Phasmophobia (also known in our newsroom as "no, thanks") quickly reached the top of the best-selling games on Steam. And even though it may not seem so at all, it has more to it than it seems at first glance.

The premise itself is very simple: your task is to climb up to three other people where they seem to be haunted, find a ghost, find out the information you need about it and get out of there. Of course he lives. Compared to other horrors of this style, Phasmophobia differs precisely in the investigative part - by the collection of information - which plays a key role here, as some form of expulsion or elimination of the spirit does not figure here. With a variety of tools, you need to find out as much as you can about it in an American barracks, an abandoned farm, or a high school building. This is so that you can pinpoint its type, ie whether it is, for example, Genie, Poltergeist, Demon and so on. All the evidence must then be written in a diary and simply left. That doesn't sound so interesting? …Maybe. But believe us, in practice it's a completely different scary fairy tale.

Although Phasmophobia does not dazzle with its visual side - and certainly not with animations - it can surprise with its playability and, above all, its atmosphere. For example, there are usually only ambient sounds between you and the spirit; I vividly remember when I first turned on the game and tried the tutorial. From a relatively safe van, I flew into the house full of vigor, only to be greeted by… complete and complete silence. Even though I knew that the tutorial spirit would do nothing to me, the emptiness had a strong effect on me. Of course, it's a little different with other players, because communication and agreement is one of the cornerstones of this game. On the other hand, there are still moments of complete silence and solitude, which balances the horror experience again.

Phasmophobia (also known in our newsroom as "no, thanks") quickly reached the top of the best-selling games on Steam. And even though it may not seem so at all, it has more to it than it seems at first glance. The premise itself is very simple: your task is to climb up to three other people where they seem to be haunted, find a ghost, find out the information you need about it and get out of there. Of course he lives. Compared to other horrors of this style, Phasmophobia differs precisely in the investigative part - by the collection of information - which plays a key role here, as some form of expulsion or elimination of the spirit does not figure here. With a variety of tools, you need to find out as much as you can about it in an American barracks, an abandoned farm, or a high school building. This is so that you can pinpoint its type, ie whether it is, for example, Genie, Poltergeist, Demon and so on. All the evidence must then be written in a diary and simply left. That doesn't sound so interesting? …Maybe. But believe us, in practice it's a completely different scary fairy tale. Although Phasmophobia does not dazzle with its visual side - and certainly not with animations - it can surprise with its playability and, above all, its atmosphere. For example, there are usually only ambient sounds between you and the spirit; I vividly remember when I first turned on the game and tried the tutorial. From a relatively safe van, I flew into the house full of vigor, only to be greeted by… complete and complete silence. Even though I knew that the tutorial spirit would do nothing to me, the emptiness had a strong effect on me. Of course, it's a little different with other players, because communication and agreement is one of the cornerstones of this game. On the other hand, there are still moments of complete silence and solitude, which balances the horror experience again.