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Genre: Puzzle, Tactical, Indie

Phasmophobia

Happy Holidays - Development Preview #18

Welcome back, Ghost Hunters. We’ve got a present for you!

Maybe we’re possessed by the seasonal spirit, but we wanted to share an early look at just some of our 2025 plans with you.

Check out our official Phasmophobia blog for the full details right here: https://www.kineticgames.co.uk/blog/phasmophobia-dev-preview-18


If you experience any issues, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord: https://discord.gg/phasmophobia


Thanks,

The Kinetic Games Team

Winter's Jest | Hotfix v0.11.1.1

Today, we’ve deployed a hotfix to Phasmophobia addressing several issues raised during our Winter’s Jest event.

In the link below you’ll find today’s patch notes. As you continue your investigations in Phasmophobia, if you encounter bugs, issues or simply have feedback for our team, please use the dedicated channels in the official Phasmophobia Discord.

Blog link to patch notes: https://www.kineticgames.co.uk/blog/phasmophobia-wintersjesthotfix


If you experience any issues, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord : https://discord.gg/phasmophobia


Thanks,

The Kinetic Games Team

Introducing the Official Phasmophobia Music Box!

Welcome back Ghost Hunters, we have some news for you.

We've partnered with The Music Box Store to bring to life an official Phasmophobia Music Box, that plays Adrift once you've wound it up.

A perfect gift for any Ghost Hunter.



The music box is available to pre-order now via The Music Box Store's website. Let us know if you pick one up!

Crimson Eye | Major Update v0.11.0.0

Welcome back, we’ve got an update for you.

The Blood Moon is rising...

The next major update for Phasmophobia is now live!

As console players will be joining us, future patch notes and other news posts will be hosted on our website!

Check the Patch notes here: www.kineticgames.co.uk/blog/phasmophobia-crimson-eye



If you experience any issues, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord: https://discord.gg/phasmophobia


Happy Hunting,

The Kinetic Games Team

The Blood Moon Rises

Welcome back Ghost Hunters, we’ve got news for you.

This Halloween, the Blood Moon rises.

Phasmophobia’s Halloween event “Crimson Eye” kicks off for all Steam players this October 28, 2024. While we want to save some secrets for you to discover, let’s dive in to some details.





From the start of the event, Blood Moon weather will rain down constantly across multiple locations in Phasmophobia. During the Blood Moon, we’re tasking Ghost Hunters to work together to achieve a set of 3 Community Goals, each with increasingly larger ID card rewards in order to unlock the final rewards – A Trophy and Blood Moon weather as a permanent unlock for all players post event. This new weather type will have a chance to modify your future hunts, while providing better rewards and modified ghost behaviour when it takes place.

Ghost Hunters will have from October 28, 2024 to November 13, 2024 to take part in this event.






The Blood Moon isn’t the only thing coming to Phasmophobia this Halloween, we’ll be releasing an update on PC alongside the event itself too. This update will bring with it a ton of optimisations & bug fixes, addressing community issues & general game performance.

We’ll also be introducing a new permanent fixture; an Event Board that will help Ghost Hunters track their ongoing challenges, rewards in-game as well as their progress in the Apocalypse Challenges.

We’ll share more details on this update in our patch notes at release – stay tuned!





Finally, we’re excited to announce Phasmophobia’s early access console launch date! We’ll be releasing the game on PS5, PSVR2 and Xbox Series X/S on October 29, 2024 at 6PM UTC.

The console edition of the game will match the PC version and will receive future updates at the same time, ensuring constant access to cross play, meaning you’ll be able to team up with other Ghost Hunters no matter where you play. At launch, console players will be able to take part in the Blood Moon event alongside PC players, too.

We cannot wait to welcome new Ghost Hunters to Phasmophobia later this month, if you haven’t already, you’re able to Wishlist the game on PlayStation and Xbox.

We’ll see you in-game this Halloween...

Happy Huntin’!

Thanks,

The Kinetic Games Team

Get your very own Patient 07 Plushie | Makeship Collab

Hey Ghost Hunters, we've got some merch for you...

When Sunny Meadows turned bad, this poor inmate was experimented, tortured and abused. Now she has returned to haunt those that hurt her, watch your back...

We once again had the opportunity to work with Makeship to create a one-of-a-kind, limited-edition plushie for anyone to grab this Halloween season! This time it's Sunny Meadows most infamous inmate... Patient 07.

The plushie will only be available for a limited time until the 31st of October. Like before, once it's gone it's gone!

