Phasmophobia

• 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
  

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Will consoles support voice recognition?

• At the current stage of development console players will be required to use our Text input for Voice Recognition, we are working on a solution for this. We will announce if this changes.
  

How much is it going to cost?

• We will be increasing the price of Phasmophobia on all platforms later this year to $19.99, due to the amount of content and playtime added since the start of early access we feel this is a fair increase.
  

What will the age rating be?

• Phasmophobia will be rated as "16+/teen", however, this will vary in some regions.
  

Will it be available on Xbox Game Pass?

• Currently we have no plans to be on Xbox Game Pass.
  

What update will console release with?

• All platforms will be on the current major version, 0.10 at the console release. New content such as the farmhouse reworks will release afterwards.
  

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• Moved the games room fire gate to stop an unintended hiding spot
  
• "Lights out" now has UV Tier II instead of Tier I
  

• Fixed several safe spots
  
• Spray paint cans now have impact sounds
  
• You will no longer crash if you have an event badge set if you fail to connect to the unity servers
  
• Badges will no longer show the unlock popup again if you have already unlocked them
  
• The tutorial can no longer be chosen as the challenge map
  
• If you failed to receive your apocalypse badges, you will now receive them after your next game
  
• The TV in the Point Hope living room will no longer be required to be on to negate sanity drain
  
• You can now pick up the parrot in VR on Point Hope
  
• Placing a sound sensor in the closet in the Point Hope living room will now register as the correct room
  
• You can now place sensors consistently on the blue rug in the Point Hope living room
  
• The chess pieces in Point Hope now have the correct visuals when placing them
  
• Players can no longer get stuck inside buckets
  
• Sounds are now audible on the correct floors in Bleasdale
  
• Bleasdale hiding spots will now be blocked correctly
  
• Bleasdale sound sensors, breaker, CCTV camera and player icons will now be set to the correct floor
  
• Removed Tanglewood's Point Hope riddle
  
• Photo cameras no longer break when the journal is full, these photos are not counted towards objectives
  
• Taking a photo of a phantom when the journal is full will now make it disappear
  
• Firelight III interaction photo will now work
  
• Igniters and Firelights will no longer blow out in heavy rain in the entry house and maintenance room of Point Hope
  
• The wood burners in Point Hope will no longer blow out in heavy rain
  
• Tapping the flashlight button will no longer sometimes fail to do anything
  
• Tabbing out will no longer turn off other players thermometers
  
• When reviving, players will now return to 4 equipment slots, instead of 3
  

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• Unlocks at level 15
  

Player levelling and rewards

• The required EXP to level from 1-100 has been reduced by around 10%, making levelling faster
  
• Players can now level up to 9999 for each prestige
  
• The required experience needed to level up between 999 and 9999 will increase every level
  
• Sunny Meadows Restricted is now categorized as a medium location
  
• Increased rewards for correctly identifying the ghost in medium and large locations
  
  
  
  • Medium: from $125 to $150
    
  • Large: from $150 to $200
    

DOTS

• Tier I’s light range has been increased
  
• Tier III's scanning effect can now be paused by interacting with it while it is rotating
  

EMF

• Tier I’s needle will no longer flicker near or past the 5 value during events and hunts, to stop confusion with evidence
  
• Tier III’s EMF5 reading now plays a unique sound
  

Firelight

• Increased the visible light intensity and range for both Tier I and II
  
• Tier I duration increased from 3mins to 5mins
  
• Tier II duration increased from 5mins to 10mins
  
• Firelights and Igniters will now be extinguished accurately in heavy rain. For example, they will no longer be extinguished under house porches and inside small tents
  

Head Gear

• A customizable keybinding has been added to the Controls page for turning on and off Head Gear
  
• Turning Head Gear I on and off will now play different sounds to help know which state the equipment is in
  
• While within range of a ghost event or hunting ghost:
  
