Phasmophobia
What Phasmophobia is
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror.
The sentence of its Steam description that best says what it is, picked by Jev. The developer's own words.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.
What people say
Patches that break features make up 32% of developer and update complaints for Phasmophobia, alongside backlash to the customization update.
Written by an LLM from the lead report's counts.Read the reportBefore you buy Phasmophobia
Recent reviews run 17 points below the lifetime score.
Steam's score counts every review over the game's life; this report reads the reviews in its window, so a recent update or event moves it first.
Reviewers who play with friends praise multiplayer and community, 24% of written reviews, and some praise fun gameplay at 13%. Skip it if bugs and crashes bother you: 9% of written reviews raise them, and not enough content comes up in 3%.
Of the people who wrote a review
Watch out for
- Developer and updatesfading12%Most often update breaks features
“♥♥♥♥♥♥ game instead of waiting to finish the update they were hyping for years release a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ update with low quality worst update oat. I want my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ money back.”
- Bugs and crashes9%
- Not enough content3%
Share of written reviews that raise each one.
Who it suits
- Playing with friends744 reviewers; most raised: bugs and crashesComplain29%Praise89%
- Playing solo15 reviewers; most raised: not enough contentComplain36%Praise81%
- Collecting and completing14 reviewers; most raised: developer and updatesComplain66%Praise68%
Steam reviews over its whole life
842,726 reviews in every language, counted per month by Steam itself.
What Phasmophobia reviewers say
One public report on Phasmophobia reads 2,410 Steam reviews from the last year. The report “What people complain about and love in 2026” was last updated Oct 27, 2026. Of its 2,410 judged reviewers, 35% complain, 69% praise something, 5% make a request and 2% say they're quitting. The top complaint is developer and updates at 28% of complaints, then bugs and crashes (21%) and gameplay and design (7%). Top praise: multiplayer and community, at 34% of praise. Top requests: bring something back (31%) and new feature or option (30%). Two audience differences stand out. Long-time user: say they're quitting 8.1x as often as everyone (12% vs 2%). 200 hours or more: say they're quitting 3.8x as often as everyone (6% vs 2%).
One public report on Phasmophobia. Each title is written by the person who shared it; the line under it says how the reviews were picked.
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