Is Phasmophobia Hiding A MASSIVE Conspiracy?

[@TheBlueDagger]

That’s actually interesting. I’m actually surprised anybody would have made a Phasmophobia conspiracy theory and I like it.

[@poltypile]

Lucky for me they can't test on van gremlins.

[@OnBrandRP]

Personally I go with the theory that the ghosts are only as real as you make them. If you do not believe in ghosts and are a skeptic, then the ghosts literally cannot harm you in anyway outside of minor annoyances. They basically feed off your fear, if there's no fear, there's no ghosts. The issue is after having ghost hunters catching evidence like crazy so often, it's no surprise that people start to believe in the ghosts and thus they become stronger and can appear more often. You as a person are basically manifesting the ghosts into reality as you open your mind up to the possibility of seeing them. A good way to describe it is radio waves. Your brain is only tapping into the 'common' waves, however if you believe in ghosts then you start to tap into the 'supernatural' waves, which gives you the senses of knowing of their presence. In Phasmophobia, your sanity can drop, my idea is that sanity pills are just a weird and fun way of describing anxiety pills. Anxiety stems from fear., fear leads to creation, and creation leads to death. I don't think there is a government conspiracy, but rather a corporation that sells the idea of 'catching ghosts'. It probably started out like the show 'ghost hunters' from IRL but eventually evolved into actually finding real ghosts and it only continued to grow, the direct manifestation of showing actual footage of ghosts on TV, likely manifested their presence to a wide audience who then started reporting sightings. It's ironic, because by society reporting ghost sightings, they only aid in the creation and manifestation of ghosts, whilst they likely don't wish to but rather want them gone. So basically I think Phasmophobia is just heavily inspired by A Nightmare On Elm Street, Poltergeist and the various ghost hunting shows and youtube channels. It's more of a 'parody' than anything else.

[@pointless7]

This actually makes good sense. Since ghosts are said in the game journal to feed on fear, and the lower your sanity the more likely a hunt starts, sanity could pretty much mean fear.

[@zoppletee5400]

@@pointless7 A bravery meter

[@brightlight3520]

i like this idea and agree with it. ghosts are manifestations of mental psychic energy, like a "tulpa" or "familiar" in mystical terms. The more people believe the stronger they become. this is why you dont see haunted buildings often anymore in this age of "skepticism", we have doubted the supernatural out of existence.

[@chitowndubable]

Actually makes more sense considering they don’t hunt till your a bit crazy

[@harleenvt]

Something to note, the company name is Ghost Huntin' Distribution Inc and the cursed objects are provided, supposedly sold by them, also possibly selling the human bone remains as toys. Which then gets the ghost into the house. Would love you to dig into the lore of phasmo since there is lore and players are always theory crafting based on Old lore and current lore. Btw the Player model names were done so via the names given by the unity store asset names given to them already. This part will change as the devs make new player models. It's a whole conspiracy, a company sending in investigators, then sending in an extraction team to capture ghost and reattach them to the bone to then be sold back out to the public. Some even believe the exact houses are bought and sold by the company as well after the family moves out.

[@CynicalEscapist]

Who is buying a realistic human spine as a toy??

[@phant0mwolf421]

The side-effect of tghe sanity meds is being winded by a 3 second fast walk.

[@Legac706]

3:16 and you forgot that after the prestiege update you easily receive 1000-2000 dollars from a single game

[@moonriseyns8982]

Oh yeah i wasnt playing like a year and half then i decided to play it 3 days ago, I realized i had prestiged and able to get money easily

[@balazs.joo90]

Chief is commonly found on top of every company not just governments. That's what a CEO is. Chief Executive Officer

[@MC-cp3dz]

0:43 "if you have them" hits hard 😭

[@Coolantgamer]

0:45

[@MC-cp3dz]

​@@Coolantgamer mine adds the "friends" part

[@Coolantgamer]

@@MC-cp3dz oh okay

[@strixt]

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[@Sandwichly]

Imma double check some of these. But I thank you for the sacrifice of your eyes

[@jamielishbrook2384]

While this is a good theory one aspect doesn't hold water. A great many ghosts in the game will eventually kill your character regardless of if you actually try to gather evidence or not (I've had a few solo games where I would die before I even had a chance to explore the area, let alone pull any equipment out of my pocket). So yeah. What the public doesn't know, can indeed hurt them.

