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Red Tape

Pollaris Studios · DreadXP · 2023-02-14

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore 9 levels of corporate hell as you work to clear your name with the Devil and restore balance between Heaven and Hell.

85%
positive of 292 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 27,615 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.8k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 292 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2026-10-01) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720232026Week of 2023-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$1.492023-02-142026-10-082023-02-14 — best price $5.392023-03-16 — best price $4.792023-05-03 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-11-02 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $5.992024-01-04 — best price $5.992024-03-21 — best price $5.992024-05-16 — best price $5.992024-07-11 — best price $5.992024-11-04 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $5.992024-12-16 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-06-13 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-11-03 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-02-10 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-10-08 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
91.3%
earned "Hellcome to Your New Job!"
61.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DIndieDemonsHorrorLinearStylizedAdventureDark HumorStory RichExploration

Census log

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

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