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(BURIED TAPES) The Cleaner

LIAR MANNEQUIN · 2025-09-02

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 02, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 02, 2025 (Mac)

(BURIED TAPES) is a collection of psychological horror stories recorded on VHS. Each story features paranormal incidents narrated from the perspective of the survivors of these supernatural encounters.

88%
positive of 113 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 12,447 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520252026Week of 2025-09-02: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

3
achievements tracked
87%
earned "Cat lover"
78.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal

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