A new challenge called Artist's Retreat has arrived in Phasmophobia, tied to the reworked 13 Willow Street map that launched on 21 July 2026. Developer Kinetic Games designed it as a lengthy, high-difficulty trial offering an exclusive reward, requiring sustained skill, patience and precision to complete rather than a single skilled run.

To finish the challenge, players must complete 50 successful investigations on the reworked map, meaning they choose 13 Willow Street as the location, correctly identify the ghost, survive to the end of the contract, and repeat this 50 times. Guidance for tackling it includes learning the altered map layout beforehand (for example via a custom match with the friendly ghost setting), and relying on official evidence types rather than unofficial behavioural clues to correctly identify each of the game's many ghost varieties.