One of Phasmophobia’s biggest updates to date finally has a release date, and it’s nearly time to start customizing your avatar to your heart’s content with the arrival of the player character update. If you’re eager to see these new models in action, you’ll want to know exactly when the update is arriving.
This update is going to completely change the look and feel of ghost hunting forever, which makes it a pretty exciting one to dive into. If you want to be ready to start investigating as soon as possible, here’s the exact time and date when the Phasmophobia player character update will be released.
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Phasmophobia player character update release date and time
The player character update for Phasmophobia officially launches on May 5 for all platforms where you can play the ghost-hunting game. An exact launch time for the update hasn’t been shared, and likely won’t be ahead of release, as is usually the case with Phasmophobia updates.
Although official update times aren’t shared by the devs, Phasmophobia sticks to a very consistent and reliable update schedule. As long as everything stays on track and no unexpected delays occur, there’s a very good chance we can expect this one to launch at 7am CT/1pm UTC.
Our countdown is set to the expected release time, and we’ve also translated it across major time zones if you want to know when it’ll be out for your region. If a different time is shared or any delays occur, we’ll provide an update here. You can check back here leading up to the release to stay up to date with when it’s launching and see how much time is left to wait.
- PT: 5am on May 5
- CT: 7am on May 5
- ET: 8am on May 5
- BST: 1pm on May 5
- CEST: 2pm on May 5
- JST: 10pm on May 5
- AEST: 11pm on May 5
Player character update features in Phasmophobia
As the name of this update hints, the player character update is all about completely revamping the player character models in Phasmophobia. With this update, the ghost hunter avatar has been reimagined with new animations, movement, and plenty of customization options, including an array of cosmetics.
The base models have all been updated and received names and lore to go with each one. You can then customize them by changing up their hair, some facial features, and adding facial accessories, like glasses. Then, you can fully outfit them with all kinds of different clothing, including innerwear, outerwear, accessories, and so much more.
All cosmetics you can use for your avatar can be bought using the cash you earn from contracts, unlocked through gameplay challenges, or acquired via Twitch Drops. There are no microtransactions for this feature. If you participated in the Cursed Hollow 2026 event and checked off the first personal goal section, you’ll be getting three cosmetics when this update releases, which are a necklace, a t-shirt, and a Forest Spirit Mask.
The death animation has been reworked to fit the new models, and several other standard animations also look a bit different now to match the new avatars. This includes features like reviving and using the EMF Reader. The goal with these changes is “more dynamic, realistic movements as the game makes its way towards its 1.0 release,” according to the devs.
Corey Dixon, the Art Director for Kinetic Games, told Destructoid that, “Player customization unlocks so many possibilities for [the team] in the future, and paired with the updated models and animations [they’re] also starting to up the scare factor even more–which is just a small part of the bigger journey to 1.0.”
This update is certainly a big one, but there’s still plenty more in store for later this year, according to the 2026 Phasmophobia roadmap. Next, we can look forward to the exciting Alan Wake Phasmophobia crossover event and the anticipated arrival of Phasmophobia’s 1.0 release, previously known as Horror 2.0.
