How to fix Phasmophobia Voice Chat Issues on PC (Steam)

Ali Hashmi

4 years ago

Phasmophobia is an online co-op psychological horror Kinectic Games. At the moment, the game is released as an Early Access title, so there are some technical issues. If you are on PC, and are running into Phasmophobia Voice Chat Issues, here are a few things you can try to fix those.

It is a big hit on Steam and has an all-time peak of 86K concurrent players. The game has Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on Steam, which is a great sign for an early access game

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1 Fix Phasmophobia Voice Chat Issues

1.1 Fix 1: Make sure your default Mic is set properly

1.2 Fix 2: Set default Mic in Steam

1.3 FIX 3: VERIFY GAME FILES

1.4 FIX 4: LAUNCH STEAM AS ADMIN

1.5 Fix 5: Alt+Tab in and out of the game

2 PHASMOPHOBIA SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

2.1 MINIMUM

2.2 RECOMMENDED

Fix Phasmophobia Voice Chat Issues

Since the game is in early access, there are a few technical issues here and there. However, if you are running into issues with the voice chat, here are a few things to try.

Fix 1: Make sure your default Mic is set properly

Head over to the Control panel and select Hardware & Sound
Here, click on Sound and then Recording
Find your mic from there, click it and press “Set Default”
Double click the Default mic and then select the press “Advanced” tab
Here, uncheck the“Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device” option and then press “Apply”. As shown below

Restart your computer

Fix 2: Set default Mic in Steam

Open Steam, and then Friends
Here, click on the Settings icon
Click on the Voice tab, and in your Voice Input Device, make sure you have selected the correct Microphone, as shown below

FIX 3: VERIFY GAME FILES

Head into your Steam Library
Right-click on Phasmophobia and select “Properties”
Select the “LOCAL FILES” tab and click on the “VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES…”
Start the game

FIX 4: LAUNCH STEAM AS ADMIN

Try launching Steam client as Admin. To do this, follow the steps below.

Right-click on the Steam icon, and click Properties
Now, head into the Compatability tab
Here, check Run this program as an administrator
Relaunch Steam

This is demonstrated below

Fix 5: Alt+Tab in and out of the game

ALT + TAB can mess with the voice settings. To fix this issue, ALT+TAB and click on the game window instead of ALT+TAB -ing back in.

While you are here, make sure you check out our other guides for the game as well.

PHASMOPHOBIA SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

To run the game on PC, you need the following specifications

MINIMUM

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64Bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 13 GB available space
Additional Notes: Minimum Specs are for VR, lower specs may work for Non-VR.