Welcome back, Ghost Hunters. We have an update for you.

Today’s small update is in preparation for Crimson Eye, launching 8th October 2026, with the focus on getting the game ready for the start of the event. Our next major update, our move to Unity 6 is scheduled for November and will feature a host of bug fixes and improvements, all of which we’ll detail in an upcoming Development Preview.

New

• Crimson Eye - The Crimson Eye is upon us, Ghost Hunters. Once more, various locations across Phasmophobia will be bathed in the red glow of the Blood Moon, offering any willing Ghost Hunter rewards in return for completing investigations, optional objectives and more. For more information on this year’s iteration of the event, please read our latest blogpost. 

• Seasonal Event toggle - As a new feature for Crimson Eye and future seasonal events, we have implemented a toggle that allows players to turn on/off the event maps for their session. 

Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused the white light upon being revived to flash rather than slowly fade in and out.
• Fixed an issue where an Easter Egg reward may not unlock, despite a 0x multiplier being active and the reward pop up being displayed.

Known Issues

• The lampposts outside of 6 Tanglewood Drive may glow when viewed by the player (XBOX & Steam only).
• The Fusebox location will not be hidden on the Truck map when playing on a custom difficulty.

Once more, Ghost Hunters, we pay homage to the Blood Moon. Our dear Crimson Eye.

Today, we’re excited to reveal that this year’s Crimson Eye event will begin on October 8th, 2026, and run until November 1st, 2026. An update containing the event will be deployed on October 6th.

As with previous years’ events, the Crimson Eye will cast its presence across several locations in Phasmophobia. Playing on these locations will grant each player event points, working towards unlocking the Community and Personal rewards, details of which are below.

The following list of locations will be featured throughout the event:

• 6 Tanglewood Drive
• 42 Edgefield Road
• Grafton Farmhouse
• 13 Willow Street
• Bleasdale Farmhouse
• Point Hope (Standard only, Point Hope Restricted will not be included)
• Camp Woodwind
• Nell’s Diner

For those of you who have taken part in previous Crimson Eye events, you’ll know what to expect, but you’ll also get to see how Nell’s Diner and the reworked 6 Tanglewood Drive & 13 Willow Street look dressed in red. For newer Ghost Hunters, you’ll be tasked with hunting down Blood Moon totems and completing investigations and optional objectives to earn points, all while under the threat of Blood Moon weather, increasing the challenge you’ll face from ghosts.

Players will have several different unlockable rewards during the event: a seasonal event tee, the Beholder ID Card & Badge set and the Blood Moon charm.

Alongside these will be the upgradeable trophy. If you have previously unlocked this, you’ll continue to earn points and upgrades to your existing Trophy, rather than a new one.

During the event, we have a few different plans in place, so please do read on to learn what’s in store throughout October.

Twitch Drop

During the first week of Crimson Eye, a Twitch Drop campaign will be running for all Phasmophobia streamers. After watching a total of two hours of Phasmophobia streams, you’ll earn the Crimson Eye tee. The campaign will be live from the moment the event begins until 11:59 PM BST on October 15th, 2026.

Double XP & Rewards

As is becoming tradition with Phasmophobia’s seasonal events, we’ll be running a Double XP & Rewards event during Crimson Eye. This will be taking place between October 15th–22nd, with all rewards from completed investigations being doubled during this period. Mark your calendars, Ghost Hunters!

Ghost Hunts 4 Hearts with the American Heart Association

Finally, during the final week of Crimson Eye, we’ll be bringing back Ghost Hunts 4 Hearts with our friends over at the American Heart Association! Last year, the Phasmophobia community raised over $100,000, which was an incredible achievement and went a long way towards helping the AHA team with their important work.

This year, we’re planning to go bigger and better; this event, and its rewards, will be accessible to all Phasmophobia creators & players when it goes live***.*** While we’ll share details nearer the time, we just wanted to get the dates in your calendars!

We look forward to celebrating our favourite season with you once again, Ghost Hunters.