Phasmophobia events and updates for 2026: Easter, Halloween, and holiday haunts

The Blood Moon in Phasmophobia, it's bright red with a summoning circle underneath
(Image credit: Kinetic Games)

The Phasmophobia 2026 roadmap is lookin' pretty busy as the game plans for its big 1.0 launch sometime this year. Its usual festive staples are there, so you'll have the Easter, Halloween, and winter holiday events to celebrate with the paranormal, but there's also a new limited-time event on the schedule, and we still don't have the who, what, when, or where on that one.

Between the four events, there's a handful of updates planned outside of Phasmophobia 1.0's launch, like the Player Customization Overhaul, new map, and more haunted house reworks. To keep up with the year's haunting event schedule, we're always watching and waiting—hoping for a sign from the Blood Moon cult—and plan to record any release date evidence or speculation below.

Recent updates

March 24, 2026: Kinetic just announced the Phasmophobia Cursed Hollow 2026 schedule, so I've updated our timeline with the new details.

When is the next Phasmophobia seasonal event?

When is Phasmophobia's Cursed Hollow event?

The Phasmophobia Cursed Hollow 2026 event begins on March 31 and ends a few weeks later on April 21. This year, ghost hunters can continue working on their Cursed Hollow trophy and earn a new player ID badge.

As part of Phasmophobia's annual Easter celebration, you'll have to complete as many ghost hunts as possible to earn points toward the community goal. You'll also have personal milestones to reach, which goes towards upgrading your showcase trophy.

When is the next Phasmophobia update?

The next major Phasmophobia update should be the Player Character Overhaul. After the rework for player models and customization was delayed last year, Kinetic announced it would launch sometime in Q1 2026.

Phasmophobia's official Trello is also a pretty handy reference if you're curious about what's in progress.

Phasmophobia event schedule and updates in 2026

The Phasmophobia 2026 Roadmap (Image credit: Kinetic Games)

Phasmophobia follows a fairly regular schedule of events, but specific yearly dates don't always line up the same. We'll keep the usual holiday events, plus any extra festivities like Phasmophobia Twitch Drops or updates, outlined below.

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Phasmophobia event and update calendar

Dates

Events & Updates

Details

March 3

6 Tanglewood update

A new look for everyone's favorite little haunted house

March 31 - April 21

Cursed Hollow

It's an Easter event, but with a Jackalope and haunted eggs

Q1 TBD

Player Character update

Improved animations and models

October

Crimson Eye

The Blood Cult's Halloween event tradition

December

Winter's Jest

Krampus sees you when you're sleeping and knows when you're awake

TBD

13 Willow Street update

Another haunted house map makeover

TBD

Phasmophobia 1.0

Horror 2.0's big debut

TBD

New map

The next new map adds "a new style of location"

TBD

New event

A limited-time event joins the yearly schedule

Previous Phasmophobia seasonal events

(Image credit: Kinetic Games)

Phasmophobia's reworked event structure makes it so you can carry over progress from year to year, but there are still a few retired trophy cabinet mementos you can't revisit. If you're trying to figure out what goes in an empty space, or just trying to predict a date for any upcoming ghost activity, this list of historic haunts may help.

2025 Event dates

  • Cursed Hollow — April 17 - May 7
  • Crimson Eye — October 9 - 31
  • Winter's Jest double XP and money — December 16 - December 23
  • Winter's Jest — December 16 - January 6

2024 Event dates

  • Easter — March 26 - April 9
  • Halloween: Crimson Eye — October 28 - November 17
  • Holiday: Winter's Jest — December 12 - December 31

2023 Event dates

  • Easter — April 15 - April 20
  • Halloween — October 7 - November 4
  • Holiday — December 14, 2022 - January 9, 2023

2022 Event dates

  • Easter — March 26 - April 9
  • Halloween — October 26 - November 10
  • Holiday — December 11, 2023 - January 9, 2024
Andrea Shearon
Evergreen Writer

Andrea has been covering games for nearly a decade, picking up bylines at IGN, USA Today, Fanbyte, and Destructoid before joining the PC Gamer team in 2025. She's got a soft spot for older RPGs and is willing to try just about anything with a lovey-dovey "I can fix them" romance element. Her weekly to-do always includes a bit of MMO time, endlessly achievement hunting and raiding in Final Fantasy 14. Outside of those staples, she's often got a few survival-crafting games on rotation and loves a good scare in co-op horror games.

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