Phasmophobia 2 Is 'Definitely Not Off the Cards,' Dev Says, Original on Track to Finally Exit Early Access in 2026

Phasmophobia shaper Kinetic Games has revealed it "wouldn't constitute off" a sequel to the viral deed ghost-hunting game, but is keen to support moving connected the existent mentation "until we're truly blessed with it."

In an interrogation with IGN to sermon today's motorboat of the Grafton Farmhouse representation rework, creation manager Corey J. Dixon suggested the five-year-old crippled mightiness yet exit aboriginal entree adjacent twelvemonth alongside its well-publicized Horror 2.0 update, which is presently slated for 2026.

"We decidedly person plans for 1.0, astir apt successful enactment with our Horror 2.0 update, wherever we consciousness the crippled is feature-complete," Dixon said. "It doesn't mean we'll halt moving connected it — we inactive privation representation reworks and caller maps and worldly successful the future, truthful there'll beryllium much worldly for the game. But I deliberation erstwhile the Horror 2.0 has been redone, which is the adjacent happening we enactment connected aft the [2025's] Player Update, the crippled volition consciousness finished. Once that's in, I deliberation it volition beryllium successful a bully spot."

"It's truly hard to cognize [when it whitethorn beryllium finished]," helium added. "Our assemblage is perpetually putting out, 'Oh, it should person this!' truthful we tin look astatine that and conscionable support doing it! We'd emotion to enactment connected it until we're truly blessed with it. We haven't acceptable a day oregon an update that's like: we're done. I deliberation we'll conscionable know: there'll beryllium that company-wide feeling that this task is done now, we've made it the champion it tin be, which is what [creator] Dan [Knight] wanted Day One. I deliberation we'll cognize erstwhile we deed that milestone — I don't deliberation we tin program for that."

As for Phasmophobia 2?

"I wouldn't constitute it off. It would beryllium a amusive situation to spot if we could bash different one. There are a batch of things that I cognize we would alteration arsenic a institution if we went into Phas fresh. There's decidedly things we would each astir apt say, 'Oh, let's not bash that!' Or 'that would beryllium awesome. We should bash that instead.' So, yeah, you ne'er know. It's decidedly not disconnected the cards."

Phasmophobia is simply a four-player online co-op intelligence fearfulness wherever you and your squad of paranormal investigators participate haunted locations filled with spooky enactment and stitchery arsenic overmuch grounds of the paranormal arsenic you can. Since it launched successful aboriginal entree successful 2020, spawning an wholly caller genre of shade hunting games successful its wake, it's passed 23 cardinal income acknowledgment to its blend of co-op fearfulness and investigative gameplay. It besides made IGN's 25 champion fearfulness games ever made list.

2025 has already been a productive twelvemonth for Phasmophobia, not slightest because, though it's lone August, we've already seen a large overhaul of the in-game journal, the merchandise of the (terrifying) reworked Bleasedale Farmhouse, and present a revamp for the fan-favorite Grafton Farmhouse representation has conscionable gone live. There's besides a caller tiny map, Nell's Diner, connected the way, too.

For more, cheque retired IGN's interrogation with Phasmophobia creation manager Corey J. Dixon, wherever we speech astir caller maps, biology storytelling, and what it's similar moving with Blumhouse Films connected a movie adaptation.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.