The Game Census
Phasmophobia cover art

Phasmophobia

Kinetic Games · 2020-09-18

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Auditory, Virtual Reality

Releases: 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2), Sep 18, 2020 (SteamVR), Oct 29, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Sep 18, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 29, 2024 (PlayStation VR2), Oct 29, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

Phasmophobia is a 2020 Action, Indie and Early Access game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (94% of 836668 reviews).

11,986
playing now
94%
positive of 841k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4,441
twitch viewers (latest)
15.2
viewers/channel (concentration)
68/100
IGDB user rating (242 ratings)
62
Nexus mods (239k downloads)
4.57★
PlayStation Store rating (29,419 ratings)
76/100
opencritic · strong · 62% recommend · from 13 critics
21h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

11,986 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Phasmophobia is a 2020 paranormal horror game developed and published by British indie game studio Kinetic Games. The game became available in early access for Microsoft Windows with virtual reality support in September 2020. In the game, one to four players take on the role of ghost hunters who work to complete a contract where they must identify the type of ghost haunting a designated site and complete other optional objectives.

Trailer

Phasmophobia trailer thumbnail

Phasmophobia - Official Announcement Trailer

≈863,672 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 11,986 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 34,009 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4,251/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,531 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-03

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Oct 3), thriving→healthy (Sep 30)

Estimated sales: 17M–38M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 841,295 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.49 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
71k71k20202026Week of 2020-09-01: 4,702 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 55,869 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,617 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 71,083 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,098 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 25,542 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 726 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20,001 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 565 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11,402 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 360 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11,053 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 393 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8,976 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 314 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8,808 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 308 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10,153 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 375 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10,227 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 410 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13,053 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 551 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13,659 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 509 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11,554 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 443 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13,628 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 452 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13,041 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 494 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14,016 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 508 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8,469 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 297 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6,757 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9,683 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 516 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7,463 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 281 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10,150 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 367 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10,732 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 424 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8,579 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 364 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7,705 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 451 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9,200 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 667 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11,203 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 345 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8,824 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 462 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10,531 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 494 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6,620 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 330 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7,477 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 368 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6,945 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 336 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5,717 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6,481 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9,187 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 430 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14,724 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,299 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8,565 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 815 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8,780 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 722 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12,543 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 613 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8,501 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 467 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9,760 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 566 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6,573 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 370 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6,167 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 390 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5,269 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 291 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4,619 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 304 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6,337 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 394 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8,775 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 560 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8,343 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 545 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5,047 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 345 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5,453 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 476 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10,189 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 497 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8,429 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 478 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7,897 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 429 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6,686 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 372 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6,844 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 391 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4,010 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3,531 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 255 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5,078 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 425 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5,224 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 339 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4,520 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 315 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3,085 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4,267 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 447 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6,789 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 395 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4,562 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 336 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4,574 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 325 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3,356 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4,153 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 290 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3,525 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4,652 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5,255 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2,541 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 740 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3,038 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 583 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2,662 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 374 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2,081 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 274 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 993 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 147 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

