Can I Run Phasmophobia?
Kinetic Games released Phasmophobia in 2020. It is an action indie game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. 26 languages are covered by the store listing. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Over 679 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Its 6 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. Completionists have 54 achievements to work through. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 390 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 21 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64Bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-10600 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 21 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64Bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Phasmophobia places its action in a horror setting, and the player works through tight tactical maps. The publisher supplies 41 storefront screenshots of these environments. Play is presented from a first person view.
Why Phasmophobia is demanding
The ask Phasmophobia makes is moderate. NVIDIA RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. The install is small at roughly 21 GB. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Phasmophobia at the floor and Phasmophobia at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Phasmophobia needs only 8 GB of RAM. Phasmophobia needs 64 bit Windows.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Phasmophobia?
Older hardware holds up here: Phasmophobia runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 390 enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.21x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.3x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Phasmophobia's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Can my PC run Phasmophobia?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Phasmophobia?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600; GPU: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 390; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64Bit.
How much storage does Phasmophobia need?
Phasmophobia needs about 21 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Phasmophobia?
The RTX 3060 runs Phasmophobia comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Phasmophobia?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Phasmophobia is the GPU.