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BANNED TAPES

NickNickolas · 2025-03-28

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 27, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

VHS found footage horror experience. You have purchased a box of VHS tapes and now you have to select those tapes on which horrifying, violent, shocking events take place.

BANNED TAPES is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2025, priced at $1.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a Positive review sentiment (93% of 41 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-15

93%
positive of 41 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 28,979 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120252026Week of 2025-03-29: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Russian, Spanish - Spain

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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