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Unknown Tapes

Traviteam Games · 2024-12-04

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 04, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You are the prey. Unknown Tapes is a horror video game that employs the found footage technique to narrate a story focused on survival in a modern setting overrun by dinosaurs. It aims for realism and draws inspiration from Dino Crisis and Outlast.

81%
positive of 501 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

You are the prey Unknown Tapes is a horror video game that employs the found footage technique to narrate a story focused on survival in a modern setting overrun by dinosaurs. It aims for realism and draws inspiration from Dino Crisis and Outlast. A story will unfold, with an expected playtime of 4-5 hours from start to finish You are being hunted by dinosaurs, and you will need to hide, avoid making too much noise, and sometimes use your wits. Buildings can be destroyed by larger dinosaurs, so you can't always count on finding protection inside. The game is primarily set at night, featur(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (70 reviews).
  • · Top 35% of 14,898 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 501 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.49 at Steam (2025-09-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020242026Week of 2024-12-04: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-12-04: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-12-11: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-18: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-25: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-08: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-22: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-09: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$6.492024-11-282026-07-092024-11-28 — best price $15.292024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-12 — best price $17.992024-12-18 — best price $19.992025-01-03 — best price $11.992025-01-24 — best price $8.442025-01-27 — best price $12.992025-02-04 — best price $9.592025-02-11 — best price $11.992025-03-03 — best price $10.392025-03-10 — best price $12.992025-03-13 — best price $8.442025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-07-15 — best price $9.742025-07-22 — best price $12.992025-08-21 — best price $8.442025-08-22 — best price $12.992025-09-21 — best price $6.492025-10-05 — best price $12.992025-11-10 — best price $9.742025-11-17 — best price $12.992025-12-18 — best price $6.492026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-01-26 — best price $8.442026-02-02 — best price $12.992026-03-09 — best price $6.492026-03-16 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $6.492026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-04-20 — best price $8.442026-04-27 — best price $12.992026-06-01 — best price $8.442026-06-08 — best price $12.992026-06-25 — best price $6.492026-07-09 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
72.5%
earned "First Contact"
22.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1393%11

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

Player tags

ActionHorrorSci-fiStealthMilitaryThrillerDinosaursNarrationRealisticController

Census log

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

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