  
  • Tier III will now have visual interference
    
  • All Tiers will now play a new sound
    

Parabolic Microphone

• Tier I’s red light will now flicker when a sound is detected
  
• Tier III can now receive sounds 1 floor above or below the player using it, with new UI to show which floor the sound is coming from
  
• You now have to hold Parabolic Microphones to turn them on or off
  

Thermometer

• Holding down the USE button while holding a Thermometer II or III will now continuously update, instead of having to restart after each reading
  
• Tier I now has randomization to make it consistent with the other Tiers
  
• Tier III Hold time has been reduced to 2.5s from 3s
  
• Tier III randomization has been reduced to make it more accurate
  

Tripods and Video Cameras

• Ghosts will now throw Video Cameras more consistently
  
• Tripod I knockdown chance increased from 20%, to 30%
  
• Tripod II knockdown chance increased from 10%, to 20%
  

Sanity Medication

• Tier I restoration time has decreased to 20s, from 30s
  
• Tier II restoration time has decreased to 10s, from 20s
  
• Tier III will now instantly refill your sprint endurance in addition to keeping it full for 10s
  

Sound Sensors

• Mute buttons have been added to each Sound sensor’s Truck UI
  

Spirit Box

• Small environment lights such as lamps must now also be turned off to receive a response
  
• You now must hold the Spirit box to use it with text-based voice recognition
  

UV Lights

• Tier I and II have been swapped for better progression during levelling
  

• Photo and video cameras
  
• Shadows
  
• The weather and sky effects
  
• UI
  
• Physics
  
• Audio
  
• Reflections
  
• Textures and shaders are now streamed to the GPU to significantly reduce VRAM and RAM usage
  
• Tent door’s cloth system has been completely overhauled to increase performance
  

• Lowered the temperature of Training to make the Freezing Temperatures section much faster to progress
  
• Reduced the amount of equipment to 1 in each room
  
• You now have to get EMF 5 to get past the EMF room
  
• Props will now get thrown more frequently in the EMF room
  
• Replaced the glowstick with the UV torch (as per the Tier changes above)
  
• In the Ghost Orb section, players will now need to be more accurate with the video camera to avoid accidentally completing the objective without seeing the Ghost Orb
  

• New ID Card badges can now be unlocked:
  
  
  
  • Lighthouse Keeper: Correctly identify the ghost on Point Hope 50 times with a reward multiplier above 0x
    
  • Apocalypse bronze: Correctly identify the ghost, take a ghost photo and complete all objectives on Sunny Meadows with a difficulty multiplier of 6 or higher
    
  • Apocalypse silver: Correctly identify the ghost, take a ghost photo and complete all objectives on Sunny Meadows with a difficulty multiplier of 10 or higher
    
  • Apocalypse gold: Correctly identify the ghost, take a ghost photo and complete all objectives on Sunny Meadows with a difficulty multiplier of 15
    
    Note: If you have already completed any of the Apocalypse challenges, you will need to complete a single game of any kind to receive your new ID card rewards.
    

• Players can now carry an Igniter in addition to 3 other items
  Note: Non-VR players can only carry one Igniter at a time, similar to flashlights
  
  
  
  • Igniters now have their own slot in the VR belt (When placing a tier 1 igniter in this slot, you won't be able to remove it again, until all matches have been drawn)
    
    
    

• Unlocking a new reward that is not tied to levelling up will now show a popup on the mission summary screen
  
• Ghost Writing Books now play new sounds when closed
  
• Added Kate and Catherine to possible ghost first names
  
• Ghosts can now leave single fingerprints on all small lamps and TV remotes in all locations
  

Equipment

• You can no longer swap inventory slots while taking a photo
  
• Removed flashlights from Hide and Seek Extreme as they were disabled from settings
  
• "Deja Vu" weekly now has UV T1 instead of T2 to keep it a flashlight
  
• Glow in the dark weekly now has T2 instead of T1 to keep it a glowstick
  
• Asking the Ouija Board bone location questions will now drain 20% sanity, down from 50%, due to bone rewards not being included in the reward multiplier
  
