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Paranormal VHS

Elite Lords Studios · 2023-09-15

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.

Paranormal VHS is an $8.99 Adventure and Indie game released in 2023, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (70% of 145 reviews).

0
playing now
70%
positive of 145 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2h
to beat · rushed 2h
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

James is a vlogger of the channel Paranormal VHS, where he spends a night in some horrifying and abandoned locations where terrible events have happened. His equipment is just a VHS camera that allows him to record any paranormal activity. His next vlog is to spend a night in the Crimson Hill Hospital that were rumours horrifying experiments were made on their patients and due to some recent mysterious events, the building is now abandoned and considered haunted.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (44 reviews).
  • · Top 34% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 145 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.59 at Steam (2024-03-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620232026Week of 2023-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$3.592023-09-152026-07-272023-09-15 — best price $8.992023-11-02 — best price $8.992023-11-28 — best price $8.992023-12-11 — best price $8.992024-01-04 — best price $8.992024-01-22 — best price $8.992024-03-04 — best price $8.992024-03-21 — best price $8.992024-05-27 — best price $8.992024-07-11 — best price $8.992024-08-05 — best price $8.992024-09-16 — best price $8.992024-11-04 — best price $8.992024-12-04 — best price $8.992025-01-02 — best price $8.992025-03-20 — best price $8.992025-05-11 — best price $8.992025-07-10 — best price $8.992025-08-11 — best price $8.992025-11-03 — best price $8.992026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-02-09 — best price $8.992026-03-26 — best price $8.992026-04-13 — best price $8.992026-05-25 — best price $8.992026-07-09 — best price $8.992026-07-27 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Greek, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

DarkIndieHorrorLinearMysteryThrillerAdventureDetectiveRealisticController

Census log

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

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