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Phasmophobia
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 60% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 841,475
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 15h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 76% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 60% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 846,166 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 44.5h for positive, 61.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (59.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (54)
story milestone ending side
- Work Experience Complete your first contract 100%
- Chump Change Spend $1 69%
- Rookie Complete 10 contracts 52%
- I Reach Prestige I 50%
- Bare Essentials Unlock all tier one equipment 44%
- They're here Witness a Poltergeist ability 41%
- Shade Discovered Successfully identify your first Shade and survive 38%
- Revenant Discovered Successfully identify your first Revenant and survive 38%
- Banshee Discovered Successfully identify your first Banshee and survive 37%
- Hantu Discovered Successfully identify your first Hantu and survive 37%
- Wraith Discovered Successfully identify your first Wraith and survive 36%
- Oni Discovered Successfully identify your first Oni and survive 36%
- Spirit Discovered Successfully identify your first Spirit and survive 36%
- Obake Discovered Successfully identify your first Obake and survive 36%
- Yurei Discovered Successfully identify your first Yurei and survive 36%
- Thaye Discovered Successfully identify your first Thaye and survive 35%
- Poltergeist Discovered Successfully identify your first Poltergeist and survive 35%
- Myling Discovered Successfully identify your first Myling and survive 35%
- Phantom Discovered Successfully identify your first Phantom and survive 35%
- Fat Stack Spend $10,000 35%
- Mare Discovered Successfully identify your first Mare and survive 35%
- Raiju Discovered Successfully identify your first Raiju and survive 34%
- The Twins Discovered Successfully identify The Twins for the first time 34%
- Yokai Discovered Successfully identify your first Yokai and survive 34%
- Jinn Discovered Successfully identify your first Jinn and survive 34%
- Moroi Discovered Successfully identify your first Moroi and survive 33%
- Onryo Discovered Successfully identify your first Onryo and survive 33%
- Goryo Discovered Successfully identify your first Goryo and survive 32%
- Extra Mile Complete 50 optional objectives 31%
- The Bait Get killed by a Banshee in multiplayer 31%
- Demon Discovered Successfully identify your first Demon and survive 31%
- The Mimic Discovered Successfully identify The Mimic for the first time 29%
- Deogen Discovered Successfully identify your first Deogen and survive 28%
- Flawless Execution Complete a perfect investigation 27%
- Professional Complete 50 contracts 26%
- Dedicated Complete 30 daily tasks 24%
- Cash Cow Spend $50,000 23%
- Director Create a custom difficulty 20%
- Challenger Approaching Complete a weekly challenge mode 19%
- Boss Complete 100 contracts 16%
- Break The Bank Spend $100,000 16%
- Tools of the Trade Unlock all tier two equipment 14%
- Escape Artist Escape a Revenant 13%
- No More Training Wheels Complete Training 11%
- Fully Loaded Unlock all tier three equipment 8.5%
- Devoted Complete 10 weekly tasks 8.2%
- Rise to the Challenge Complete the weekly challenge mode 5 times 5.8%
- II Reach Prestige II 5.2%
- Doom Slayed Get killed by a Demon ability within the first minute 3.5%
- III Reach Prestige III 3.3%
- Taking All Challenges Complete the weekly challenge mode 10 times 2.8%
- Bronze Hunter Obtain the Bronze Apocalypse Trophy 2.5%
- Gold Hunter Obtain the Gold Apocalypse Trophy 2.2%
- Silver Hunter Obtain the Silver Apocalypse Trophy 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.