• Lighting the Summoning Circle candle will now instantly end the setup phase
  

Ghosts

• Non-Ghost Writing ghosts now close the book after throwing it
  
• Ghosts can no longer interact with already knocked-down paintings
  
• Shades can no longer blow out fire sources or write in Ghost Writing books if there are any players in the room, to keep their strength consistent
  
• Improved the ghost's ability to interact with closed doors
  
• Improved Banshee AI targeting when they stalk a player
  
• “I wish to see the ghost” will now limit your vision after the ghost event instead of before, to allow you to see the ghost
  
• Increased the sanity drain on one of the ghost events to match other events
  

Environment

• "Paranormal Paparazzi" and "Hide and Seek: Hide" weekly challenges now take place in Point Hope
  
• Drastically improved the Sunrise visuals
  
• Turning on several light switches in a room, but not all, will now drain sanity at a reduced rate, instead of the full ‘sanity drain speed’
  
• Props that don't move when hit with another prop will no longer play an additional impact sound
  
• Adjusted all weather’s distant fog color for better blending with the horizon
  
• Removed Point Hope teasers from all maps and lobby
  
• Optimised assets across all maps
  
• Lowered resolution for light cookies (flashlight light shapes etc) but increased resolution for sky light shadows
  
• Moved the green bowl in Edgefield living room to help with the lamp interaction and new fingerprints
  
• The Tanglewood utility room door can now be closed correctly by the ghost
  
• Medium tent windows now have correct collision on both sides
  

Audio

• Adjusted audio effects to help identify if sounds are above or below you
  
  
  • Sounds that are one floor above are bass-boosted and muffled
    
  • Sounds that are one floor below will be more muffled and quiet
    
  • Sounds that are two floors above you or below will have more extreme effects and volume reduction
  
  
• The heartbeat sound will no longer be altered by reverb or other audio effects
  
• Audio levels for the ambient room tone and Ouija Board have been remastered to bring them in line with other sounds
  
• Reduced the volume for the writing sound for Ghost Writing Book III
  

UI

• Difficulty, Money and Prestige level-up popups have received new images
  
• Improved color accuracy of several UI components
  
• Increased the width of the scrollbars in the Shop to make it easier for VR players
  
• Several ID card titles have been renamed and shortened
  
• Changed "Interaction amount" to "Activity level" in custom settings to better reflect what it does
  

Player

• Player movement will no longer be affected by held equipment
  
• Stamina recovery will correctly now start even if you are still holding down the sprint button but not moving
  
• There is no longer a visual glitch when rapidly equipping and unequipping the Head Gear as one of the player models
  
• You can now change your sprint mode while in a game, in VR
  
• Fixed several areas where VR teleport movement could not teleport to
  
• Changing your sprint mode to "hold" from "toggle" on PC, while sprint is toggled on, will no longer keep you sprinting, without pressing the sprint button
  
• Removed sprinting FOV increase due to a graphical issue
  
  

Ghosts

• Hanging Paintings thrown by the ghost will no longer fall through the floor
  
• The ghost and bone can no longer get stuck in several locations
  
• Yurei can now use their ability on doors that are open at the start of the game
  
• Demon and Banshee attempting to use their ability, but failing, will no longer add to the "abilities used" stat
  
• Ghosts will no longer keep throwing the same object over and over, and will instead choose more varied items within it’s interaction range
  
• "Hide and seek extreme" now correctly has 3 evidence instead of only 2
  
• Ghost event player detection will no longer include dead players if they didn't move after dying
  

Equipment

• Motion Sensor II and III detection sounds can now be heard consistently
  
• Parabolic Microphone II now displays the correct volume values
  
• You can no longer get readings on the Parabolic microphone when in the truck
  
• DOTS I and UV Light II's light will no longer stop emitting when placed in some areas
  
• Changing the Sound Sensor size in the truck now only changes the area of effect UI instead of the equipment UI
  
• The Parabolic microphone will no longer pick up sounds when in the truck
  
• EMF reader I will now point the needle closer to the EMF value, instead of including the EMF values above and below it.
  
