Phasmophobia
Games review
As of Jun 23, 2026, Phasmophobia is rated 94% positive on Steam (832,210 reviews), and 76/100 on Metacritic (10 critic reviews). Each source is shown in its own units, never blended into one score.
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Is Phasmophobia worth it in 2026?
Phasmophobia built a genuine reputation as a tense, social co-op ghost-hunting game, and its 94% positive rating across over 832,000 Steam reviews reflects years of goodwill from players who loved it, but that score is now carrying the weight of a game that a vocal and substantial portion of its own community says has been broken by its latest update. Twenty-one of the sampled reviews cite widespread bugs, fourteen specifically call out mandatory slow animations that drag every interaction to a crawl, and nine report that the developer has gone quiet and unresponsive after introducing these changes. Critics were already measured at 76/100 from only ten reviews, signaling this was never a polished product, and the game remains in early access with no clear roadmap to a finished state, a structural problem, not just a patch problem.
Established friend groups who want atmospheric co-op horror and are willing to tolerate an early-access game with active bugs and no defined release timeline, go in knowing the experience may be significantly worse than the overall score suggests.
The latest update introduced mandatory animations that slow every interaction and shipped with widespread bugs that long-term players describe as game-breaking; the developer has not visibly addressed community feedback since, and the game has no clear exit from early access, so there is no
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Pros
- fun with friends5
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- Aside from the bugs (Except getting stuck behind a toilet and dying one time), this game is tons of fun. I really enjoy playing this with my husband and our son when we can convinc...
- Phasmophobia used to be one of those games you could hop on with your friends and instantly have a blast. Half the fun wasn’t even the ghost hunts themselves it was the stupid conv...
- I honestly don’t even know how to review this game properly… the ghosts are interactive?? 😭😂 lol jk But kidding aside, it’s a really fun game to bond with friends. Most of the g...
- enjoyable core gameplay5
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- Aside from the bugs (Except getting stuck behind a toilet and dying one time), this game is tons of fun. I really enjoy playing this with my husband and our son when we can convinc...
- Phasmophobia used to be one of those games you could hop on with your friends and instantly have a blast. Half the fun wasn’t even the ghost hunts themselves it was the stupid conv...
- I really, really hate writing a negative review about a game that I've loved for so long. I've poured hours and hours into Phasmophobia - it was a game that got me through some of...
Cons
- excessive bugs after update21
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- The game, when it works, is fun and has been for years. What is not fun is the lack of demonstrable skill at Kinetic Games in understanding and developing their own game and giving...
- how does this game feel less polished than it did 3 years ago? the animations are awful, the controls are somehow worse, and the equipment is ♥♥♥♥. what the ♥♥♥♥ happened?
- Versions 0.17.0.0 and higher are just unplayable. The latest updates just ruined this game. The game became absolutely casual with millions of bugs.
- poor new animations14
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- The game, when it works, is fun and has been for years. What is not fun is the lack of demonstrable skill at Kinetic Games in understanding and developing their own game and giving...
- how does this game feel less polished than it did 3 years ago? the animations are awful, the controls are somehow worse, and the equipment is ♥♥♥♥. what the ♥♥♥♥ happened?
- Played for years and it was a nice chill horror game to play with friends The latest update rolls around, and with it came animations with every single interaction, all of which...
- developers ignoring community9
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- The game, when it works, is fun and has been for years. What is not fun is the lack of demonstrable skill at Kinetic Games in understanding and developing their own game and giving...
- as someone who loved this game, i've never been so upset with changes that have been made. now i understand that things had to be changed to release the game, but god almighty what...
- Phasmophobia can be a fun game to play as solo or with your friends... that's if it even works half the time, the player customization has proven me that the developers are not lis...
- slow interaction speed6
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- Played for years and it was a nice chill horror game to play with friends The latest update rolls around, and with it came animations with every single interaction, all of which...
- Because of the new updates, the game has become very baggy, and it’s become uncomfortable to play. I can use Incense but they don't work because of the new animations, and the curs...
- i have fallen in love with phasmo recently and became SO hooked on it overnight, so it pains me to have that hype taken away just as quickly. the game isn't fun to play anymore, it...
- disappointing customization5
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- Played for years and it was a nice chill horror game to play with friends The latest update rolls around, and with it came animations with every single interaction, all of which...
- Phasmophobia can be a fun game to play as solo or with your friends... that's if it even works half the time, the player customization has proven me that the developers are not lis...
- i have fallen in love with phasmo recently and became SO hooked on it overnight, so it pains me to have that hype taken away just as quickly. the game isn't fun to play anymore, it...
- prolonged early access state4
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- Versions 0.17.0.0 and higher are just unplayable. The latest updates just ruined this game. The game became absolutely casual with millions of bugs.
- Don't play this garbage. Stay away from the forums. Their moderators are extremely sensitive when it comes to discussions. I've never felt so uncomfortable in discussions lol. Also...
- Phasmophobia can be a fun game to play as solo or with your friends... that's if it even works half the time, the player customization has proven me that the developers are not lis...
Themes and quotes are drawn from 40 sampled reviews with text; the scores above reflect all 832.2K ratings. Counts are how many of the sampled reviews mention each point.