Welcome back, we've got some news for you.

As part of the Steam Scream Fest sale we have added an item bundle to the Steam Points shop so you can further customise your Steam profile.

During this sale Phasmophobia will also have a 20% discount!

Below is the current list of fixes we have ready for you, there are many other bugs still left to fix which we will be getting more patches out for soon while we work on 0.8.0.0 alongside these fixes.

• Hantu will no longer get exponentially faster if they enter a room between 3 and 6 Celsius
  
• Moved a candy bucket in the upstairs bathroom on Ridgeview so VR players can reach it
  
• Objects will no longer desync when a player leaves the game
  
• Players will now disappear when they leave the game
  
• You no longer get more rewards when skipping the reward animation in some cases
  
• The challenge “Complete objectives in” will now show the map name after the value has changed
  
• After the reward screen, you will correctly see your new level and experience in the lobby
  
• Leaving a lobby through the journal will now remove your equipment from the lobby
  
• You can no longer light a smudge stick you aren’t holding, with an unlit lighter
  
• Applying a server browser filter now resets your page back to 1
  
• Weekly challenges will now display the progress correctly after a reset
  
• After the next reset, the weekly challenge “Complete an objective in random” will no longer be able to select the “random” map
  
• Photos are now much more accurate at detecting ghosts
  
• The Mare light switch ability stat will now sync between all players
  
• The volume will no longer spike when leaving a game
  
• The training “Are You Sure?” UI will now disappear after clicking yes
  
• The lobby radio voice will no longer spike in volume when joining a game
  
• You can now light smudge sticks that you haven’t grabbed
  
• Equipment will no longer spawn before everyone has loaded in if a player leaves or disconnects during loading
  
• You can now light non-grabbed smudge sticks with a candle
  
• VR players can now change other player volumes
  
• VR players can now place sensors
  
• The report button is now clickable in the VR Journal
  
• The player cards in the VR journal will no longer clip into the journal

If you experience any issues or want to give feedback, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord : https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
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• The language filter now saves your previously selected language
  
• Spirit is now selected in the journal by default
  
• You can now sprint when dead, when sprinting is disabled
  
• The distance walked and sprinted stat will no longer count movement when you are dead

• Improved performance of the Anisotropic graphics setting
  
• The bone will no longer spawn in an unreachable location if it spawns inside the large tents
  
• When opening the Journal with a gamepad you will no longer navigate over to the main menu UI
  
• Gamepads can now navigate the correct direction when selecting a right arrow in the journal
  
• Gamepads will no longer lose the ability to navigate the journal after pressing most option buttons
  
• The server browser page number now updates and displays correctly when applying filters
  
• Ghosts can now kill you if you are hiding inside a drawer
  
• You can no longer put on multiple head cameras if someone else was to return theirs
  
• When someone else puts a head camera back in the truck, the head camera model now correctly disables
  
• You can no longer hear any sound in the menu when your master volume is set to 0
  
• The “Are you sure?” UI will now disappear if you exit the journal while on that page
  
• The language selection when playing the game for the very first time will now correctly say “voice” and “text” for each option
  
• Fixed an issue where the shop UI would remain on after un-focusing it
  
• The abilities used stat will now increase when the Moroi curses someone
  
• Moroi will now only curse with a parabolic microphone when hearing a ghost whisper
  
• Moroi will now curse you when getting a response from the spirit box
  
• Placing equipment after placing it back in the truck, will no longer cause the equipment to move after placement
  
• The haunted mirror will now render all visible objects
  
• Potential fix for the microphone being set incorrectly when you have multiple output devices in Windows
  
• The sound sensor legs will no longer collide with the player
  
• Prison exterior doors are now unlockable after hunts
  
• You can now use the lighter in the lobby
  
• Motion sensors, dots and sound sensors are no longer detected during a hunt, when in your hand
  
• You will no longer hear footstep audio in the lobby when your volume is set to 0
  
• The microwave interaction photo will now work
  
• Fuse box sparks will now appear in Prison and School, when the difficulty settings are set to broken
  
• Potential fix for ouija response challenge not working
  
• UI arrows no longer appear for cabinets in some situations
  
• UI arrows now fade in and out correctly
  
• The photo evidence text will no longer overlap the stars in some languages
  
• You can no longer right click to turn on the DOTS, motion sensor or sound sensor which makes the ghost track you during a hunt
  
