Unknown Tapes
Skip · Action · 2024
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$12.99Skip
On its price record
$8.45Fair
- Length
- 2.5h
- Value
- $5.20/hr
- Reviews
- 81% of 506 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $8.45 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 6 of its last 7 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GTX 1060 3GB, 12 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 17 times in the 2 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 35 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 20 percent on value. It is pricier than 79 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 81 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Crimson Snow (2023) ($6.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs ($19.99, scores 20).
More about Unknown Tapes
Of the 388 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 11 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2024 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 9 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,362 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 236 have a larger share. The typical game sits near 5 in 1,000, so the score docks it. 2 of the 11 refunded reviewers were past Valve's two-hour window when they wrote the review.
The drop-off
73% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 4 when we last checked, on Oct 5, 06:53 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I played this a while back but forgot to leave a review. As an avid supporter of indie developers (and dinosaur games) I saw this game while browsing dinosaur games and decided to give it a try. It was my first 'horror' game. The atmosphere does a good job of keeping you on edge the whole time. Ambient noises make you check over your shoulder even when no creatures are nearby. Graphics are great, controls are easy...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I'm so glad a game like this exists. There aren't many dinosaur psychological horror games out there, and it's a concept with a lot of potential that needs to be explored further. Atmosphere was great, especially the first open areas where you're afraid anything could appear at any moment. Visuals are awesome too, with really cool dinosaur models. The story has some very interesting ideas like the MARP-1, although...
As much as I wanted to like this game, this game wasn't what I wanted it to be. BTW, this is my personal opinion on the game. I know others would like this, but personally, I didn't really like it. Before I go on a rant, let me go over some things I liked: - The dinosaur designs were great, as well as the variety. - The VHS-style camera was unique, and it gave a really nice atmosphere to the game. - Every screenshot...
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Cite this score
Unknown Tapes scores 45/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2785200/unknown-tapesReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.