Indie hit ghostbusting sport Phasmophobia is coming to Nintendo Switch 2.
Developer Kinetic Video games used The Recreation Awards to announce a 2026 launch window for Phasmophobia on Switch 2 with out providing a agency launch date.
On Switch 2, as much as 4 gamers can crew as much as conduct paranormal investigations throughout 14 terrifying maps and sure, Switch 2 gamers will be capable of be part of friends on different platforms due to crossplay. The five-year-old sport can also be as a result of lastly exit early entry subsequent 12 months, too.
“We’re over the moon to disclose that Phasmophobia is coming to Nintendo Switch 2. It’s one thing each our group and all of us at Kinetic Video games have wished for a very long time, so we’re actually pleased this long-kept secret is lastly on the market,” mentioned Kinetic Video games CEO and director, Daniel Knight.
“With 1.0 on observe for 2026, it’s an thrilling time to have new gamers get to expertise the sport. We’re so glad that Switch 2 gamers will be capable of be part of us for every thing that’s coming, in addition to soar into the wealth of content material we’ve added all through 2025.”
It has certainly been a giant 12 months for Phasmo followers, with map reworks and the discharge of the all-new location, Nell’s Diner. We additionally discovered Phasmophobia is getting the Hollywood therapy in July. Horror specialist Blumhouse — the credit of which embrace 5 Nights at Freddy’s, The Conjuring, and M3gan — has partnered with the UK developer to create a function movie adaptation.
For the time being, nothing else is thought, so we’re not but positive who’ll be writing or directing it, not to mention starring within the film, however in an interview with IGN, we requested artwork director Corey J. Dixon for his ideas on how horror manufacturing firm Blumhouse will translate Phasmophobia’s genre-defining gameplay to the massive display.
“We have got a very good partnership with Blumhouse. It is good,” Dixon mentioned on the time. “Will probably be a Phasmophobia movie, it will not simply be a ghost looking movie — we’re going to ensure it is a movie that followers need to watch, and we will work with them actually intently.”
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