BANNED TAPES

BANNED TAPES

NickNickolas · March 28, 2025 · Horror, Walking Simulator, 1990's, Point & Click, Atmospheric

Buy BANNED TAPES from Steam at $3.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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Positive93% · 41
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$3.99
lowest tracked $1.99
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BANNED TAPES price by region

BANNED TAPES costs £3.39 in the United Kingdom, $3.99 in the United States, €3.99 in Europe (EUR), $3.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$4.99 in Canada, A$5.95 in Australia, NZ$5.99 in New Zealand, R$13.79 in Brazil and zł17.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest BANNED TAPES offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £3.39 £3.39 — 1
United Statesyour region $3.99 $3.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €3.99 €3.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $3.99 $3.99 — 1
Canada CA$4.99 CA$4.99 — 1
Australia A$5.95 A$5.95 — 1
New Zealand NZ$5.99 NZ$5.99 — 1
Brazil R$13.79 R$13.79 — 1
Poland zł17.99 zł17.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About BANNED TAPES

You're a filmmaker and you recently purchased a box of VHS tapes at a flea market.Now you need to look through them and select tapes on which occur supernatural, violent, inexplicable scenes, in general everything that can interest the viewer.Features:
  • Simple intuitive gameplay.
  • Creepy atmosphere in the best traditions of such movies as Skinamarink, V/H/S and others.
  • Short horror packed experience. Play Time 30-60 minutes
Gameplay:You watch different tapes and decide which ones to keep for your movie, if you choose tapes on which nothing happens, you will lose, but you also need to not overlook interesting tapes with mystical, violent or other kind of interesting scenes.

BANNED TAPES — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Dec 31, 2025
Banned Tapes is a horror game that says, “less is more” can horrifying. The basic premise of the game is, you possession a bunch of VHS tapes, and you have to watch them to determine if something terrifying occurs. The tapes have content that are crazy enough that they would have been banned anywhere. Quite horrifying. Such as horror, jump scares, and even some supersaturate stuff where people scare themselves. Sometimes, the horror is just creepy enough that you either drop the game or continue on, wanting to figure out what happens. When you think you are finished, there are more content. In the end, it is crazy. What this game’s strength lies is the mystery, and dash of nostalgia. The tapes seemingly are in VHS format, and require a format that is largely extinct in the modern era. It does touch upon nostalgia for an odler era. Honestly, that is pretty much all the good stuff in the game. With that in mind, are there any downsides to the game? Yes there are. There are no save points in the game, so when you play the game, you’ll have to play in one whole session. If you want to come back to the game and resume at a later date, you’ll have to start from the beginning. …
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Recommended Oct 13, 2025
A short but very interesting horror game. The basic premise is that you bought a load of old VHS tapes at a yard sale, and now you're going through them to identify if they contain anything spooky. You basically watch each one, then give a yes or no answer as to whether you think it contained anything creepy, paranormal, frightening, etc. And as you do, a story gradually unfolds in the background as your player character becomes increasingly obsessed with the tapes and a supernatural force starts to take hold of you. Overall, a decent horror game with suitable visuals and sound design! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk5b4WtL2xw
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Recommended Jul 13, 2026
I really enjoyed this game! It's definitely gameplay I haven't exactly seen in this form before, the story was kinda interesting too even if it was really stereotypical in the beginning - of course it could have been a bit stronger storytelling wise, but generally speaking it's a really solid game and I had a great time playing it. I recommend giving it a try, it's a short game but I'd say it's definitely worth the price. Can't wait to see more from this dev in the future!
Not recommended Jun 26, 2026
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Recommended Apr 24, 2026
4/10 I would recommend getting this one on sale. The basic idea of the game is you find blank VHS tapes at a garage sale, view them one by one looking for images of death, gore, shock, paranormal activity, and scary scenes. You put the best of the clips together to create a ultimate compilation horror video. Not much of a game, you spend most of the time clicking through short scenes of each VHS tape. Report them if they are disturbing, there are a couple of jump scares and suspenseful scenes. Some of them are surprising, but nothing too scary. There is depictions of pixel gore in a few. There is not options to change the sensitivity, so the part where you collect VHS tapes is a little rough. The game did crash once after the first 10 minutes of me playing while trying to watch the second set of VHS tapes. I like the scene where you are walking with the night vision camera. I like the look of the game. Overall I liked the idea of the game but found it a little boring.
Recommended Jul 15, 2025
very awesome game. A great way to mix horror, walking simulator and point and click. Hopefully we get Banned Tapes 2. Big Thumbs up from me. Cheers! https://youtu.be/Z3wc1C_-7GQ?si=vwMQLMYrSpQF9llT

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