Get yours today: https://www.makeship.com/products/patient-07-plushie




Thanks,

The Kinetic Games Team

Photo Deletion and Vivox | Hotfix v0.10.1.2



  • The ghost can now hear Steam Deck players
  • Voice chat will now work on Steam Deck
  • The gamepad cursor is no longer offset in the journal
  • If you mute a player, they will now be muted in global chat
  • You can now play if you fail to connect to the voice server
  • The ghost can now hear you if you change your microphone in singleplayer
  • Photos can now be removed if a player leaves
  • Virtual audio devices will now work with voice chat

Known Issues



  • Vosk voice recognition does not work on Steam Deck



If you experience any issues, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord : https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
Thanks,

The Kinetic Games Team

Photo Deletion and Vivox | Hotfix v0.10.1.1



  • If you fail to connect to Vivox, you will now still be able to play, but without voice chat
  • The ghost can no longer always hear you in single-player if you using either push to talk or toggle mute
  • You can now be heard after using global chat if you are using toggle voice chat
  • Banned players can now get past the splash screen


If you experience any issues, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord : https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
Thanks,

The Kinetic Games Team

Photo Deletion and Vivox | Minor Update v0.10.1.0

Welcome back Ghost Hunters, we've got some news for you.




The multiplayer voice chat system has been changed from Photon Voice to Vivox. Voice recognition is unaffected by these changes. This new system has:

  • Higher quality audio
  • Support for a wider range of microphones and headphones
  • Echo cancellation
  • Noise suppression
  • Fixed the issue where the ghost can't hear you during single-player
  • Global chat will no longer suddenly stop working





  • Two photos can now be removed from the journal

    • You cannot remove 3-star photos
    • While in multiplayer games, players will vote on whether a photo should be removed or not
    • UI has been added to the photo journal pages to show the amount of photo removals available

    Note: This is a temporary fix to alleviate many issues players have had with the photo system, this will be adjusted further in the upcoming major photo rework update.




  • The lantern room has been split into different ghost rooms to avoid confusion and fix sensor placement:

    • Lantern room top
    • Lantern room bottom

  • Removed BHaptics support
  • Improved player movement to help it feel much smoother and experience less stuttering
  • Head bob now only bobs when you're moving
  • Wheelchairs will no longer be pushed when interacting with, a new interaction will be added to these wheelchairs further in development
  • The fuse box on Point Hope will now only spawn in the entry house, kitchen, games room, and master bedroom floors
  • Lowered the volume of the Tanglewood landline phone interaction
  • Lowered the volume of the airball ghost event




  • DOTS III light will no longer stop emitting when placed in certain areas
  • The sound sensor icons will now face the correct direction on the mini-map
  • The lighthouse tent door in Point Hope is no longer invisible when viewed through parabolic glass
  • Adjusted the broken fuse box sparks to stop them from going through floors
  • You can no longer walk up the broom in the Point Hope maintenance room
  • Phantoms will now disappear when taking a photo of them with a full journal
  • Several plates now have more accurate collision
  • Moved some assets to stop players from getting stuck behind the fire gate in the Point Hope games room
  • Players will no longer jitter when going up the top-level stairs in Point Hope
  • Players will no longer get stuck when travelling down the inside of top-level stairs in Point Hope
  • Fixed the rendering artefacts on Point Hope's upstairs doors
  • It is now possible for VR players to acquire the Ferryman badge
  • You can now sprint when you die if your sprint setting is set to "Off"
  • Players can no longer climb certain objects after traversing staircases
  • You can now achieve the poltergeist and revenant achievements with a mimic
  • The banshee's "ability used" stat will now only count if the Banshee reaches a player's position during its targeted wander
  • Shades will now consistently work as intended when players leave the room
  • Goryo will now give DOTS evidence correctly when there are no players in the same room as the ghost
  • The spirit box will provide evidence more consistently when the ghost only responds to "alone" players
  • Ghost events will no longer occur with no one in the location
  • When using a gamepad, you will no longer buy and sell items in the shop unintentionally, at the same time as enabling/disabling/resetting your loadout
  • The VR teleport stamina visuals will now display correctly
  • If your ID badge gets removed due to it not being unlocked, you no longer have to select a new role to be able to play the game
  • Improved the spawn positions of the bone in Point Hope
  • Blocking an "I wish to see the ghost" hunt with a tier III crucifix, will no longer leave the player who wished permanently blind
  • The VR loading screen will now fade to black correctly when loading Training
  • You can now place video cameras consistently on tripods in VR
  • Banshees entering their DOTS state will no longer increase the ability used stat


If you experience any issues, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord: https://discord.gg/phasmophobia


Thanks,

The Kinetic Games Team

Makeship | Cursed Voodoo Doll 2nd Edition

Hey Ghost Hunters, we've got some merch for you...



It's back and better than ever!

Until the 30th of July, the Cursed Voodoo Doll is back in stock for an exclusive 2nd Edition re-run! This version even includes a limited-edition holographic sticker!

Get yours now! https://www.makeship.com/products/cursed-voodoo-doll-2-0-plushie





Happy Huntin'!

Thanks,

The Kinetic Games Team