• You can no longer take multiple photos of the same EMF interaction by using your inventory to refresh the EMF spot
  
• Head Gear II will no longer be detected by the ghost when on if flashlights are disabled in custom settings
  
• An active Parabolic Microphone will no longer muffle your audio when picked up, while holding another item
  
• All Sound Sensor Tiers and Firelight Tier II are now more stable when placed in VR
  
• You can no longer light other people's Incense by physically moving a fire source into it
  
• VR players can now consistently place a Video Camera on a Tripod that is still attached to the Truck wall
  
• The Ouija board will no longer break when saying goodbye with 0 sanity
  
• Crucifix III will now be fully used for all players after it prevents a Cursed Hunt
  
• Extinguished matches will no longer light other objects
  
• You no longer need to swap hands between each Tarot Card draw in VR
  
• Grabbing/swapping props or equipment in VR will no longer set the wrong hand position and rotation
  
• Igniters can no longer be used if another player fully used up the fuel
  
• Tripod III placement highlight is now visible when first placed
  
• UI for text voice recognition will no longer get stuck if another player grabs the Ouija Board while you are using it
  
• All Motion and Sound sensor map icons are now accurately sized on all maps
  

Environment

• The player and ghost will now correctly be detected when moving between different rooms and floors, this will make evidence gathering much more consistent
  
• Sunny Meadows reverb sound effects will no longer turn off while moving around in certain rooms
  
• Maple Lodge Cabin window fingerprints will be visible again
  
• Removed several locations where the ghost could get out of bounds in Sunny Meadows
  
• Removed a spot where the ghost could get stuck behind the generator in Camp Woodwind
  
• The camping chair next to the lovers' bench on Woodwind is no longer white
  
• All overhead tarps on Maple Campsite now have rain sounds
  
• Reduced visibility of geometry seams where you can see the skybox in Sunny Meadows
  
• Keys collected will now have the correct name in the Journal
  
• Window rain will no longer make things black when viewed from certain angles
  
• All Brownstone High School windows and doors now have the correct fingerprint material
  
• You can no longer place equipment in the gap under the cabin
  
• Lights will no longer turn on if you turn them off during a flicker
  
• Added skybox blockers to multiple areas to stop tiny gaps in geometry that show the sky:
  
  
  
  • Tanglewood
    
  • Edgefield
    
  • Ridgeview
    
  • Willow
    

Sound

• Impact sounds will no longer play multiple times at once
  

UI

• Skipping the animation when you level up more than once will no longer skip the previous levels' unlock popups
  
• Challenge map names will now be correct
  
• You can no longer complete the ghost photo objective when there is no space for photos in the journal
  

Known Issues

• Deogen pathing can be inconsistent during hunts on Point Hope
  
• Small items can occasionally fall through walls and floors in Point Hope
  
• Interactions can sometimes repeat multiple times
  
• MSAA will cause visual artifacts while dead
  

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• The Easter 2024 event has begun, it will be around for 2 weeks, so get investigating and earn those exclusive rewards!
  
  
  
  • More information can be found in-game
    
  
  
• ID cards have had a facelift!
  
