)Patch NotesOfficial
Patchnotes
Bugs fixed: We fixed issues with the dialogue showing up twice or not at all in certain areas. Quality of life update: We added a skip button to the puzzles to make the game more accessible. We have reworked all newspapers to make them easier to read. What will come up next: We are working on an update regarding audio and color grading. Thank you all for your patience and support! Michael & Paul Team FlimmersoftRead full article on Community Announcements (《TE》Mr. Green)Patch NotesOfficial
Minor Update
We again fixed some smaller bugs, and also fixed an issue blocking two achievements, "Mirror Mirror" and "Not without my coffee" should now be achievable. Thank you for your patience. Kind Regards FlimmersoftRead full article on Community Announcements (《TE》Mr. Green)Patch NotesOfficial
Bug Fixes
We fixed a few minor bugs, regarding inventory and interaction issues. The issues for demo player where the language settings are broken, should also be fixed now for all new players, for anyone who still has issues regarding language settings: we pinned a post in the community hub with a fix. Thank you all for your understanding that this is our first big release and that we still needed to polish a few things. Kind Regards FlimmersoftRead full article on Community Announcements (《TE》Mr. Green)