[@MindbenderTTV]

Thing is, what we are paid is basically our cut of the contract. We know that CEOs like to make more money than they pay the employees and that per employee, most valuable companies bring a renue that is around 5 to 20 times more than what they are paid annually. So the company is profitable. The dev also did what he could with the assets he found in the store, which the game still uses. For example, Brownstone High School can be licensed from the store for $85. License is permanent so.... Yeah, not an issue, but I hope people won't freak out if the map appears in another indie game and accusing the dev of stealing the assets. I saw that happen before.

[@Mrhandler212]

Another thing is there is a "Clean up crew" or the one who cast the ghost away, our job is to only identify it so the other crew will know the right tools to bring for "Exorcism", with that if you ask me a game where we are the "Clean up crew" aint that bad, and yeah i know pacify has that theme but im talking about the phasmophobia verse or kinetic games own version.

[@gradywingfield4601]

Like what if you work through the ranks to become part of the removal crew

[@nf3rn047]

as a young person living in 2024 a ghost hunting job doesn't seem so bad

[@marymarvel]

I lovvee this!! This makes me want to watch so much more phasmo with this outlook!!

[@darkness1049]

I’m going to add to this. A team extracts and plants ghosts in new locations for the players(teams) to identify and test out gear.

[@YoshiCh1ef-je6me]

I love that theory!

[@henrylacock9480]

11:56 ghost in a bottle lmao

[@that_one_hammer]

Close enough. Welcome back, Matpat.

[@shriyanshagarwal6910]

Amazing video. Additionally I like the fact there are 2 teams, one which identifies the ghost and other which extract the ghost from that place, Maybe it is a great idea for the expansion of the game where you would enter a facility to extract the ghost. First you identify and then you have to exorcise the ghost.

[@ManuFeo]

I like this theory. since it works so well with the development of the game. at some point the powers the be found out ghost exist and start putting a system in place for ghost identifiers to fine more ghost for research and thus at the start you had a smaller base of operations and only a few pieces of gear that were known to work. more data was gathered, the organization expanded its funding to deal with the increasing Ghost sightings. backing gear improvements and larger base location. they make sure you can get all the equipment you need to identify a ghost so that your less likely to make a mistake and give their highly trained "Extractor" agents bad intel and thus they don't get killed by attempting to remove a ghost type with a wrong incantation or whatever it is they do. they probably use incantations from the research found in Sunny Meadows by a crazed Doctor that experimented of patients there. that my knew head cannon now :P

[@johnjames4593]

The map would randomly place locations on the selection screen. You cant measure the gaps between them because they would change

[@Legac706]

6:54 smudge sticks are the same thing as incense...

[@tgnm9615]

I love watching this video. Its so fun to know the full Phasmo lore

[@ChillKindaKnight]

Kinetic games watching this: “write that down, write that down!”

[@Tehn00bA]

11:24 is this AI animated or a game? Because the soldiers are bouncing in the fence. XD

[@nimroids6587]

It’s a civil war game called war of rights. I was in a reenactment group with the devs. Nice guys!

[@thisaccountisnotinuse]

I wish we had a gamemode where we would bust ghosts or something

[@TheaArtsFox]

I love theories, over all in games open to interpretations, is fun and work well for this type of open end game. and funny, they could even make DLC maps or something with overworld locations also common in ghost hunting videos too. and represent the " company" expansion to international points.

[@TEENAGERTIMESKIP]

4:53 sir enough close sir sir enough close sirrrr !! Btw crazy good theory

[@Thrythlind]

Also, I played off the same sort of employer conspiracy when I designed the Swipe to Slay team playbook for the newest Monster of the Week ttrpg books.

[@sanitala]

Im just gonna call a off branch of the SCP foundation.

[@CakeorDeath1989]

The guy who speaks to us in the van at the start of a job is a middle manager. He is likely in contact with multiple on-site teams that are all happening that night, ours just being one of of many vans. It's also why he can provide a list of other jobs happening (when you select a lobby in multiplayer). So I wouldn't say it's a hidden conspiracy because the sense that there's some sort of corporate structure in place pretty much proves it. I do like the theory of the barrier between realities breaking down. Could be that we're witnessing the start of the apocalypse. The government wants to know how to fight ghosts for when the time comes, and grifting companies that barely equip their employees have sprung up to meet the demand because they know they'll get a grant.

[@everguine]

"IF YOU HAVE THEM"

[@stormi20]

Dude your actually my favorite youtuber rn keep up the work

[@SROmikron]

Think about it. Who is the radio guy? What is his deal? How did he get his info he is telling you before mission?

[@animalmango6499]

the light breaking would have been a mare ability

[@loreyainclips]

any ghost can do that

[@animalmango6499]

@@loreyainclips Yep Ik. But mares are more likely. Especially over calling a poltergeist because of it.

