Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair vs Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is an action-adventure horror game from Spike Chunsoft (2012) while Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is an action-adventure puzzle game from Capcom (2010).
What each one is
Steam files Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair under Action-Adventure and Horror. In contrast, it files Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective under Action-Adventure and Puzzle.
Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, the classic puzzle-solving mystery adventure directed by Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi, is back! This long-awaited HD remaster features upgraded visuals and sound and new gallery content.
At a glance
| Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair | Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.8/10 | 7.9/10 |
| Steam rating | Overwhelmingly Positive (96%, 32,628) | Overwhelmingly Positive (97%, 8,549) |
| Critic aggregate | 83/100 | 90/100 |
| Price | $19.99 | $29.99 |
| Install size | 5 GB | 7 GB |
| Steam Deck | playable | verified |
| Released | 2012 | 2010 |
| Developer | Spike Chunsoft | Capcom |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair vs Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye DespairAction-adventure horror gameGhost Trick: Phantom DetectiveAction-adventure puzzle gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye DespairAnime, Detective, Visual NovelGhost Trick: Phantom DetectivePuzzle, Adventure, MysteryThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye DespairScore 7.8 · 96% on Steam · 83 criticGhost Trick: Phantom Detective ✓Score 7.9 · 97% on Steam · 90 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair32,628 reviews · 5 GBGhost Trick: Phantom Detective8,549 reviews · 2 add-ons · 7 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair ✓$19.99Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective$29.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye DespairPlayableGhost Trick: Phantom Detective ✓VerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueDanganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair and Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
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- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (GamingPickz Score 7.9)
- The cheaper right now: Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair ($19.99)
- Better on a Steam Deck: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (verified)
- Lighter on storage: Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (5 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (32,628 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
AnimeDetectiveVisual NovelMysteryStory RichGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerAdventure
Where they differ
Psychological HorrorDark ComedyHorrorDarkMatureMemes
ActionAction-AdventurePoint & ClickSupernaturalCult ClassicClassic
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair | Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | — | Intel UHD Graphics 630 / Radeon Vega 8 Graphics |
| Minimum CPU | — | Intel Core i3-8350K / AMD Ryzen 3 3200G |
| Minimum RAM | — | 8 GB |
| Install size | 5 GB | 7 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair · Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair and 1 for Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair and Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective in scope?
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair has drawn 32,628 Steam reviews and installs in 5 GB. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective has drawn 8,549 Steam reviews, ships 2 add-ons and installs in 7 GB.
Is Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair or Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective rates higher (7.9 to 7.8). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair or Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective?
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is cheaper right now at $19.99, against $29.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.