Phasmophobia sees new updates on a fairly regular basis and oftentimes provides a roadmap outlining what players can expect to see arriving in the future. The 2026 roadmap has arrived, offering significant insight into all upcoming updates.
The 2026 roadmap debuted on Jan. 28, with lots of teasers and new details surrounding the fresh additions slated for this year. We also know quite a bit about some of these features from past announcements and blogs, so there’s already quite a lot we know about. If you’re eager to learn what comes next, here’s the 2026 roadmap for Phasmophobia with a full breakdown of everything we know will be arriving this year.
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Phasmophobia roadmap and all updates in 2026
There are quite a few big updates planned throughout 2026, though so far, none of them have an official name or release date. It’s also a bit unclear whether some new features will launch alone or together.
Additional details about future updates will be revealed as they get closer to release, and as they are, we’ll add them here, so you can check back here often to ensure you’re up to date with the latest information. Here are all of the new updates and features included in the 2026 roadmap.
Player character overhaul update
The first major update of 2026, and the only one with a general launch time scheduled, is the player character overhaul update. This one will release sometime during the first quarter of 2026, so either in February or March.
This update will completely rework character models and also introduce the means to customize them with new cosmetics. Animations for the character model are also being fine-tuned in this update, as are animations for other interactions like dying, injecting Tier III Sanity Medication, reviving, and swapping between equipment.
1.0 release
Phasmophobia’s biggest update of the year, and of all time, is the 1.0 release, which is confirmed for 2026. It was previously known as Horror 2.0, since this update aims to completely overhaul and rework everything in the game to up the scare factor. Features like ghost models, sounds, and interactions will be redone, and the ghost hunting game will be heavily polished as it officially leaves early access.
The 1.0 update will also refresh game lore. This may mean adding to what’s already there as well as tweaking some parts of it. The lore that is added or refreshed may also tie in to the Phasmophobia movie that’s in development.
Nintendo Switch 2 release and Unity upgrade
Phasmophobia is arriving on the Switch 2 this year, allowing even more players to dive into the ghost hunting fun. A Unity 6 and network upgrade will be released across all platforms, too, aiming to give all players a smoother and more polished experience.
New map
A new map is launching in 2026. Nothing has been revealed about it so far, and the only teaser we have is a small, grey, blurry picture on the official roadmap. It’s tough to discern any indicators as to what it might be, but it looks like concept art to me, so it’s likely very early on in development.
I’m hoping we get some teasers, perhaps on the upcoming map reworks, for this fresh location, as the team loves to hide Easter eggs and hints for players to find. We’ll also likely get some additional information in future dev blogs as the process moves along.
Map reworks
Both 13 Willow Street and 6 Tanglewood Drive are receiving map reworks this year. So far, two of the beloved house maps have undergone a refresh, which are Grafton Farmhouse and Bleasdale Farmhouse. The changes to the next two homes will look similar, with some small layout changes, a fresh coat of paint, and plenty of new furniture. All house maps will be reworked eventually, so after this, we can expect that 42 Edgefield Road and 10 Ridgeview Court are next up.
Rerun events
Phasmophobia has a few staple seasonal events, and all three are confirmed to be returning in 2026. This includes Cursed Hollow, Crimson Eye, and Winter’s Jest. We can expect to see the core mechanics of each event stay the same, but there will also be some new prizes and potentially new features to go with them. The last iteration of Winter’s Jest, for example, had the Naughty-or-Nice List as a fun and fresh new gameplay element to interact with.
New event
A fresh, one-time event will debut sometime in 2026. We don’t know anything about this event yet, except that it won’t be an annual occurrence like the three seasonal ones. I’m personally hoping it might implement some of the fun, unique mechanics featured in older iterations of the seasonal events, like the snowball gun scavenger hunt in the 2023 Holiday event or cauldron brewing in the 2023 Halloween event.