[@seppmartti]

The company covers any gas and car maintenance costs.

[@BradL-yg1oe]

We need a game theory on this lol

[@Thrythlind]

Yeah, I wish the board said "Willpower" instead of sanity... doesn't change the issue with the drugs.

[@neonkillergaming7865]

CJ needs to see this

[@madlighter9835]

oh i see now when matpat has quited he hid his wealth fame and everything somewhere now we just need to find it and so began the great theory era

[@legogooroo]

Idk how but the crusifix jumpscared me 6:48

[@TotalMayham]

My friend thinks is suspicious that the ouijja board had the company stamp on it when in the house.

[@PixelstarWASD]

You're hired by a branch of the SCP organization, and they only hire potential or former D-Classers who want to make a quick buck

[@Claraimal]

DK & Kinetic should totally adopt this theory!

[@seskorirkeashimrui3556]

I believe "fred: not having a larger family if this is true idn't due to delusion but the fact that a job which such risk wouldn't want someone with kids to take that risk

[@Whytheads]

This channel is so incredibly underrated

[@RubenTheSandwich]

another sandwich channel, amazing

[@Moxxi2]

0:40 that’s a phantom the blinking is very very much phantom blinking

[@ZOCEK]

Honestly as someone who doesnt focus to much on the story in phas just went ghost to ghost i think the person who speaks to you when you load into a investigation and into the lobby is someone whos working with the government, the reason is because before you load in he is already somewhat knowledgeable on the situation already assuming he is also the one who wrote our tasks and have the ghost name, then i would think he has something to do with the upper ranks of the ghost huntin' distribution. Ill also add that he has been in the game since release as ive heard him there when i played too but he seems like someone if i were to try gather more about the company he could be the start to more actions to find out who the company is really working for

[@dekay1428]

I think another thing I could add is the fact ghosts from completely different continents are all in one country. One from Japan, Myling from Scandinavian, Jinns from Middle-Wastwern culture, and Demons(which I assume are from standard rypical Christian association) are all in one continent. Like the idea of specific fish from specific continents are appearing an entire continents away seems odd. Which I guess could warrant for a bit of "investigating". So taking photos of stuff like burning crosses, or prints and other ghost behavior are add ons for study. Not just money. They want this research

[@marshwalker7217]

They followed the people as they moved. People from all over the world in one place means ghosts from all over the world in one place. Tommyknockers, a type of fairy, followed Welsh miners to the US and are a known entity in gold rush states that the Welsh miners worked in.

[@EdgyCraft]

i swear i thought i saw 88k views. this is too well made for only 8k views

[@AshFlex3m]

The person giving you the case when you start a game is British (probably because many of developers are) or at least has a foreign accent also ghosts aren’t really known for being deadly irl so having a ghost that can and will kill you is very different.

[@TheCrazyMiners]

Really good video. Keep it up

[@mifigor1935]

I don't think sanity meter means how insane you are. I think it's more likely measuring how scared you are since if mortals are scared of ghosts they get more powerful

[@thisaccountisnotinuse]

does anybody know what the name of the stuff on the van board is named in the files?

[@Thrythlind]

I know this is in fun, but my thought on the driving thing is that the developers are in the UK and sometimes the British don't really know how big the US is.

[@wolfgirl8282]

Would be interesting to hear your thoughts on patient 07.

[@mentalist71087]

I like this idea :)

[@Belwindarkstar]

You should do a ghost conspiracy video of Ghost Exorcism Inc. In the lobby, on the other side of the truck, there is an easter egg of an SCP symbol. Could you be part of a SCP team?

[@alejandrostrass2559]

bro cooked

[@neontitanium]

Even with iffy evidence, it's still a good theory. I can totally see it becoming a thing if Kinetic wanted to add more obvious hints in the future, but it also works as a fan headcanon for those who like the idea of it without any strong evidence. Makes playing the game feel darker, almost. Love it!

[@arcadiafree]

Nah dude i live at Tanglewood. Why i need gas. Lol

[@killerraiin]

But if canon crew is made up of 4 people. The pay is actually 1200? Maybe everyone has to pitch in? Or maybe its already been taken out? 😂😅

[@joerotolo2928]

It's a video game you really think gas prices should matter

[@chitowndubable]

Well there’s no wendingo so it’s not the us government…..umbrella perhaps?

