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ActionIndieHorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorCo-op

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Game description

Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

Basic info

DeveloperKinetic Games
PublisherKinetic Games
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateSep 18, 2020
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 64Bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 390
Storage21 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 400 reviews from the past 1 year

70.4/ 100
Bottom 30%

Steam rating: Very Positive (94%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 12, 2026)

Ghost hunting with friends is the heart of Phasmophobia, and 75 reviews describe memorable moments; it scores 70.4 from 842,560 Steam reviews.

👍 Strengths

Multiplayer ranks 111th of 642 and comes up in 51% of analyzed reviews. 49 reviews enjoy its top tier quality, and 26 say the original maps have great atmosphere and the core play is excellent. Story & World ranks 412th of 1096. A few praise the lighting and graphics, and others credit developers who keep optimizing and adding content.

👎 Where it falls short

Recent updates drive the complaints. 83 reviews criticize the developers, the most upvoted saying they left it alone for years and then shipped an update full of bugs, and 72 report bugs, the most upvoted saying the latest update ruined it. Tech & Support ranks 1239th of 1399, and 35 report frame drops. Visuals & Sound ranks 1175th of 1249: players describe violent screen shake while moving and new animations they find ugly and broken.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“playing with friends creates memorable moments and fun” · 75 reviews
“top-tier game quality and enjoyment” · 49 reviews
“original maps have great atmosphere and core gameplay is excellent” · 26 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 48% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel -2.84 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Negative “screen shakes violently during movement, character model breaks unnaturally” · 31 reviews
Positive “gameplay and combat mechanics are excellent” · 1 review

Progression 8% · Difficulty 12% · Onboarding 8% · Freedom 2% · Strategy 5%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 39% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.13 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “original maps have great atmosphere and core gameplay is excellent” · 26 reviews
Negative “lacks horror atmosphere despite horror genre expectations” · 6 reviews

Story 1% · Characters 2%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 22% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +1.38 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “offers plenty of content with different ghosts” · 2 reviews
Negative “after 4 years waiting, cosmetics update minimal and disappointing” · 2 reviews

Variety 10% · Replayability 4%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 27% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals -0.95 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Negative “animations are ugly and annoying after updates” · 17 reviews
Positive “new maps have decent design but old clean aesthetic preferred” · 7 reviews

Audio 9%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 51% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +3.68 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “playing with friends creates memorable moments and fun” · 75 reviews
Negative “multiplayer mod removed so friends cannot play together” · 3 reviews

Community 8% · Servers & Connection 3%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 14% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.12 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “better to buy on sale, expensive for base game” · 9 reviews
Positive “cosmetics are not microtransactions” · 1 review

Anti-cheat 1% · Balance 4% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 46% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.56 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “abandoned for 3 years then added 500 bugs, devs don't care about quality” · 83 reviews
Positive “developers continue optimizing and adding new content” · 5 reviews

Stability 39% · Performance 19%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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