The Game Census
The Tape cover art

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.

1
playing now
55%
positive of 493 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 36% of 18,324 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–30k copies

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

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 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).

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.