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Vesnith Tapes

KY XE · Darks Zone · 2025-06-23

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 23, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A psychological horror game where a police officer investigates a cold case in a decaying house, uncovering a strange and haunting tape recorder that reveals a terrible secret.

80%
positive of 85 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (32 reviews).
  • · Top 63% of 13,787 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7k–3.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 85 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 3 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220252026Week of 2025-06-24: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$2.492025-06-232026-07-092025-06-23 — best price $4.992025-07-24 — best price $3.492025-07-31 — best price $4.992025-09-01 — best price $3.492025-09-15 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.492025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Census log

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

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