• Jack o' lanterns will now play the light sound effect on the correct floor and will change volume with the master volume
  
• Vive Cosmos joystick input will now work
  
• VR can now use all scrollbars and sliders
  
• The VR Journal and Walkie Talkie will now reset their size when dropping them. A full fix for this bug will be coming soon
  
• VR players will no longer get caught on sound sensors attached to the belt

• The “Restricted Area” now has the correct room name instead of “Basement West Corridor”
  
• The ghost can no longer do ghost events in the basement west corridor, restricted area, courtyard corridor, female wing and male wing

If you experience any issues or want to give feedback, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord : https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
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• The house fuse box switch now animates
  
• If your save file corrupts and the backup fails to load it will now reset your save file

• The ghost will no longer find non hosts if the host talked during a hunt
  
• Significant CPU performance improvements
  
• Player physics are now reverted back to before the last hotfix due to several issues
  
• The private game screen will now correctly show “NA” instead of “US”
  
• Cursed Possessions will now work for all players every game
  
• The shop screen left loadout buttons will no longer be covered by the navigation arrows if you have a 4:3 aspect ratio
  
• Fixed an issue causing severe physics lag which was affecting movement and screen rendering
  
• Removing an item from your loadout will now save your loadout
  
• FireSource.Update() will no longer spam in the player log, causing fps drops in some cases
  
• Candles will no longer play smoke from both the base and the wick
  
• Placing a candle will no longer jump forward in some cases

• The ghost will no longer get stuck in several rooms
  
• Steps will now render correctly
  
• The bookshelf in the female day room is no longer invisible

If you experience any issues or want to give feedback, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord : https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
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• You can now interact with the lobby cabinets to get a closer view of its contents
  
• You can now place the bowling pins
  
• You can now remove your votes on the contract board
  
• The sunny meadows boilers now have a burning loop sound
  
• Added a VR option to change between toggle and hold grab type for doors
  
• Two extra cabinets have been added in the lobby for future trophies
  
• Added sparkles to the gold apocalypse trophy

• The shop and cabinets in the lobby have been moved, to make access easier for VR players
  
• Improved lobby ball physics
  
• The server browser language filter will now default to "Any" instead of your voice language setting to allow you to see all servers by default.
  
• The “US” region will now say “NA” to match the region selection
  
• The warning before resetting your save file is now much more obvious
  
• Text plaques in the collectable cabinets should now be easier to read

• Various bone spawns, ghost orb spawns and AI navigation fixes across all maps
  
• You can now ready up on a map that you have not unlocked
  
• The microphone volume bar will now work in the lobby when you are in a server
  
• Added missing Bleasdale foliage
  
• The Bone objective will now always count
  
• Pumpkin stickers will now only show your local progress, and not the hosts
  
• Loading a custom preset will now update the left and right button properly
  
• Insurance will no longer say $0 if you click skip
  
• You can now skip the end game animation whilst your ID card is animating
  
• Non hosts will now see the bone room in the game stats and when asking Ouija board question
  
• Halloween event sounds will now accommodate your volume settings
  
• Having no microphone, will no longer break applying your settings
  
• A sound will now play correctly when the ghost opens a washing machine door.
  
• You can no longer get stuck on the corner of the small blue tent in Maple Lodge Campsite
  
• The EMF reader will no longer get stuck in some cases
  
• The "most deaths to" stat will now be localized
  
• The randomizer will no longer select 0 or 50% sanity drain speed
  
• You will no longer be teleported inside the map if you fall out of the map in Edgefield near the truck
  
• Newly joined players will no longer get the wrong difficulty
  
• You will no longer lose the settings for the last game that you played
  
• Voting a new map now unvotes an already voted map
  
• Players will no longer stay in lobby when leaving the game
  
• Unlocking maps and equipment now happens as you unlock them
  
• All candles will now have the lit sound effect
  
• Lighting the summoning circle will now drain the correct amount of sanity
  
• Summoning circle and pumpkin candles can no longer be turned on with left click
  
• Candles will now blow out if they are on the VR Belt and you walk into heavy rain
  
• You can no longer see VR players radio when they are dead
  
• The VR movement direction option will now work
  
• All of the VR options are now visible
  
• VR snap turning will now set the correct angle and will now go to 90 degrees
  
• VR players can now place cameras on tripods if they are not the host
  
• Equipment placed on the VR Belt will no longer face the wrong way for other players
  