  
  • All badges now have a unique background when using that badge’s ID theme
    
  • Prestiges 11-20 have animated backgrounds to match their badges
    
  • Several colors have been adjusted
    
  • VIP and Artist have received new Badge designs
    
  • Volume slider colors are now the same as the EXP bar colors
    
  
  
• Headphones are now visible when listening through the parabolic microphone
  

• The middle lines of the ID card have been removed to make space for the new background designs (funds / ready status)
  
• A ready sticker will now appear on the player ID card when that player is ready
  

• Fixed several Lobby-Equipment desync issues between players
  
• UI will no longer overlap when applying a locked difficulty
  
• You can now complete the “Survive with starter items” daily challenge
  
• You can now place a video camera on a tripod more than once in VR
  
• Parabolic microphone III will now determine the direction of sounds properly in VR
  
• EMF Reader III will now determine the direction of EMF spots based on your screen position (non-VR only)
  
• Shop gamepad buttons no longer still activate when not focusing on shop
  
• The VR cursor is now in the correct position when highlighting Thermometers
  
• You now get insurance when you die in Amateur or Intermediate difficulty
  
• Hovering over the corkboard in the truck no longer appears as interactable
  
• The thermometer tiers now highlight correctly when hovering over them
  
• Tier 1 upgrades are no longer locked in the inventory manager when you are at the required level
  
• Ambient Occlusion will now correctly turn off when the setting is disabled
  
• Firelights will no longer blow out as soon as they are turned on again after being blown out by the ghost
  
  

Known Issues

• One of the lobby effects after completing the event may not be visible in every lobby
  
  
  
  • Leaving the main lobby and rejoining may fix the visual, until you return from a contract where it will break again.
    
  
  

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• 3 separate pages for more intuitive usage
  
• Easy buy options for controller
  
• Renamable loadouts
  
• Player-specific colours for supplied equipment
  
• Quick shortcuts to navigate between screens to unlock equipment
  
• Full tutorial for each page
  
• Shortcuts for gamepad users
  

• You can now customize each player's color for many areas in the game:
  
  
  
  • Main menu stickers
    
  • Shop interface
    
  • Sanity screen in the truck
    
  
  
• You can now customize your cursor
  
  
  
  • Shape
    
  • Color
    
  • Opacity
    
  • Size
    
  • Additional options when highlighting objects
    
  
  Note: VR players can only adjust their highlight cursors colour and opacity
  

• You can no longer receive a photo of a DOTS ghost while it’s not inside a DOTS Projector's light
  
• You can now rotate the Sound Sensor III whilst placing it
  
• Greatly improved the DOTS Ghosts AI navigation, this will result in more consistent evidence across the board
  
• Reduced the brightness of the Journal
  
• Reduced the volume of various sounds
  

• Improved the AI pathing for the Phantom and Wraith abilities
  
• Ouija board will now break if you do not have enough sanity to use it instead of answering a question then breaking
  
• The shop screensaver will no longer appear and disappear when walking into/away from the shop screen in non-VR
  
• Fixed a ghost AI navigation issue on the Tanglewood living room
  
• DOTS Ghosts AI navigation will now work correctly when you are in the same room as the ghost
  
• Ghosts can now correctly interact with all telephones
  
• The grandfather clock ghost interaction now works correctly
  
• The sound sensor “offline“ text is now translated for non-English languages
  
• You can now swap to the 'Blocked Players' page using the gamepad shoulder buttons
  
• The Sunny Meadows Apocalypse sticker will now show during single player
  
• You can no longer back out of the menu with a gamepad while the Journal is open
  
• You can no longer use the Main Menu left and right UI arrows while the Journal is open
  
• The Haunted Mirror will now correctly break straight away if you do not have enough sanity (20%)
  
• Gamepad 'Local push to talk' rebind tape is now the correct image
  

• VR players can now prestige
  
• Sound sensor III can now have its shape changed in VR
  
• Motion sensor II can now have its shape changed in VR (while placed)
  
• Up and down arrows now work in the VR journal
  
• You can swap between hold and toggle grab types again in VR
  
• You can now drop the Sound Sensor III in VR
  
• Fixed a lag spike when a VR player joins the game
  
• The VR Journal sounds can no longer be heard from far away
  
• Spirit Box 3 VR text voice recognition now works
  

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• You will no longer get a black screen if you had an error before the 0.9.4.2 patch