Phasmophobia Releases Update 0.9.6.0

Highlights

• Phasmophobia’s latest update introduces a special Easter event with exclusive rewards and a revamped ID card system.
• The game continues to improve its visuals, equipment system, and ghost types with regular updates, enhancing the immersive experience.
• The roadmap reveals plans for a 2024 full release with new content, while the delayed console versions face ongoing challenges.

Phasmophobia has just received a new update that made several changes to the game and added a special event just in time for Easter. The popular ghost hunting title has held special events in the past for April Fools’ Day, Halloween, and Christmas.

British developer Kinetic Games’ Phasmophobia has gone through a lot of changes ever since it entered early access in late 2020. The Unity engine-based horror title has steadily improved its visuals, introduced several new ghost types for players to hunt, and even completely overhauled its equipment system, among other things. Kinetic Games continues to release regular updates for Phasmophobia, with the most recent one adding a new special event to the critically acclaimed co-op experience.

Phasmophobia‘s latest Update v0.9.6.0, also known as the Easter 2024 update, added a special two-week event to mark the holiday period. It also delivered a long list of bug fixes and other changes, including a facelift for the game’s ID cards system. However, the 0.9.6.0 build of Phasmophobia, which is considered to be one of the best horror games on Steam, still has one known issue. According to the changelog, this manifests in a lobby effect not showing up even after the event has been completed.

A player’s ID card displays their stats and in-game progress, while achievements can be tracked through Phasmophobia‘s collectibles and trophies. Like past Phasmophobia campaigns, the Easter 2024 event will reward players who have completed a series of objectives with a special ID card badge and trophy.

The game’s previous v0.9.5.0 update overhauled the in-game equipment shop, while the patch before that introduced a new lighting system for Phasmophobia that featured technologies like Eye Adaptation and Screen Space Global Illumination, or SSGI. As a result of the significant changes that Update v.0.9.4.0 made to the game’s lighting, Phasmophobia‘s visuals have become much more realistic, which, in turn, has improved the title’s already immersive atmosphere.

In a roadmap that was unveiled in January, Kinetic Games revealed that it wants Phasmophobia to get a full release in 2024. This 1.0 launch will come with new ghost models, new interactions, as well as reworks for the hunt mechanic and events, among other things. Meanwhile, there is still no word on when the delayed console versions of Phasmophobia will be released. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S ports of Phasmophobia were set to be released last August, but that date was moved to October following a fire that occurred at the Kinetic Games office. However, the console versions of Phasmophobia were delayed again, this time indefinitely, partly because the team faced difficulties with adjusting to a remote working environment.

Phasmophobia Update v0.9.6.0 Easter 2024 Patch Notes

NEW

• The Easter 2024 event has begun, it will be around for 2 weeks, so get investigating and earn those exclusive rewards!
• More information can be found in-game
• ID cards have had a facelift!
• All badges now have a unique background when using that badge’s ID theme
• Prestiges 11-20 have animated backgrounds to match their badges
• Several colors have been adjusted
• VIP and Artist have received new Badge designs
• Volume slider colors are now the same as the EXP bar colors
• Headphones are now visible when listening through the parabolic microphone

CHANGES

• The middle lines of the ID card have been removed to make space for the new background designs (funds / ready status)
• A ready sticker will now appear on the player ID card when that player is ready

FIXES

• Fixed several Lobby-Equipment desync issues between players
• UI will no longer overlap when applying a locked difficulty
• You can now complete the “Survive with starter items” daily challenge
• You can now place a video camera on a tripod more than once in VR
• Parabolic microphone III will now determine the direction of sounds properly in VR
• EMF Reader III will now determine the direction of EMF spots based on your screen position (non-VR only)
• Shop gamepad buttons no longer still activate when not focusing on shop
• The VR cursor is now in the correct position when highlighting Thermometers
• You now get insurance when you die in Amateur or Intermediate difficulty
• Hovering over the corkboard in the truck no longer appears as interactable
• The thermometer tiers now highlight correctly when hovering over them
• Tier 1 upgrades are no longer locked in the inventory manager when you are at the required level
• Ambient Occlusion will now correctly turn off when the setting is disabled
• Firelights will no longer blow out as soon as they are turned on again after being blown out by the ghost

KNOWN ISSUES

• One of the lobby effects after completing the event may not be visible in every lobby
• Leaving the main lobby and rejoining may fix the visual, until you return from a contract where it will break again.