• VR teleport locomotion can now be used to move around on Sunny Meadows and Camp Woodwind
  
• You can use teleport locomotion to move into the Halloween event lobby circle
  
• VR Teleport will now work on the lobby staircase
  
• VR equipment holding positions will no longer break if they were placed back in the truck
  
• You can no longer teleport from the Tanglewood garage to the van
  
• The lobby uv torch will now be rotated correctly when held
  
• The candle, ghost writing book, video camera and sound sensor will no longer drop to the floor when placed on the VR belt

• Increased performance when inside the building especially when in the wings, courtyard or basement
  
• Wall crucifixes will now leave scratches on the wall, and interaction photos will now work
  
• Hiding spot in the utility room now has collision
  
• Fixed some missing room names
  
• Wall crucifixes will now give interaction photos
  
• Some door fingerprints are no longer floating
  
• The cheese slice will now react to physics correctly
  
• The bookshelf will now disappear when the hiding spot is blocked, in the female day room
  
• Objects will no longer get trapped inside the toilet sinks
  
• Ghosts can no longer spawn on top of tables
  
• Adjusted the position of the locker blockers in the morgue, so that they don’t clip through the wall or doors
  
• You can no longer get stuck or be safe from the ghost behind a small bench in the courtyard

If you experience any issues or want to give feedback, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord : https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
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• The Jenga tower will no longer fall over at the start
  
• The Halloween ghost photo no longer has to be the first ghost photo

If you experience any issues or want to give feedback, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord : https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
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Welcome back ghost hunters, we've got some news for you.

Spooky Season is fast approaching, and the ghosts would love to play a game with you!



Come and join us with a Halloween-themed event!

On Nightmare Difficulty without heavy rain; enter any location decorated with a pumpkin sticker on the contract selection board! You will gain 5 sanity per candy collected or Jack-o'-lantern lit!

Collect these in order to complete each map:

1. Search for candy!
   
2. Then light Jack-o'-lanterns!
   
3. Finally snap a photo of the ghost!

Check off every pumpkin sticker and earn yourself a treat; a Halloween Trophy for your display cabinet!
The event will be available until early November

• Added window-knocking sounds to windows in Sunny Meadows
  
• Added sounds for candles being lit
  
• You can now place Jenga Blocks (It will still fall over at the start for now)

• Lowered volume and length of some female ‘out of breath' sounds

• Fixed several bugs with the global voice chat
  
• You can no longer hear dead players
  
• The truck can now be closed if a player body did not despawn when they left
  
• The Halloween lobby easter egg will now work in VR

If you experience any issues or want to give feedback, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord: https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
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The Apocalypse Challenge is now live!
Earn yourself 3 unique trophies for your collectible cabinet, just by playing the game!

To earn the trophies, simply do the following:

• In Single-player, complete all 4 objectives and get a ghost photo in Sunny Meadows Mental Institution with the following Custom difficulty multipliers:
  
  • 15x or more: bronze
    
  • 20x or more: silver
    
  • 24x or more: gold
    
  • Show off your trophies in your display cabinet!

You will not need to send a recording or screenshot, everything is done in game automatically

• Redecorated the Menu Room for Halloween! More will be added soon including an in-game event!
  
• Re-added the reset save button back in with a warning
  
• You can now toggle your character on the main menu home screen

• Resetting your save will now provide an “Are you sure” before continuing.
  
• Resetting your save will now only be possible when not in a lobby
  
• Adding/removing an item from your loadout will now automatically save it
  
• The “save loadout” button has been removed
  
• It will now be more obvious which loadout you currently have selected
  
• You are now required to write a small description to submit a player report

• You can no longer report a player twice within 24 hours (using the ID card report button while in a game, after already reporting them in the menu)
  
• The game will no longer suffer from a memory leak which was causing unplayable fps and crashes
  
• UI arrows will now scale better with lower resolution monitors, and for 4:3 aspect ratios
  
• Resetting your save now reloads the main menu, fixing UI displaying pre-reset values
  
• You will now lose equipment when you die
  
• The invite code will now remain hidden when returning from a game in a public lobby
  
• Maps will now unlock correctly, in line with the “Level unlock” screen
  
• The ghost's name on the statistics page will now be localized
  
• Fixed a bug where Vosk voice recognition wouldn’t work due to an empty voice models file
  
• VR Belt items will now face the correct direction

If you experience any issues or want to give feedback, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord: https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
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Welcome back, we've got some news for you.




