Phasmophobia Hits 3 Million Copies Sold on Consoles in Six Months
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Key points
- Phasmophobia has sold over 3 million copies across PlayStation 5, PS VR2 and Xbox Series X|S.
- The game reached consoles on Oct. 29, 2024, while its initial release on PC in early access was on Sept. 18, 2020.
- At the time of writing, Phasmophobia features 24 different types of ghosts.
Phasmophobia has sold over 3 million copies across PlayStation 5, PS VR2 and Xbox Series X|S, according to a celebratory post on the game’s official account on X (formerly Twitter).
The paranormal title by British indie game studio Kinetic Games was released in early access on Sept. 18, 2020, for PC via Steam with VR support. After its release, the four-player online co-op psychological horror received two significant bug-fix updates in its first week, followed by several major content updates over the next three years.
The game’s console port launch was initially set for June 13, 2023, but following multiple delays, the version for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S was released only on Oct. 29, 2024.
After the launch of Phasmophobia’s console version, Kinetic Games announced that it is committed to reworking core systems, such as photo evidence, progression, CCTV, horror elements, hunts and events. It also plans to introduce new features, including video and sound evidence, character customization, updated character models and animations, additional optional objectives and tasks, new interactions and hallucinations, and fresh ghost models.
The game has 24 different types of ghosts:
- Myling from Scandinavian folklore
- Wraith
- Onryō from Japanese folklore
- The Twins
- Demon from Christianity
- Phantom
- Mare from Germanic and Slavic folklore
- Oni from Japanese folklore
- Jinn from Islamic folklore
- Thayé from Burmese folklore
- Yūrei from Japanese folklore
- The Mimic
- Banshee from Irish folklore
- Spirit
- Goryō from Japanese folklore
- Obake from Japanese folklore
- Shade from Greek folklore
- Deogen from Belgian folklore
- Raijū from Japanese folklore
- Moroi from Hungarian and Romanian folklore
- Revenant from Celtic and Norse folklore
- Hantu from Indonesian and Malay folklore
- Poltergeist from German folklore
- Yōkai from Japanese folklore
At the time of writing, Phasmophobia has an “Overwhelmingly Positive” rating on Steam with 622,458 user reviews.