[@preston_blake2182]

I want my 12 mins back. It’s game. Just play it. Why are we worried about the price of gas in a video game, for a van🤦‍♂️

[@picklerick8760]

maybe mr. sandwich needs to pop a xanax and just kick back for a minute. its a game bro

[@ghostface9171]

Are employers are the devs

[@Ryker73]

oooooo loreeee phasmo loreeee YAS

[@lapinlogic6267]

Hot take, the ghosts don't exist, we only "see" them when we are insane in the game

[@STB_LEVIATHAN]

Uhhh rent a truck and fly there

[@thatoneleaf9895]

What I assume is that there are multiple bases near each ghost location, since you obviously just need a warehouse and some renovations. While we do select each location, its more like we're choosing which location to inhabit the bodies of the ghost hunters, so its like if we go from playing Point Hope to Tanglewood, we're changing bodies, even if our characters are the same.... Maybe the reason we get just enough protection to get all evidence is cause our characters are cloned.. and the company doesnt wanna get sued or jailed for multiple employee deaths and so they use clones... I'm just bullshitting but it would be a very farfetched explanation as to how we get to each location cause why the hell would we take a truck to cross the US 😭 Edit: Or maybe its not clones with sentience but some kind of biological exosuit and the hunter that the "character" is based off of (so technically still a clone, just no sentience in the clone) link their consciousness to the body, and they pilot the "character" to the location and the reason why we can reappear at base perfectly fine even if we die to the ghost is cause the consciousness isnt lost as the actual person didnt die, their just stuck in a partially alive state, and the ghost extermination crew is tasked with recovering and reviving any "dead" ghost investigators. What method do they use? Who knows. Or maybe its not the extermination crew that does it (as their job is to exterminate the ghost) but rather they take the body back to some base/facility for revival. Anyways I kinda drifted off point but point was that the biological exosuits are just in a comatose state until they are linked with, and the exosuit that is linked with depends on the selected location Edit 2: Wow ig im in a writing mood rn 😂

[@agochoa]

I don’t like the “kill” aspect. It seems somewhat realistic until you’re being hunted. It doesn’t happen enough in real life to be a possible outcome EVERY TIME. I get it adds the danger element but I feel it should be money based. As in, you need a certain level of evidence to pass the level and progress. Also, The ghosts are very cliche in a “13 Ghosts” way. Where’s the shadow men, residuals and others?

[@monkeybear-tu2hw]

I think I'm losing it, you sound concerningly like AZFK

[@FartsHaveATaste]

Dude on professional perfect games are like $1800 aren't they?

[@disjointed]

fun fact: the term ‘guinea pigs’ comes from the animal species of guinea pigs being used in experimentation. so, when you said guinea pigs, you were in fact referencing guinea pigs 🙃

[@Polygonlin]

lol you're reading *WAY* too much into this Puddle Deep game.

[@Faiths123]

That’s why he’s calling it a “conspiracy”

[@konstantynecrowley]

Excuse my lack of knowledge but TF is a Puddle Deep Game

[@Polygonlin]

@@konstantynecrowley Ok, Compare Phasmo to Elden Ring for example. in Elden Ring its like you're ALWAYS seeing something new. in Phasmo you're figuring out the same ghosts over and over and over and over and over, on maps you've probably played hundreds of times. and if you enjoy that, great. but it's Deep as a Puddle. there is literally almost nothing here. especially for long term. it gets very old very quickly. the only thing Phasmo has going for it is multi player. sort of like deep rock galactic, and other "Party" or Streamer games. they're made to grab the attention of streamers, for them to play it for a bit and get you to want to play it with your friends for a week or so then move on. the Devs working on Phasmo are also Pathetic.

[@Cosmic44434]

yo

[@MrDenqu-xf1fg]

its NOT that deep bro, but interesting.

[@Mango_of_lies]

Sand, please let me out of the basement. I could help you make your videos! Sand! SAND! SANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh hey is that Freddy Fazbear? (i suck at making comments)

[@russelstudios2187]

You don’t, it’s a cool comment

[@Mango_of_lies]

@@russelstudios2187 thank you

[@Amtoro]

This is pretty disappointing and basic -- there are so many other elements that are fun to theorize on in phasmo, and this feels so shallow by comparison. What about alternate timelines? The continued existence of the soviet union? Feels like such a missed opportunity imo.

[@Faiths123]

From the devs or the uploader?

[@Amtoro]

@@Faiths123 uploader

[@theWIIISEguy]

If you dont find it interesting or advanced enough for your tastes, then make your own conspiracy theories and upload them. In all honestly, you just come off as a jealous and judgemental.