2026-09-10 11:04 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters. We’ve got an update for you.Today, we have released an update for Phasmophobia to address several issues that were raised following our latest Quality of Life update. Thank you to everyone who has helped with information and feedback to help us identify and fix these bugs. Our next update following this will be our transition to Unity 6. This will be releasing in November, which is just a little shift from our original aim of October. We’ll be talking in more detail about this update as well as our cosmetics update in an upcoming Development Preview. Rest assured,
2026-08-25 15:02 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters.Today we have released Phasmophobia v0.19.0.0, our latest update that brings with it the second part of our Quality of Life update. Full patch notes can be found below, and in-depth details on what’s new can be found in this blog.NewAdded new Restricted variants of the below maps.PrisonBrownstone High SchoolPoint HopeVideo Cameras, Photo Cameras and Sound Recorders will now indicate Duplicate evidence.Tier 1 Photo Cameras will display a yellow LED light.Tier 2 & 3 Photo Cameras and all Tiers of Video Cameras will display faded text rather than the usual bold white t
2026-08-11 14:06 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters.Thank you to everyone for the warm reception to our first Quality of Life update last month, and we’re glad to see many of you enjoying Phasmophobia once more.Today as promised, we’re sharing details on the upcoming second Quality of Life update for Phasmophobia. We’ll be releasing this update across all platforms on 25th August, 2026. Exact release times are still to be confirmed, so keep an eye on our channels for official confirmation of when the update is live. Let’s break down a couple of the features we’re excited about before sharing the full list: New Restri
2026-07-28 16:14 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters. We've deployed a small hotfix to address feedback on the Equipment and Item slot assignments. Patch notes below: ChangesItems and Equipment will now be assigned a slot in the order they are picked up from 1-3. Flashlights will no longer be locked to 1. Igniters will default to 4.
2026-07-28 11:05 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters. Today we have deployed an update for Phasmophobia that addresses several issues that were raised following last week’s update. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback and helped us identify these issues.Full patch notes below. FixesFixed an issue that caused Photo Cameras to interfere with other player animations.Fixed an issue that caused the Photo Camera’s Use animation to not play in Multiplayer.Fixed an issue that caused the Photo Camera to take an extra photo when dropped while taking a photo.Fixed an issue that caused the Photo Camera to take a photo if p
2026-07-21 12:30 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters. Today we have released Phasmophobia v0.18.0.0, our latest update that brings our reworked 13 Willow Street map as well as our first Quality of Life update for 2026. Patch notes can be found below. New13 Willow Street Rework: The map has received a full visual overhaul, with new assets, props and more available to discover during your contracts. The original layout remains, however some rooms have been repurposed and the flow of several rooms has been edited to improve gameplay.Adding keybinds for Equipment slots. PC players will be able to switch Equipment with the
2026-07-14 15:09 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters.Following on from our recent preview of the Quality of Life update launching on July 21st, we wanted to share some further details including the newer features - including another look at the reworked 13 Willow Street.The NewAs part of the Quality of Life update, we’re introducing a handful of new gameplay features that aim to improve the overall experience of playing Phasmophobia. Read the below for some details on these additions.Adding keybinds for Equipment slots. PC players will be able to switch Equipment with the 1, 2, 3 and 4 keys. These keys can be rebound.
2026-07-02 14:09 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters.Today we’re going to give you more detail on the upcoming Quality of Life update launching alongside the 13 Willow Street rework on July 21st, 2026.As mentioned in our recent blogpost, the Quality of Life update itself has been split into two due to the sheer number of fixes & improvements we’ll be implementing. This first update is the bigger of the two, but you can expect the second part in late August.The below list focuses on changes and fixes coming with this month’s update while the next update will contain further improvements.While there’s a lot in the below
2026-06-24 14:10 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters. Over the last month and a half, we’ve been reading the discussions about Phasmophobia across so many different channels and taking note of the biggest issues, points of concern, questions and more. We are sorry it’s taken a while to respond, but we wanted to make sure that when we did, we had something of substance for you. Hopefully today, with our updated Roadmap and information on what’s to come to Phasmophobia, we can start to build back your trust and have meaningful conversations around the game we all care so deeply about.We’ll go in to more detail on everyt
2026-06-03 13:12 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters.Today we have released a hotfix for Phasmophobia, addressing two issues raised by the community this week. The update is now available across all platforms.Patch notes:Fixed an issue that caused players to become softlocked when using the Spirit Box while using a controller. Fixed an issue for Steam players that caused Voice Recognition to not work. If you are encountering issues with Voice Recognition on the "Voice" setting on PC, please ensure that the default microphone assigned on your PC is the microphone specified in your windows settings.
2026-06-02 11:05 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters.Today we have released our latest update for Phasmophobia, addressing several known issues in the game.We are aware of the current ongoing issues in-game and are currently implementing fixes and improvements in future updates for Phasmophobia. We’ll be sharing our plans for the rest of 2026 later this month with you all, including a timeline for fixes and updates related to both the Player Character Update and game in general. In the meantime, please continue to provide feedback and bug reports so that our team can investigate as much as possible. You can submit any
2026-05-21 13:29 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Ghost Hunters, Between May 22nd, 2026 and May 25th, 2026 you will receive double XP and rewards for any contracts you complete in Phasmophobia. We hope you enjoy.
2026-05-19 10:58 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters. Today we have released an additional hotfix for Phasmophobia that is available now for all platforms.FixesFixed an issue that was causing a crash for players loading in to event maps.
2026-05-18 10:21 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Be a part of the story with The Seer ID Card & Badge.Our Phasmophobia by Alan Wake Twitch Drop will be available from 12PM BST May 19th - 12PM BST May 26th.Earn the Animated variant via Kinetic Games Partner streams, and the Standard via any Phasmophobia streams during the campaign. The total watch time to earn the Drops is 2 hours.
2026-05-15 15:18 UTC · Community Announcements · Tom Dent
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters.Today we have released an additional hotfix for Phasmophobia that is available now for all platforms.Patch notes:FixesFixed an issue that was causing a crash across all platforms.
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