Phasmophobia
Last updated: 2026-01-09
- Strong co-op and social experience enhances gameplay
- Regular updates show active developer support
- Immersive ghost mechanics add unique variety
- Technical issues hurt optimization and performance
- Frustrating ghost AI disrupts gameplay flow
- Poor tutorial makes onboarding confusing
Emotions
Frustration22%Excitement18%Fear14%Disappointment7%Amusement7%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 805,051
- Positive
- 770,20595.7%
- Negative
- 34,8464.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 50,669,968
- Estimated revenue
- $1,012,892,660
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 4760.61%
- Estimated copies lost
- 29,959
- Estimated revenue lost
- $598,880
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 4790.6% Avg playtime 1h | 7330.9% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 4,3785.6% Avg playtime 89.7h | 72,90192.9% Avg playtime 93.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 40.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 211.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 2,145.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,935.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
78,491 total
Organic purchasers64,26681.9%
Voted up: 94%
Key activations14,22518.1%
Voted up: 93%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
78,491 total
First impression0-2h1,9622.50%
Voted up: 70%
Mid game2-10h16,13920.6%
Voted up: 93%
Late game10-20h12,45015.9%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+47,94061.1%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
92.8%
Global baseline 93.8%
222 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 805,051 total.