Phasmophobia Review (PS5) | Push Square
Cult co-op horror game Phasmophobia has finally made its way to PS5. This is one of those games we’ve watched from afar, somewhat jealous of all the hilarious clips that have spread since its initial launch on PC back in 2020. Now on PS5, along with PSVR2 support, have the spooks been worth the wait? While Phasmophobia can be technically frustrating, it’s a wonderfully unique co-op experience.
The goal of Phasmophobia is to identify ghosts, but it takes a while to really get onboard with the purpose of this haunting task. If you’re anything like us, you’ll spend your opening hour or so fumbling around haunted houses, swiftly dying at the hands of some vengeful ghost and laughing uncontrollably as your friend’s screams are cut off from comms. This is really the kind of game where you need to pay attention to its tutorial.
That’s because you are ghost hunters, and the way to hunt a ghost is to perform tests. With a starter kit of equipment it's down to your teams of four to quickly identify the ghosts locations and then use things like thermometers, EMF readers, UV lights, and camcorders to rule out certain kinds of ghosts.
On the surface, it’s a fairly simplistic gameplay loop, and once you’ve figured out what is haunting a location, you all just jump in your van and leave. But when that gameplay loop eventually clicks, it becomes a potent blend of co-op, horror, and investigative gameplay.
Communication with your team is key, using both proximity chat and walkie-talkies. Splitting up and scanning the house for various conditions to lock down the ghost’s location can be quite intense. A five minute window is allowed before the group's sanity begins to drop, leaving the team even more vulnerable to hostile ghouls. Once the location has been locked down, it’s time to set up shop, placing cameras, notepads, laser pens, and scanning the area with UV lights.
It can feel like a whole operation, especially if you end up being the guy in the van, tracking ghost activity and
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