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Games like VHS Tapes

If VHS Tapes is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sinever: First Seal, The Halloway Haunting and G.H.O.S.T. Ghost Hunt Ops Special Team — 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 VHS Tapes: VHS Tapes is a 1-4 player, online co-op horror. Experience a collection of mysterious video tapes, each one containing completely different stories, locations, puzzles and nightmares to endure. INSERT. PRESS PLAY.

2026ActionIndieAdventureEarly AccessWindowsby DogHat Games
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Steam players who put hours into VHS Tapes also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Sinever: First Seal

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for VHS Tapes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VHS Tapes.

    Sinever: The First Seal is a 1–4 player co-op psychological horror game. Explore an isolated Victorian estate, operate paranormal equipment, manage your sanity, and uncover the truth behind its imprisoned entity before the house claims you too.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. The Halloway Haunting

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for VHS Tapes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VHS Tapes.

    A first-person co-op horror game for 1-4 players. Explore five abandoned buildings in the town of Halloway, solve the puzzles that turn their lights back on, and get away from the thing hunting you in the dark. Play online, in splitscreen, or alone.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. G.H.O.S.T. Ghost Hunt Ops Special Team

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for VHS Tapes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VHS Tapes.

    G.H.O.S.T. — a tactical co-op for 1-4 players. Your main objective: track the Ghost via anomalies and capture it before it collects 7 runes to open the portal. Use Devastators, secure torsional artifacts, and remember—you are there to stop the invasion, not to become its victim.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Backrooms Protocol

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for VHS Tapes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with VHS Tapes.

    You are a M.E.G. researcher sent into the Backrooms to complete the tasks you’re given. Follow instructions. Don’t ask questions. Explore unsettling, realistic Backrooms levels alone or with a team of up to 4 players. Complete your objectives and do whatever it takes to make it out alive.

    2026IndieAdventureEarly AccessSteam ↗
  5. Have Fun Exploring

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for VHS Tapes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VHS Tapes.

    Have Fun Exploring is a 4-player online co-op psychological horror. Urbex livestreaming is booming on the Dark Web, and the WR8 Audience pays well for thrilling content. Investigate abandoned locations to uncover who went missing and identify the ghost they became.

    2027ActionIndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
  6. Submerge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for VHS Tapes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VHS Tapes.

    A deep-sea exploration company sends you and your friends to investigate a research facility that has mysteriously gone silent. Face terrifying events together, survive as a team, and uncover the truth hidden within the depths.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Devourer: Hunted Souls

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for VHS Tapes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VHS Tapes.

    Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror story game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP, try to lift the curse, experience a tragic story and take decisions together. Will you survive or will you lose your soul?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Expedition to Madness

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for VHS Tapes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with VHS Tapes.

    1–4 player co-op Lovecraftian horror. Investigate paranormal phenomena across unstable dimensions, identify the entity haunting each world, extract primordial energy and escape before the wormhole collapses.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with VHS Tapes.

    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 Action and Adventure with VHS Tapes.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with VHS Tapes.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with VHS Tapes.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 VHS Tapes.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with VHS Tapes.

    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 ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with VHS Tapes.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with VHS Tapes.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about VHS Tapes

Does VHS Tapes have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — VHS Tapes supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to VHS Tapes?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside VHS Tapes are Sinever: First Seal, The Halloway Haunting, G.H.O.S.T. Ghost Hunt Ops Special Team.
Who developed VHS Tapes?
VHS Tapes was developed by DogHat Games.

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 VHS Tapes.

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