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Phasmophobia

Kinetic Games · 2020-09-18

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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).

14,843
playing now
94%
positive of 838k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,735
twitch viewers (latest)
68/100
IGDB user rating (242 ratings)
76/100
opencritic · strong · 62% recommend
21h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

14,843 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 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
  • · 14,843 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 38,415 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4,802/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17M–38M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 838,149 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 8 of 16 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: 476 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 71 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

16k4.7k2026-08-06 16:00 — 11,052 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 5,788 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 12,083 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 9,851 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 10,991 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 15,516 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 5,816 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 9,929 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 11,260 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 5,504 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 9,918 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 9,287 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 7,679 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 12,423 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 5,928 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 9,455 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 12,904 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 5,673 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 10,992 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 9,775 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 7,895 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 13,321 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 5,313 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 8,584 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 10,362 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 6,229 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 12,403 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 10,577 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 7,621 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 13,446 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 4,893 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 11,874 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 10,967 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 5,098 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 9,143 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 11,010 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 8,931 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 15,583 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 8,175 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 14,843 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#54#902026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #542026-08-07 — #542026-08-08 — #542026-08-09 — #542026-08-10 — #542026-08-11 — #542026-08-12 — #542026-08-13 — #832026-08-14 — #872026-08-15 — #872026-08-16 — #872026-08-17 — #842026-08-18 — #802026-08-19 — #802026-08-20 — #832026-08-21 — #862026-08-22 — #882026-08-23 — #902026-08-24 — #882026-08-25 — #882026-08-26 — #792026-08-27 — #782026-08-28 — #782026-08-29 — #822026-08-30 — #84
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1661662026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 71 new positive2026-08-07: 15 new negative2026-08-08: 52 new positive2026-08-08: 11 new negative2026-08-09: 82 new positive2026-08-09: 3 new negative2026-08-10: 55 new positive2026-08-10: 13 new negative2026-08-11: 66 new positive2026-08-11: 2 new negative2026-08-12: 70 new positive2026-08-12: 18 new negative2026-08-14: 69 new positive2026-08-14: 2 new negative2026-08-15: 69 new positive2026-08-15: 10 new negative2026-08-16: 76 new positive2026-08-16: 21 new negative2026-08-17: 68 new positive2026-08-17: 4 new negative2026-08-18: 84 new positive2026-08-18: 11 new negative2026-08-19: 62 new positive2026-08-19: 7 new negative2026-08-20: 47 new positive2026-08-20: 12 new negative2026-08-21: 75 new positive2026-08-21: 10 new negative2026-08-22: 64 new positive2026-08-22: 20 new negative2026-08-23: 43 new positive2026-08-23: 12 new negative2026-08-24: 45 new positive2026-08-24: 11 new negative2026-08-25: 74 new positive2026-08-25: 4 new negative2026-08-26: 166 new positive2026-08-26: 10 new negative2026-08-27: 82 new positive2026-08-27: 10 new negative2026-08-28: 79 new positive2026-08-28: 9 new negative2026-08-29: 62 new positive2026-08-29: 14 new negative2026-08-30: 55 new positive2026-08-30: 6 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$10.492020-09-182026-07-302020-09-18 — 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 $19.992026-07-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6253602026-05-29 — 546 pageviews2026-06-01 — 590 pageviews2026-06-04 — 465 pageviews2026-06-07 — 527 pageviews2026-06-10 — 505 pageviews2026-06-13 — 441 pageviews2026-06-16 — 454 pageviews2026-06-19 — 446 pageviews2026-06-22 — 625 pageviews2026-06-25 — 518 pageviews2026-06-28 — 553 pageviews2026-07-01 — 391 pageviews2026-07-04 — 472 pageviews2026-07-07 — 415 pageviews2026-07-10 — 374 pageviews2026-07-13 — 376 pageviews2026-07-16 — 378 pageviews2026-07-19 — 498 pageviews2026-07-22 — 486 pageviews2026-07-25 — 469 pageviews2026-07-28 — 483 pageviews2026-07-31 — 391 pageviews2026-08-03 — 396 pageviews2026-08-06 — 432 pageviews2026-08-09 — 470 pageviews2026-08-12 — 470 pageviews2026-08-15 — 419 pageviews2026-08-18 — 504 pageviews2026-08-21 — 444 pageviews2026-08-24 — 425 pageviews2026-08-26 — 451 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

22k6052026-08-17 17:12 — 3,338 viewers2026-08-17 20:12 — 13,907 viewers2026-08-24 18:12 — 21,567 viewers2026-08-24 21:12 — 5,351 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 3,195 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 3,867 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 2,352 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 1,729 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 752 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 1,179 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 2,235 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 3,526 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 4,378 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 2,758 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 2,359 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 1,348 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 870 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 1,557 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 2,106 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 2,660 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 3,267 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 3,350 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 3,197 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 1,763 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 606 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 965 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 1,571 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 2,234 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 2,626 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 2,056 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 2,692 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 1,766 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 1,050 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 968 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,735 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

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