{"id":2119257,"date":"2026-08-30T13:47:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2119257"},"modified":"2026-08-30T13:47:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:47:47","slug":"phasmophobias-second-quality-of-life-update-adds-restricted-maps-vr-fixes-and-much-creepier-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2119257","title":{"rendered":"Phasmophobia&#8217;s second Quality of Life update adds Restricted maps, VR fixes, and much creepier deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/phasmophobia\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Phasmophobia<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Phasmophobia&#8217;s second Quality of Life update adds Restricted maps, VR fixes, and much creepier deaths<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Grave improvements.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/phas_QoL_keyart_16x9.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"&quot;Phasmophobia&quot; title card for &quot;Quality of Life Update - Part 2&quot; featuring a pegboard wall with various ghost hunting equipment like cameras, EMF readers, and spirit boxes, illuminated by a fluorescent light.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"phas_QoL_keyart_16x9.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Kinetic Games<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-30T13:47:47+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 30, 2026, 1:47 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"dc731f2d-c196-455f-a482-fed585a25e49\" data-name=\"Phasmophobia\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Phasmophobia\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Phasmophobia\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Phasmophobia\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Phasmophobia\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Phasmophobia\" title=\"Follow Phasmophobia\"><br \/>\n  Follow Phasmophobia<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Kinetic Games has released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/phasmophobia\">Phasmophobia<\/a>&#8216;s second Quality of Life update, adding a raft of new Restricted maps, streamlined Evidence collection, VR fixes, and considerably more ways to die.<\/p>\n<p>Now live on PC and PlayStation (the Xbox release is &#8220;to follow&#8221;), the Quality of Life Part 2 update builds on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/phasmophobia-version-1-launch-delayed\">Quality of Life Part 1<\/a> which introduced the revamped 13 Willow Street map back in July alongside a batch of other gameplay tweaks.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Phasmophobia - 13 Willow Street Rework Release Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gwB6_qAmeHA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/gwB6_qAmeHA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Phasmophobia &#8211; 13 Willow Street Rework Release Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Phasmophobia &#8211; 13 Willow Street Rework Release Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gwB6_qAmeHA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;re getting a (long-overdue!) set of new small-to-medium Restricted maps for Prison, Brownstone High School, and Point Hope, bringing condensed versions of the original maps designed to speed up investigations and add more variety to runs.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence collection has also been streamlined. Rather than manually checking the in-game journal, players can now tell whether a piece of evidence has already been logged directly from their Photo Camera, Video Camera, or Sound Recorder via faded overlays and yellow LEDs.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence and ghost types selected by teammates will also now show up for the whole team, cutting down on last-minute double-checking before a hunt.<\/p>\n<p>VR players get a more responsive character rig that better tracks real-world body movement, along with a range of community-flagged bug fixes. There are changes to death, too: dying now turns a player&#8217;s skin greyer and their eyes mistier, and cuts their voice chat the moment they&#8217;re killed.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The update arrives a couple of months after Kinetic Games confirmed Phasmophobia&#8217;s 1.0 launch had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/phasmophobia-version-1-launch-delayed\">slipped from this year into 2027<\/a>, as the studio said it was prioritising quality over speed following a rocky reception to its Player Character Update. Kinetic Games ended up apologising<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/phasmophobia-character-update-apology\"> to players for issues with its long-awaited &#8216;Player Character Update&#8217;<\/a>, admitting it &#8220;missed the mark&#8221; and &#8220;didn&#8217;t deliver on our promises to you&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/kineticgames.co.uk\/news\/phasmophobia-v01710-patch-notes\">patches<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/kineticgames.co.uk\/news\/phasmophobia---hotfix-01712\">hotfixes<\/a> released since to address the many issues spawned by the latest update, the studio explained how it had been working through player feedback to provide &#8220;a much better experience for everyone playing Phasmophobia&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve read feedback from across the entire community. The frustration and disappointment has been clear,&#8221; the team admitted.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Kinetic Games has released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/phasmophobia\">Phasmophobia<\/a>&#8216;s second Quality of Life update, adding a raft of new Restricted maps, streamlined Evidence collection, VR fixes, and considerably more ways to die.<\/p>\n<p>Now live on PC and PlayStation (the Xbox release is &#8220;to follow&#8221;), the Quality of Life Part 2 update builds on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/phasmophobia-version-1-launch-delayed\">Quality of Life Part 1<\/a> which introduced the revamped 13 Willow Street map back in July alongside a batch of other gameplay tweaks.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Phasmophobia - 13 Willow Street Rework Release Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gwB6_qAmeHA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/gwB6_qAmeHA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Phasmophobia &#8211; 13 Willow Street Rework Release Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Phasmophobia &#8211; 13 Willow Street Rework Release Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gwB6_qAmeHA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;re getting a (long-overdue!) set of new small-to-medium Restricted maps for Prison, Brownstone High School, and Point Hope, bringing condensed versions of the original maps designed to speed up investigations and add more variety to runs.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence collection has also been streamlined. Rather than manually checking the in-game journal, players can now tell whether a piece of evidence has already been logged directly from their Photo Camera, Video Camera, or Sound Recorder via faded overlays and yellow LEDs.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence and ghost types selected by teammates will also now show up for the whole team, cutting down on last-minute double-checking before a hunt.<\/p>\n<p>VR players get a more responsive character rig that better tracks real-world body movement, along with a range of community-flagged bug fixes. There are changes to death, too: dying now turns a player&#8217;s skin greyer and their eyes mistier, and cuts their voice chat the moment they&#8217;re killed.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The update arrives a couple of months after Kinetic Games confirmed Phasmophobia&#8217;s 1.0 launch had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/phasmophobia-version-1-launch-delayed\">slipped from this year into 2027<\/a>, as the studio said it was prioritising quality over speed following a rocky reception to its Player Character Update. Kinetic Games ended up apologising<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/phasmophobia-character-update-apology\"> to players for issues with its long-awaited &#8216;Player Character Update&#8217;<\/a>, admitting it &#8220;missed the mark&#8221; and &#8220;didn&#8217;t deliver on our promises to you&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/kineticgames.co.uk\/news\/phasmophobia-v01710-patch-notes\">patches<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/kineticgames.co.uk\/news\/phasmophobia---hotfix-01712\">hotfixes<\/a> released since to address the many issues spawned by the latest update, the studio explained how it had been working through player feedback to provide &#8220;a much better experience for everyone playing Phasmophobia&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve read feedback from across the entire community. 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