Phasmophobia is an indie developed by Kinetic Games, released 18 September 2020 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR2 and Xbox Series X|S. The main story takes about 21 hrs to finish.
What Phasmophobia is
Phasmophobia is an indie game developed by Kinetic Games and released in 2020. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR2, Xbox Series X|S, Oculus Rift, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR and Windows Mixed Reality. It runs on Unity 2022.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Phasmophobia is a cooperative horror investigation game played from a first-person perspective, supporting one to four players. Players take on the role of ghost hunters who must identify the type of ghost haunting a designated location by gathering evidence using various paranormal investigation equipment. The game features speech recognition, allowing ghosts and certain equipment to respond to words spoken by players. As investigators spend time at the site, their sanity decreases, eventually triggering hunts during which the ghost actively pursues and can kill players. The game includes multiple location types of varying size, twenty-nine ghost types each with unique behaviors and…
How it plays
It is played from a auditory perspective. Its themes are action, horror and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 54 achievements to unlock.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 21 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 390. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 21GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Phasmophobia launched on 18 September 2020, within three weeks of Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades and Genshin Impact. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades, Genshin Impact.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 6 videos →
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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