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The Tape

Kazakov Oleg · 2015-11-19

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 19, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Tape is a slow and creepy first person horror game, with mystical story and abstract psychological elements.

The Tape is an Indie game released in 2015, priced at $1.49, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (55% of 493 reviews).

0
playing now
55%
positive of 493 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 493 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2017-04-17) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720162026Week of 2016-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$0.492015-11-192026-08-242015-11-19 — best price $3.592016-01-15 — best price $0.992016-02-12 — best price $3.992016-05-05 — best price $0.672016-08-02 — best price $3.992016-09-26 — best price $0.512016-11-29 — best price $3.992016-12-22 — best price $0.512017-02-20 — best price $3.992017-03-24 — best price $1.992017-06-22 — best price $0.492017-10-09 — best price $0.992017-12-04 — best price $0.492018-02-12 — best price $0.992018-06-21 — best price $0.492018-10-22 — best price $0.992018-11-27 — best price $1.992019-02-04 — best price $0.492019-03-25 — best price $0.992019-07-18 — best price $0.492019-11-01 — best price $0.992019-12-19 — best price $0.492020-02-17 — best price $0.992020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-10-19 — best price $0.992022-04-04 — best price $0.512022-08-15 — best price $0.992023-10-02 — best price $0.492024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-04-29 — best price $0.492024-11-27 — best price $0.992025-05-19 — best price $1.492025-08-04 — best price $2.992025-11-24 — best price $1.492026-03-09 — best price $2.992026-07-13 — best price $1.492026-08-24 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

4
achievements tracked
4.8%
earned "Answers"
3.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)30046%4

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

GoreIndieShortHorrorViolentAtmosphericFirst-PersonSingleplayerPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.