Choose Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call
Choose Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call launched in 2024.
Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call vs Dead Tapes: Fading Father
Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call and Dead Tapes: Fading Father both land in Indie, Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam. Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call (2024) is 1 year older than Dead Tapes: Fading Father (2025). Dead Tapes: Fading Father is currently ~33% cheaper on Steam than Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call (1.99 USD vs. 2.99 USD). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Dead Tapes: Fading Father
Choose Dead Tapes: Fading Father if you want the Stereo Sound, Surround Sound, and Playable without Timed Input side of the pairing. On Steam, it's currently about 33% cheaper on the Steam Store. Dead Tapes: Fading Father launched in 2025.
Both Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call and Dead Tapes: Fading Father sit in Indie and Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call |  Dead Tapes: Fading Father | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2024 | 2025 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure | Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 2.99 USD | 1.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 8 reviews | 90.5% positive (21 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | D.B PRODUCTIONS | Nektogone |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call (2024) is 1 year older than Dead Tapes: Fading Father (2025).
- Dead Tapes: Fading Father is currently ~33% cheaper on Steam than Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call (1.99 USD vs. 2.99 USD).
Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call vs Dead Tapes: Fading Father — FAQ
- Should I play Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call or Dead Tapes: Fading Father first?
- If you want chronology, Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call (2024) came out before Dead Tapes: Fading Father (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Nightmare Collection: Telephone Call and Dead Tapes: Fading Father similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.