Phasmophobia is a terrifying ghost hunting co-op that can be played in VR. The VR controls can get confusing if a player doesn't customize them first.

If Phasmophobia, with its ghost hunting and jumpscares, wasn't scary enough, the game can also be played in VR for maximum haunting. The game places players in a four-person ghost hunting team, and the object of the game is to identify the kind of ghost haunting a home or abandoned building. Players can earn money and XP to level up their characters, access better equipment that makes hunting easier, and play on larger and more difficult maps.

Players can fully immerse themselves in the game using VR equipment, but it can be difficult to figure out how to set this up at first. Because the game uses the Steam VR support platform, players can use most VR headsets available on the market, including the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve Index, and Windows Mixed Reality. Here's how to set up Phasmophobia for VR.

How to Set Up Phasmophobia to Play in VR

To play Phasmophobia in VR, players should launch the game from SteamVR the first time rather than via any shortcuts they have made. When the game launches, they can go to Options on the whiteboard menu and choose VR Settings to customize their controls.

It's a good idea to change the left- and right-hand grab settings to Toggle and Press in case of jumpscares. This way, players don't need to maintain their full grip to keep holding objects as they are running from a ghost in a hunting phase.

Players may also want to change the controller bindings to make it a little easier for them to grab items and move in the game. They can remove the grab function from the A button and disable the track pad in favor of using the joystick to move around. Some players were finding the A button was touch-mapped, and this was causing them to have gripping troubles if their thumb happened to rest on that button.

To change control bindings, players will need to open the controller settings and choose Custom bindings. This is a good idea to do for both controllers to simplify the way the game works. If players don't want to completely disable the trackpad in their controller settings, they can instead use the SteamVR community settings available for Phasmophobia.

Players can change the x, y, and z angling controls as well to fit their natural hand placement and improve their equipment handling. Some players suggest using 30 0 -60, while others suggest 45 0 -45 or 15, 0, 0. Some choose to toggle between a few of these, as the 45 0 -45 seems to work better for handling but can make it difficult to set down and pick up items and equipment.

Technically, players in VR can have up to four items, with two on their belt and one in each hand. However, if they are holding items in each hand, they will not be able to open or close doors or turn lights on or off, so it is not recommended to use all four slots.

Players should know that Local Chat is always enabled in Phasmophobia for VR as long as they have not muted themselves. Their voice will always come through without needing to perform any special actions. However, to activate and use Global Chat, the player will have to use the controls as though they were speaking into an actual walkie-talkie. They must raise the left controller to the side of their head near their ear and use the trigger, holding it down before talking.

The game will also support cross-play between VR and non-VR systems, so players should be able to enjoy the game with their friends in VR, even if their friends do not have VR equipment.

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Phasmophobia is available for PC.