Fear the Spotlight
A séance in an abandoned school goes wrong, Amy vanishes, and Vivian is left alone with a monster that hunts by light.
96% of 1,238 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Games like Spooltape
Loved how story-driven and dark Spooltape can get? These games are a good place to start.
BANNED TAPES
VHS found footage horror experience. You have purchased a box of VHS tapes and now you have to select those tapes on which horrifying, violent, shocking events take place.
Story-driven, Dark, Scary
93% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$3.99The Cursed Tape
Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!
Story-driven, Dark, Scary
80% of 327 Steam reviews are positive$3.99TELEFORUM
A VHS-style psychological horror visual novel. You play a rookie cameraman visiting a widow whose husband killed himself live on TV, and the interview is only cover: your colleague wants the strange tape he left behind. Watch it, rewind, and find out why nobody should have.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Scary
92% of 3,629 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5FreeThe Tape
The Tape is a slow and creepy first person horror game, with mystical story and abstract psychological elements.
Story-driven, Dark, Scary
53% of 366 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Not My Hand
A psychological horror puzzle about an strange VHS tape that captured a disturbingly realistic ritual. Each viewing changes what happens on screen. Notice these changes, figure out what they mean and see if you can rewrite the ending.
Story-driven, Dark, Scary
97% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Pink Noise
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s. It tells the tale of a group of teenagers who unknowingly set off a chain of terrifying events. What secrets lie within the mysterious VHS tape they should’ve never played?
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Scary
82% of 122 Steam reviews are positive$10.99TAPE: Unveil the Memories
Use a special video camera that can rewind time to explore memories of the past in TAPE: Unveil the Memories, a first-person narrative mystery adventure set in 1990s Northern Spain.
Story-driven, Dark, Scary
96% of 51 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Silenced: The House
Any plans for the weekend? There is a great place to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city and daily routine! We promise a unique experience of horror and despair… if you stay alive, of course. Survive the night in the house from your nightmares!
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Scary
70% of 87 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Vesnith Tapes
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.
Story-driven, Dark, Scary
80% of 87 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Banebush
A short, very red horror visual novel. Alexey hides from his pursuers in the village where he grew up, and the forest around it turns out to hold something his grandmother's tales never quite invented. Six endings, hand-drawn black-and-red art and a dark ambient soundtrack make it a tense evening well spent.
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94% of 2,204 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$2.99Uh Oh!
Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.
Story-driven, Dark, Scary
86% of 115 Steam reviews are positiveFreeParanormal VHS
Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. Brace for intense jumpscares.
Story-driven, Dark, Scary
70% of 137 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Hidden gems like Spooltape
Don't Play This
Step into found-footage recordings and live through each person's final moments in short bursts of psychological horror.
84% of 1,090 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$8.99
The Gretlow Tapes
Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game.
92% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Banebush
Hide in your childhood village, listen to the old tales, and find out which of six endings is yours.
94% of 2,204 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$2.99
outside the door
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office.
93% of 771 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Uh Oh!
Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.
86% of 115 Steam reviews are positiveFree
The Fear Business
A survival horror mixed with found footage elements. Unveil the secrets of a dark satanic cult and solve the Solomon Manor puzzles while hiding from…
93% of 109 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Pink Noise
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s.
82% of 122 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
April 24th
The main character is an experienced journalist who always strives to uncover the truth.
85% of 937 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Dead Format
Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras.
79% of 177 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
It gets so lonely here
Run through a night forest, choose your path, and meet the three strangers waiting at the end of each one.
94% of 2,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free
Trapped with Jester
Wake up with no memory in a rolling carriage, trapped with a chatty jester whose intentions are anyone's guess.
93% of 1,626 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Newest games like Spooltape
Creepy Support
Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization!
89% of 131 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Deadly Obsession
A psychological horror visual novel where you’re kidnapped by an obsessed captor—your choices determine whether you escape or fall into his twisted…
88% of 34 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Blood Park
A first-person VHS horror game where forgotten tapes lead you through abandoned locations, terrifying creatures, and a hidden nightmare.
88% of 84 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Not My Hand
A psychological horror puzzle about an strange VHS tape that captured a disturbingly realistic ritual. Each viewing changes what happens on screen.
97% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Don't Play This
Step into found-footage recordings and live through each person's final moments in short bursts of psychological horror.
84% of 1,090 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$8.99
Who am I: Remedy
A found footage horror game where you'll try to remember who you are and escape the time loop while documenting everything on a typewriter.
85% of 33 Steam reviews are positive$3.14
Pink Noise
Pink Noise is a nonlinear visual novel in the psychological horror genre, immersing you in the retro atmosphere of the '90s.
82% of 122 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
VHSMan
"Alice decides to watch a VHS she found in the dumpster 6 months ago and crazy stuff happens!" A Visual Novel about a magical VHS tape
100% of 15 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Uh Oh!
Play through three VHS tapes, uncovering the mystery of a decrepit facility, eluding tormented beasts, and discovering the truth of the chosen one.
86% of 115 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Dead Format
Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras.
79% of 177 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
Testimonium
Testimonium is a bite-sized, experimental analog horror game designed to push your psychological limits. PLAY THE TAPE.
93% of 46 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Loop//Error
Alone in the dead of night, you find yourself sent on a simple errand to check on a quiet gas station on the outskirts of town.
95% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$2.99