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The Payphone

You are an investigator working in a near-bankrupt agency, however a case no-one would take landed on your desk. Disappearances of Ashfield Plains, each case is hauntingly similar, all their final phone calls…

17 October 2025

The Payphone is an adventure developed by Kosumic Interactive Studio, released 17 October 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Payphone is

The Payphone is an adventure game developed by Kosumic Interactive Studio and released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You are an investigator working in a near-bankrupt agency, however a case no-one would take landed on your desk. Disappearances of Ashfield Plains, each case is hauntingly similar, all their final phone calls were traced back to that specific payphone. Short on cash, you took the case.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Payphone launched on 17 October 2025, within three weeks of Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 and ARC Raiders.

Released around the same time: Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders.

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When did The Payphone come out?
The Payphone was released on 17 October 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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