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Games like The Tape: Origins

If The Tape: Origins is your kind of game, the closest matches are Deepscape Inc, Room 817: Director's Cut and Dead Stop - No Vacancy — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About The Tape: Origins: The clock is ticking. Investigate real found footage and solve escape-room puzzles to escape the hotel before the cult returns to sacrifice you.

2027IndieAdventureWindowsby Alex X
The Tape: Origins — Steam game cover

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  1. Deepscape Inc

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Tape: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tape: Origins.

    2 to 4 player co-op horror game. You wake up marked with an ID number you can't see on your own back. Only your fellow inmates can read it. Find each other, share your numbers, reach your validation rooms, and get out before whatever roams the halls finds you first." en francais

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Room 817: Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Tape: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Tape: Origins.

    Welcome to one of the scariest old-school horror games. Here, you're not the predator, but the prey. Any mistake will cost you your life. Hide, solve puzzles, explore, and embrace the inevitable terror. The Ancient horror lurks, awaiting you. Based on true events.

    2024ActionIndie1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dead Stop - No Vacancy

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Tape: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Tape: Origins.

    One night at the Paradise Motel. One reporter who took a wrong turn. One thing certain: nobody checks out clean. A short retro horror inspired by 80s slasher films.

    2026AdventureSteam ↗
  4. It Happened At Night - A New Nightmare

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Tape: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Tape: Origins.

    While working at a remote site deep in the woods, Chloe becomes entangled in a disturbing mystery that leads her into something far more terrifying than she could have imagined.

    AdventureSteam ↗
  5. iBLiS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Tape: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tape: Origins.

    Demon is a first-person psychological horror game. How much can a game affect your real life? Enjoy a realistic home environment and terrifying moments of being immersed in a real-life story.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. [SUBJECT]

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Tape: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tape: Origins.

    [SUBJECT] is a first-person psychological horror game. You wake up confused in a dark room, not knowing where you are. The last thing you remember is a robotic voice echoing through you ears. How you got here or why is unclear, but you do know one thing: You're being watched.

    2023IndieAdventure8.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Scholar's Mate - First Move

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Tape: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Tape: Origins.

    Scholar's Mate First Move is a first-person horror experience in a psychiatric hospital. Use your wits to escape from this sinister place.

    2023AdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. In to the 029

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Tape: Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tape: Origins.

    In to the 029 is a horror game based on live-action 3D graphics. Collect clues through simple puzzle solving and investigation. Face the truth through endlessly repeated investigations amid the growing tension and fear.

    2022IndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗

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  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Tape: Origins.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Tape: Origins.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tape: Origins.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Tape: Origins.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tape: Origins.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Tape: Origins.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tape: Origins.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Tape: Origins.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Tape: Origins

What games are most similar to The Tape: Origins?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Tape: Origins are Deepscape Inc, Room 817: Director's Cut, Dead Stop - No Vacancy.
Who developed The Tape: Origins?
The Tape: Origins was developed by Alex X and published by Tiny Cup Studios.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The Tape: Origins.

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