22k4.1k2026-09-14 18:00 — 11,952 players2026-09-15 12:00 — 6,601 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 4,506 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 7,262 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 10,929 players2026-09-18 12:00 — 6,663 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 7,798 players2026-09-20 00:00 — 10,348 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 16,384 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 6,883 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 4,620 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 7,202 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 10,330 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 5,519 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 4,800 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 7,535 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 12,355 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 8,072 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 4,577 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 7,307 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 10,697 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 6,469 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 9,698 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 16,533 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 8,201 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 4,732 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 7,979 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 12,935 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 10,998 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 6,248 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 13,444 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 20,991 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 14,531 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 5,948 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 12,961 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 16,598 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 9,073 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 11,986 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
45k8.4kOct 2020Aug 2026Oct 2020 — avg 44,993 · peak 112,241Dec 2020 — avg 21,998 · peak 45,537Feb 2021 — avg 13,464 · peak 29,465Apr 2021 — avg 10,952 · peak 23,424Jun 2021 — avg 10,602 · peak 22,996Aug 2021 — avg 14,747 · peak 61,917Oct 2021 — avg 17,362 · peak 68,797Dec 2021 — avg 17,714 · peak 45,800Feb 2022 — avg 13,291 · peak 26,024Apr 2022 — avg 12,465 · peak 25,398Jun 2022 — avg 14,366 · peak 33,477Aug 2022 — avg 12,794 · peak 22,696Oct 2022 — avg 16,644 · peak 40,764Dec 2022 — avg 13,179 · peak 26,353Feb 2023 — avg 11,440 · peak 23,694Apr 2023 — avg 12,373 · peak 25,914Jun 2023 — avg 11,453 · peak 18,805Aug 2023 — avg 27,546 · peak 86,124Oct 2023 — avg 21,140 · peak 48,913Dec 2023 — avg 16,665 · peak 35,463Feb 2024 — avg 13,214 · peak 25,471Apr 2024 — avg 11,600 · peak 25,040Jun 2024 — avg 12,662 · peak 34,397Aug 2024 — avg 16,748 · peak 31,344Oct 2024 — avg 14,071 · peak 49,774Dec 2024 — avg 19,454 · peak 40,921Feb 2025 — avg 19,726 · peak 37,818Apr 2025 — avg 12,273 · peak 29,191Jun 2025 — avg 13,416 · peak 45,319Aug 2025 — avg 14,195 · peak 29,290Oct 2025 — avg 15,079 · peak 32,978Dec 2025 — avg 14,921 · peak 36,585Feb 2026 — avg 11,535 · peak 24,599Apr 2026 — avg 12,669 · peak 29,229Jun 2026 — avg 8,381 · peak 16,196Aug 2026 — avg 9,790 · peak 18,091
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#40#982026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #882026-09-15 — #402026-09-16 — #402026-09-17 — #402026-09-18 — #952026-09-19 — #892026-09-20 — #852026-09-21 — #822026-09-22 — #822026-09-23 — #842026-09-24 — #892026-09-25 — #962026-09-26 — #972026-09-27 — #902026-09-28 — #902026-09-29 — #912026-09-30 — #912026-10-03 — #982026-10-04 — #902026-10-05 — #872026-10-06 — #872026-10-07 — #922026-10-08 — #952026-10-09 — #782026-10-10 — #702026-10-11 — #702026-10-12 — #702026-10-13 — #702026-10-14 — #76
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1121122026-09-162026-10-142026-09-16: 45 new positive2026-09-16: 2 new negative2026-09-17: 57 new positive2026-09-17: 1 new negative2026-09-18: 56 new positive2026-09-18: 2 new negative2026-09-19: 55 new positive2026-09-19: 19 new negative2026-09-20: 71 new positive2026-09-20: 6 new negative2026-09-21: 58 new positive2026-09-21: 3 new negative2026-09-22: 73 new positive2026-09-22: 4 new negative2026-09-23: 21 new positive2026-09-23: 12 new negative2026-09-24: 32 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 48 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 42 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 60 new positive2026-09-28: 37 new positive2026-09-28: 6 new negative2026-09-29: 29 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new negative2026-10-01: 32 new positive2026-10-01: 6 new negative2026-10-02: 34 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-04: 67 new positive2026-10-04: 8 new negative2026-10-05: 55 new positive2026-10-05: 17 new negative2026-10-06: 112 new positive2026-10-06: 19 new negative2026-10-07: 90 new positive2026-10-07: 23 new negative2026-10-08: 110 new positive2026-10-08: 6 new negative2026-10-09: 80 new positive2026-10-09: 27 new negative2026-10-10: 85 new positive2026-10-10: 19 new negative2026-10-11: 75 new positive2026-10-11: 16 new negative2026-10-12: 60 new positive2026-10-12: 10 new negative2026-10-13: 59 new positive2026-10-13: 14 new negative2026-10-14: 52 new positive2026-10-14: 7 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$10.492020-09-182026-09-272020-09-18 — best price $12.592020-11-02 — best price $13.992020-12-22 — best price $12.592021-02-15 — best price $13.992021-07-21 — best price $12.592021-08-14 — best price $13.992021-11-24 — best price $12.592022-01-05 — best price $13.992022-06-23 — best price $11.192022-07-25 — best price $13.992022-11-22 — best price $11.192023-01-05 — best price $13.992023-06-29 — best price $11.192023-08-10 — best price $13.992023-11-21 — best price $11.192023-12-11 — best price $13.992024-06-27 — best price $10.492024-08-15 — best price $13.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $15.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-06-12 — best price $19.992025-08-07 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-04 — best price $13.992026-01-31 — best price $19.992026-05-05 — best price $13.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-09-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6253602026-05-29 — 546 pageviews2026-06-02 — 567 pageviews2026-06-06 — 469 pageviews2026-06-10 — 505 pageviews2026-06-14 — 423 pageviews2026-06-18 — 447 pageviews2026-06-22 — 625 pageviews2026-06-26 — 577 pageviews2026-06-30 — 444 pageviews2026-07-04 — 472 pageviews2026-07-08 — 449 pageviews2026-07-12 — 360 pageviews2026-07-16 — 378 pageviews2026-07-20 — 432 pageviews2026-07-24 — 438 pageviews2026-07-28 — 483 pageviews2026-08-01 — 444 pageviews2026-08-05 — 388 pageviews2026-08-09 — 470 pageviews2026-08-13 — 446 pageviews2026-08-17 — 421 pageviews2026-08-21 — 444 pageviews2026-08-25 — 445 pageviews2026-08-29 — 504 pageviews2026-09-02 — 435 pageviews2026-09-06 — 474 pageviews2026-09-10 — 436 pageviews2026-09-14 — 409 pageviews2026-09-18 — 429 pageviews2026-09-22 — 419 pageviews2026-09-26 — 448 pageviews2026-09-30 — 392 pageviews2026-10-04 — 460 pageviews2026-10-07 — 413 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

18k6462026-09-30 18:34 — 2,305 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 1,243 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 1,861 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 1,105 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 1,614 viewers2026-10-03 06:34 — 1,586 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 3,294 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 1,483 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 3,503 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 1,669 viewers2026-10-05 17:12 — 12,837 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 2,090 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 799 viewers2026-10-07 02:12 — 3,509 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 1,403 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 2,871 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 8,211 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 18,071 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 10,978 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 3,296 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 10,433 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 3,597 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 6,748 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 3,740 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 4,448 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 4,689 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 4,349 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 4,745 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 3,091 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 4,850 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 2,072 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 4,441 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
59.1%
earned "Work Experience"
18.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsCamera Comfort

25 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, German, French, Italian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)81,9732%54
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)31,4022%55
Xbox Series (Xbox)12,6241%54

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DVRDarkCo-opDemonsHorrorMysteryThrillerDetectiveMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

Players also track

DollhouseDon't Knock TwiceHouse of CaravanRusty Lake: RootsForgotton AnneDream AloneThe Sinking City RemasteredApsulov: End of Gods

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗Reddit ↗Discord ↗Wikipedia ↗Speedruns ↗