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Phasmophobia Key Specifications
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Engine | Unity |
| Developer | Kinetic Games |
| Publisher | Kinetic Games |
| Release Date | September 18, 2020 |
| Platforms | PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC VR, PSVR2 |
Phasmophobia System Requirements
1080p
tune Minimum – Low/Medium Preset, 1080p (60 FPS Target)
tune Recommended – High Preset, 1080p (60+ FPS Target) / Minimum VR
1440p
tune Enthusiast – Max Preset, 1440p (60+ FPS Target)
2160p
tune Ultra – Max Preset, 4K (60+ FPS)
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Core Requirements
- desktop_windowsOperating System: Windows 10 64Bit
A 64-bit OS is required to run the game's voice recognition systems and handle memory allocation for large maps.
- memoryDirectX: Version 11
Provides optimal stability and broad hardware compatibility for the game's dynamic lighting and volumetric fog.
- save_altStorage Note: 21 GB available space
An SSD is highly recommended to eliminate load times when booting into large maps like the Prison or Asylum.
settings_applications Optimization Notes:
Upscaling: Supports FSR and DLSS, allowing even the lowest-end modern GPUs to maintain high framerates at 1080p or 1440p.
Key Settings: Volumetric lighting and shadows have the largest impact on performance. Disabling hardware acceleration in background apps like Discord is officially recommended by players for an FPS boost.
Phasmophobia: Map Size and Regions
Phasmophobia: Post-Launch Content / DLC
Phasmophobia: Skills & Upgrades Overview
Phasmophobia: Game Editions
Rank #1
The game maintains a single, unified edition across all platforms with a highly accessible price point, receiving massive free seasonal and systemic updates rather than paid DLC expansions.
Phasmophobia: Cross-Platform / Crossplay
Phasmophobia: Top 5 Weapons (Subjective/Iconic)
Rank #1
'EMF Reader', a core evidence tool that spikes to Level 5 when certain ghosts interact with the environment.
Rank #2
'Spirit Box', a radio scanner used to ask the ghost questions using actual voice recognition.
Rank #3
'Crucifix', a vital defensive item that can passively prevent a ghost from initiating a hunt if placed near its spawn point.
Rank #4
are 'Smudge Sticks', which can be lit during an active chase to temporarily blind and repel the ghost, saving the player's life.
Rank #5
'D.O.T.S. Projector', a laser grid used to reveal the silhouettes of specific ghost types as they move.
Phasmophobia: Specific Game Elements
Explore in-depth equipment, cast, combat mechanics, and world collectibles documented for Phasmophobia:
Phasmophobia Weapons
If placed in the exact vicinity of where a ghost attempts to manifest, it will completely block the hunt from starting, burning up one of its charges in the process.
While not a weapon, consuming these restores the player's sanity percentage, significantly reducing the likelihood that the ghost will become aggressive and initiate a hunt.
When lit during a hunt, this bundle of herbs temporarily blinds the ghost and prevents it from killing the player, buying precious seconds to hide.
Phasmophobia Vehicles
Your transport and command center. It is completely safe from the ghost and houses your equipment shelves, a map layout screen, sanity monitors, and CCTV feeds.
Phasmophobia Animals / Creatures
Role: One of the most feared ghost types in the game, capable of initiating a hunt at incredibly high sanity levels and ignoring standard cooldown timers.
Role: A ghost that drains massive amounts of player sanity by violently throwing multiple physical objects (like cups, plates, and tools) across the room simultaneously.
Role: A terrifying entity that moves extremely slowly while wandering, but sprints at blinding, inescapable speeds the moment it establishes line-of-sight with a player during a hunt.
Phasmophobia Characters
Un-hideable Entity
A ghost that always knows exactly where every player is hiding. You cannot hide from it; you must exploit its incredibly slow movement speed to loop it around furniture.
Player Avatars
A team of up to 4 paranormal contractors who brave haunted locations to gather evidence, fully customizable with various civilian character models.
Deceptive Entity
A unique ghost type that perfectly copies the traits, hunting thresholds, and behaviors of any other ghost type in the game, making identification a nightmare.
workspace_premium Top 3 Characters
Rank #1
'Player Investigator', the customizable, faceless contractor risking their life for meager pay.
Rank #2
are the 'Ghosts', the true stars of the game; each ghost is procedurally generated with a random name, age, and death state, but governed by the strict, terrifying AI rules of their specific species (e.g., a Demon hunts incredibly early, while a Mare hates the light).
'Ghost Removal Team', the unseen clean
up crew that the players are supposedly gathering the evidence for.
Phasmophobia Missions / Objectives
Objective: A random list of secondary goals on the truck whiteboard, such as getting the ghost to blow out a candle or escaping during an active hunt, which grant extra cash.
Objective: Use your equipment to find exactly three pieces of evidence (e.g., Freezing Temperatures, EMF Level 5, Ghost Writing) to correctly deduce the entity's species.
Objective: Correctly identify the ghost, complete all three optional objectives, collect the bone, and fill the photo journal with 3-star photos to achieve a perfect payout multiplier.
workspace_premium Top 3 Missions/Objectives
Rank #1
'Identify the Ghost Type', the primary objective requiring players to narrow down the entity from a list of over 20 unique ghost types (like Demons, Poltergeists, or mimics) using three specific pieces of evidence.
Rank #2
'Survive a Hunt', an optional objective requiring players to deliberately lower their sanity to trigger an attack and successfully use a Smudge Stick to escape.
