- The Crimson Eye Approaches Once More - 1 October 2026
Once more, Ghost Hunters, we pay homage to the Blood Moon. Our dear Crimson Eye.Today, we’re excited to reveal that this year’s Crimson Eye event will begin on October 8th, 2026, and run until November 1st, 2026. An update containing the event will be deployed on October 6th.As with previous years’ events, the Crimson Eye will cast its presence across several locations in Phasmophobia. Playing on these locations will grant each player event points, working towards unlocking the Community and Personal rewards, details of which are below.The following list of locations will be featured throughout the event:6 Tanglewood Drive42 Edgefield RoadGrafton Farmhouse13 Willow StreetBleasdale FarmhousePoint Hope (Standard only, Point Hope Restricted will not be included)Camp WoodwindNell’s DinerFor those of you who have taken part in previous Crimson Eye events, you’ll know what to expect, but you’…
- 6th Anniversary Twitch Drop & Double XP - 18 September 2026
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters. This week marks 6 years of #Phasmophobia. Thank you to each & every Ghost Hunter that has joined us so far. To celebrate, a Twitch Drop campaign will be live between September 18th - 21st where the 6th Anniversary Charm can be earned by watching a total of 2 hours of any Phasmophobia stream.During this time, Double XP & Rewards will be available from all completed contracts in-game.
- Phasmophobia v0.19.0.2 - Patch Notes - 16 September 2026
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters. We’ve got an update for you.Today, we have released an update for Phasmophobia to address two issues that have been raised by the community since the release of our last update.FixesFixed an issue which prevented certain PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series X/S users from entering rooms for Singleplayer and Multiplayer.Fixed an issue that caused player audio to be muffled in Multiplayer if another player dropped the Parabolic Microphone immediately after turning it on.
- Phasmophobia v0.19.0.1 - Patch Notes - 10 September 2026
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, our Crimson Eye event is still scheduled for October. More on that at a later date too.Full patch notes for today’s release can be found below:NewAdded a VR Belt Offset option to adjust the height to be either lower or higher. Added more props and fingerprint interactions to Prison Entrance to assi…
- Phasmophobia v0.19.0.0 - Quality of Life Part 2 - 25 August 2026
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 text.Tier 1 Sound Recorder will lower the brightness of the Volume indicators.Tier 2 & 3 Sound Recorders will display faded sound waves.The Journal will now display other player selections of Evidence and Ghost Type.The Keys section in the Journal has been replaced with Items We’ve Found, this new s…
- Phasmophobia Quality of Life Part 2 Preview - 11 August 2026
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 Restricted OptionsFor a long while, we have seen folks requesting smaller versions of our larger maps in the vein of Sunny Meadows Restricted. With this update we’re excited to introduce Restricted versions for Prison, Brownstone High School and Point Hope.As with Sunny Meadows, these map variants are de…
- Phasmophobia v0.18.0.1 - Hotfix - 28 July 2026
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.
- Phasmophobia v0.18.0.1 - Patch Notes - 28 July 2026
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 picked up by another player after being dropped while being used by the original player.Fixed an issue that caused Twitch Drop reward ID Card & Badge cosmetics to be missing.Fixed an issue that would cause items to get stuck or fall through the floor when dropped in Multiplayer.Fixed an issue that c…
- Phasmophobia v0.18.0.0 - 13 Willow Street Rework & Quality of Life #1 - 21 July 2026
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 1, 2, 3 and 4 keys. These keys can be rebound.This addition will only be available for PC players.Adding a keybind to be able to inspect the Watch at any time.This will be defaulted to Left DPAD on a controller and H on keyboard. Players can rebind this via Options > Controls.A separate Photo can…
- Phasmophobia Quality of Life Preview #2 - 14 July 2026
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. This addition will only be available for PC players.Adding a keybind to be able to inspect the Watch at any time. This will be defaulted to Left DPAD on a controller and H on keyboard. Players can rebind this via Options > Controls.A separate Photo can now be taken capturing an EMF Level 5 reading…
- Phasmophobia Quality of Life Update Preview - 2 July 2026
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 list, it’s not everything that’ll be launching for Phasmophobia on July 21st, with the update bringing with it new keybinds, including PC players being able to use 1, 2, 3 and 4 for changing inventory slots, a couple of improvements for evidence collection and of course, the reworked 13 Willow Str…
- Phasmophobia 2026 and Beyond - 24 June 2026
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 everything in this blog, but for those of you that would rather just have the headlines, here we go:The rework of 13 Willow Street will launch July 21st, 2026 alongside a Quality of Life update.A further Quality of Life update will launch in August 2026.Our upgrade to Unity 6 will take place in October 2…
- Phasmophobia - Hotfix v0.17.1.5 - 3 June 2026
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.
- Phasmophobia v0.17.1.4 - Patch Notes - 2 June 2026
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 and all issues via our Support Centre.NewThe VR belt has been reimplemented following player feedback. Players will now also be able to switch between having their Journal and Walkie Talkie on the belt or their shoulder. The VR belt will only be visible locally, players who are looking at a VR pla…
- Phasmophobia - Double XP & Rewards - 21 May 2026
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.
- Phasmophobia - Hotfix v0.17.1.3 - 19 May 2026
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.
- Phasmophobia by Alan Wake - Twitch Drop - 18 May 2026
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.
- Phasmophobia - Hotfix v0.17.1.2 - 15 May 2026
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.
- Phasmophobia - Hotfix v0.17.1.1 - 13 May 2026
Welcome back, Ghost Hunters.Today we have released a small hotfix for Phasmophobia, addressing feedback from the community following our latest update.Patch notes can be found below. FixesFixed an issue that caused held equipment/items to visually stutter when moving.Fixed several issues that lead to game crashes.Fixed an issue that caused the Kormos to detect dead players and attempt to kill them.Fixed an issue where the Kormos could detect sound from dead players.Fixed an issue where the Coffee World tent names were incorrect.Other fixes and improvements. Known IssuesPlayers can become locked when interacting with the Truck's CCTV screen while using a Spirit Box.
- 'We want to start today by apologising': Phasmophobia is fixing issues with its Player Character update after a slew of complaints - 12 May 2026
Phasmophobia's latest update, which was pushed out prior to the Alan Wake collab that starts today, has not been received well by fans. So much so that the devs have issued an apology to players alongside a promise to fix the issues this update brought... Read more.
