Playback

Playback

M.A.T. Games · 2026 · Action, Psychological Horror, Adventure, Dark, Puzzle

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7 user reviews57% · 7
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About Playback

What if the tapes you found weren’t just recordings... but warnings?
Playback is a first-person psychological horror experience that blurs the line between reality and memory. Dive into a disturbing mystery as you uncover the fate of the tenants in a cursed building—all through a haunted collection of VHS tapes.You play as an investigator drawn to a seemingly abandoned apartment complex. As you explore its decaying halls, you find tapes left behind by those who lived—and died—within its walls. Each tape plunges you into a voyeuristic nightmare, showing not just what happened, but what should never have been seen. The deeper you go, the more the footage begins to feel... personal.From flickering lights to ghostly whispers, Playback creates a constant feeling of tension and dread. Nothing is safe. Not the tapes. Not the rooms. Not even you.

🎮 KEY FEATURES

  • 🎥 VHS-Driven Narrative
    Watch tapes to relive the events that led to the tragedy. But each tape pulls you further into the darkness—and some things watch back.
  • 🧠 Psychological Horror
    Featuring disturbing imagery, intense atmosphere, and shifting realities. The horror isn’t always what’s in front of you—it’s what your mind fills in.
  • 🧩 Puzzles & Clues
    Solve layered puzzles, find hidden keys, decode safe combinations, and piece together scattered evidence to move forward.
  • 🔊 Immersive Sound Design
    Featuring dynamic spatial audio, ghostly whispers, and analog distortions. Best experienced with headphones.
Playback is a story about trauma, voyeurism, and the danger of obsessing over the past.
Not everything that’s recorded should be replayed.⚠️ This game contains strong horror themes, psychological tension, disturbing imagery, loud noises, flashing lights, profanity, and violent content. Player discretion is advised.
For the best experience, play alone, in the dark, with headphones on.

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Jun 17, 2026
Amazing game with a thrilling story! Definitely worth the price. Also for people having issue with the lighting, there is a flashlight that you are supposed to use and light switches in the rooms. Will come back to replay for sure!
7 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 16, 2026
I feel like the other comments were a little harsh. The game definitely has bugs, but they are not game breaking. I feel like you should have a way to save just incase bugs crash your game. I restarted my game after the marble game caused my game to crash, so that sucked, but it took less than 5 minutes to get back to where I was. The objectives and puzzles were not that hard to figure out. And I usually struggle with puzzles lol. I liked the game. It was super spooky and had me on EDGE sometimes lol. Thanks for the fun game!
7 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 23, 2026
You play as a guy who decides to investigate a strange case involving several tenants who have gone missing from an apartment building. The police were unable to find any clues, but somehow you manage to get your hands on a video tape. The recording reveals that someone had been stalking the tenants before ultimately killing them. As you watch more tapes, it becomes clear that there is something much bigger behind these disappearances. In terms of gameplay, this is a straightforward first person horror game without any complicated mechanics. Your objective is to explore the available areas and complete the tasks displayed in the corner of the screen. The objectives are usually quite general, but since the entire game takes place across only a few small locations, figuring out what to do next is rarely difficult. One issue is the lack of visual indicators for important items and interaction points. Objects only reveal themselves as interactive when you get close and place the cursor directly over them, which then displays a button prompt. Sometimes the interaction zones are surprisingly small. The video recorder and television are good examples, as you have to interact with specif…
3 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 15, 2026
Great game. Really scary atmosphere.
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 16, 2026
This game is Bad, like really Bad. You play as a indian IT support Agent. Not really but it seems like it. Nothing against that culture but its distracting. There is no guidelines or clues as to where to go. this game is super broken. super broken. I didnt know what to do. I was streaming it and my viewers were about to pass out of boredom. Needs more clues as to what to do, where to find items, ITS VERY BROKEN AND NOT READY FOR RELEASE. This game has high potential but as far as right now. ITS A WASTE OF money.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 16, 2026
Rough experience. The AI voice-over is so monotone it's distracting but that wasn't my main issue. The lighting is SO bad that within the first 2 stale areas of the game, it became pitch black and I had to hug a wall to even navigate to the next room. Atmosphere was so sterile, plot and setup were bad and that lighting was some of the worst I've seen in a minute. Definitely skip this one.
1 found this helpful

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