Rank #3
'Prevent a Hunt with a Crucifix', forcing players to strategically predict and place a defensive item directly where the ghost will spawn to block its attack.
Phasmophobia Companions / Summons
Ability: Allows communication with teammates across the map. Hearing it dissolve into static is a terrifying confirmation that a hunt has started.
Ability: A community-dubbed role for the player who is too terrified to enter the house, instead staying in the van to call out ghost activity, monitor sanity, and watch for DOTS silhouettes on the cameras.
Phasmophobia Collectibles
Location/Use: A human bone hidden randomly on the floor of the map. Photographing and collecting it provides a significant boost to the final monetary payout.
Location/Use: A single cursed item (like a Music Box, Summoning Circle, or Monkey Paw) spawns on every map. Using them provides massive evidence shortcuts but drains sanity dangerously fast.
Location/Use: The photo camera holds limited film. Filling the journal with 3-star photos of the ghost, fingerprints, and interactions is a critical 'collectible' mini-game for maximum cash.
workspace_premium Top 3 Collectibles
Rank #1
'Bone Evidence', a randomly spawned human bone hidden in the map that provides a significant cash bonus if photographed and collected.
Rank #2
are 'Cursed Possessions', powerful but dangerous items (like the Ouija Board, Tarot Cards, or Voodoo Doll) that force ghost interactions at the cost of the player's sanity.
Rank #3
are 'Photo Rewards', obtained by risking your life to capture high-star photos of the ghost, dirty water, or fingerprints to maximize contract payouts.
Phasmophobia Armor
Focus/Stats: Closets, lockers, and stacks of boxes. Breaking line of sight and hiding in these specific environmental spots while turning off your electronics is your primary defense against death.
Focus/Stats: Your sanity meter is your only true armor. Kept high by staying in the light and taking pills, a high sanity prevents most ghosts from being able to hunt or kill you.
Focus/Stats: The ultimate armor. The ghost cannot leave the haunted building, making the truck the only completely safe zone to monitor cameras and recuperate.
Phasmophobia Clothing / Appearance
Options: Various street clothes, jackets, and utility vests players can select in the lobby to visually distinguish themselves from their teammates in the dark.
Options: A piece of headgear players can wear that broadcasts their point-of-view directly to the monitors in the truck, allowing teammates to watch them gather evidence safely.
Options: Customizable ID cards attached to the player's arm that display their current level, prestige rank, and thematic backgrounds unlocked by completing events.
Phasmophobia: Other Features & Info
- labelMultiplayer ModesThe game is built fundamentally as a 4-player online co-op experience. Players must work together, sharing limited carrying capacity to haul equipment from the truck into the haunted building.A critical multiplayer feature is the built-in proximity and global walkie-talkie voice chat.The ghost's AI constantly listens to player microphones; talking during a hunt or saying the ghost's name can directly attract it to your hiding spot.
- labelUser InterfaceThe UI is designed to maximize horror by keeping the screen extremely clean. Aside from a small cursor to pick up items, the screen is entirely free of HUD elements.Information like the player's Sanity percentage, the team's objective list, and overall paranormal activity levels must be checked physically by returning to the monitors inside the investigation truck.This forces players out of the safety of the truck and into the dangerous unknown.
- labelSound and MusicSound design is the absolute pinnacle of Phasmophobia's horror.The game uses terrifying spatial audio: the creak of floorboards above you, a sudden whisper directly in your ear, or the muffled, panicked screams of a teammate over the radio right before static cuts them off.Different ghost types have distinct audio cues during hunts, such as the heavy, stomping footsteps of a Revenant or the eerie singing of a Banshee.
- labelGraphics and VisualsThe game utilizes a grounded, realistic visual style designed to make the environments feel like mundane, everyday locations that have been corrupted.The lighting system is crucial; flashlights cast harsh, terrifying shadows, and the glow of UV lights is required to spot ghostly fingerprints.The ghosts themselves feature incredibly unsettling, jerky animations, and can occasionally be seen crawling backward down hallways or staring at the player from the corner of a dark room.
- labelAccessibility FeaturesThe game includes robust accessibility features, particularly concerning its core voice mechanics.Players who do not wish to use a microphone or cannot speak can use a built-in text-based UI to ask the Spirit Box questions.It also features colorblind modes, custom difficulty sliders that allow players to disable hunts entirely if they just want a relaxed puzzle experience, and toggleable sprint options.
- labelStory and SettingPhasmophobia places players in the shoes of independent paranormal investigators taking on contracts to explore haunted locations.There is no traditional linear narrative; instead, the story is emergent, built from the terrifying interactions with the spirits.The settings range from mundane, claustrophobic suburban homes (like Tanglewood Street House) to sprawling, terrifying complexes like the Sunny Meadows Mental Institution, Brownstone High School, and Maple Lodge Campsite.The lore is uncovered incrementally by reading ghost journals, observing how spirits interact with the environment, and reading the contract descriptions in the investigation truck.
- labelTop 3 Mounts/CompanionsThere are no traditional mounts or friendly companions. Thematically, your 'companions' are: First, your 'Co-Op Teammates', whose lives you will inevitably bargain with to secure a photo of the ghost.looks_one Rank #1
Rank #1
'The Investigation Truck', the mobile safe zone that contains all your equipment, the CCTV monitors, and the keypad used to flee the location.
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'Sanity Monitor', the most vital piece of equipment in the truck that tells you exactly how close the ghost is to initiating a fatal hunt.