From now on, while playing Phasmophobia, you will earn 1 of 10 random Steam Trading Cards!

Our trading cards are based on the in-game Cursed Possession: The Tarot Cards!



Earn or buy all 10 trading cards to unlock the exclusive badge, and then level it up to an exclusive foil badge! The badges are a great sneak peek into the icons we'll be using for our new Prestige system, coming at some point next year.





Finally! You can now spend your hard-earned Steam points on some Phasmophobia emotes, avatar borders, and profile backgrounds!

This is only the first wave of items featured in our steam points shop, and more will be added in the future!



We hope you enjoy these new additions and adding to your steam collection!

Thanks
The Kinetic Games Team

• Replaced the “change” button in difficulty selection with arrow buttons to make navigation easier
  
• Moved the lamp, glowsticks, clipboards, and boombox in the lobby room so that VR players can reach them easier
  
• Moved fuse box icons so they're easier to see on the map
  
• Significant performance improvements to weather, especially light rain
  
• Lowered the volume for heavy rain and thunder
  
• You will now be defaulted to the first loadout
  
• Adjusted the lined paper’s brightness
  
• Player volumes now start at 50%

• You will no longer get stuck on the main menu if a game starts while you are on the shop or contract vote screen
  
• Fixed several bugs with the lobby UI
  
• Player bodies will now always disappear when they leave
  
• You will no longer be set to unready when there are minor lobby changes
  
• The blue ball in the main menu will now be thrown properly
  
• The invite code will no longer show for single-player and public games
  
• You can now buy equipment if you have the exact amount required
  
• The challenge clipboards will now be held in the correct place in VR
  
• VR head and controller movement options are no longer inverted
  
• You will now be given your equipment back if you crash
  
• The voted map will no longer be set to random if the host leaves
  
• The voted map will no longer show the wrong map
  
• You can now click all main menu UI on 4:3 aspect ratio
  
• The Recent Players list will now add players when it fills up
  
• Camp Woodwind: You can no longer be killed when outside the gate
  
• Camp Woodwind: The ghost can no longer spawn behind the tables in the games tent
  
• Camp Woodwind: Fires will now extinguish when walking out of the truck when in heavy rain
  
• Camp Woodwind: Leaf piles will no longer disappear when moving away from them

• Significantly lowered the RAM usage
  
• Hallway doors will now have fingerprints in the correct position
  
• Removed the black box in the courtyard steps
  
• Increased the size of the collider for using the fuse box handle
  
• Scratches now reveal behind the wall crucifixes
  
• Wall crucifixes are no longer usable by players
  
• Removed a wheelchair in the basement storage to stop players getting stuck
  
• Renamed nurses room to match the map text (Infirmary)
  
• Removed infirmary from Female Wing restricted map

There are still many bugs to fix which we are working on getting done as soon as possible. We are aware there is currently a memory leak which causing very low fps after playing several games, we are looking into a fix and will get it out as soon as we fix it.

If you experience any issues or want to give feedback, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord : https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
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• Temporarily removed the reset save button until a warning gets added

• You will no longer get a grey eye in VR when smooth monitor view is enabled
  
• You will no longer be given free items
  
• VR players can now click the server buttons to join games
  
• Player volumes will no longer reset back to 100%
  
• The heartbeat sound will now stop playing when you die
  
• Server version is now displayed on the main menu
  
• You can now select Arabic as a language filter
  
• Thai player names will now be readable
  
• Japanese and Arabic are now much more readable
  
• Death amount stat will no longer count other players dying
  
• You can no longer progress challenges or get a reward when exiting training
  
• You will no longer get stuck on the error screen after receiving an error
  
• Performance improvements to Non-VR across all maps to hopefully fix the stuttering
  
• The journal player card report button can no longer be clicked if you have reported that player within the last 24 hours
  
• Sunny Meadows East and west foul linen rooms are now named correctly
  
• The old alarm clock animation will now play for the correct length
  
• Sunny Meadows courtyard steps are no longer black
  
• Sunny Meadows fallen doors will now make sounds when walked on, collide with items, and can have fingerprints left on them

If you experience any issues or want to give feedback, please join the official Phasmophobia Discord : https://discord.gg/phasmophobia
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