The Tape
The Tape is a slow and creepy first person horror game, with mystical story and abstract psychological elements.
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Release
November 19, 2015
10 years and 259 days ago
Steam Reviews
Mixed489 reviews54.4%
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9 itemsAbout the Game
The Tape is a first person horror game, with found footage stylization, slow pace and creepy atmosphere.
The game relies mostly on creating heavy atmosphere, instead of a cheap jump scares. Some of the scenes you are witnessing in this game are the most disturbing in horror game history.
The game tells story of middle-aged detective, who is tasked with search of a young girl, missing in US suburbia. He travels to abandoned house to check some of his clues and reveals things so horrifying, that it make him question his own sanity.
The game relies mostly on creating heavy atmosphere, instead of a cheap jump scares. Some of the scenes you are witnessing in this game are the most disturbing in horror game history.
The game tells story of middle-aged detective, who is tasked with search of a young girl, missing in US suburbia. He travels to abandoned house to check some of his clues and reveals things so horrifying, that it make him question his own sanity.
Features
- Explore dark and terrifying mystery of missing girl.
- Face horrible creatures and enemies.
- Uncover the truth or atleast try to escape.
