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The Cursed Tape

Windows Mixed Reality, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!

What works

  • Strong atmospheric horror and sound design
  • Effective jump scares
  • Unique vhs visual effect
  • Short and intense experience
  • Low price especially on sale

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay length
  • Slow walking speed
  • Lack of story and narrative depth
  • No menu or settings options
  • Math puzzles considered frustrating by some

What to play next

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Hidden Gems

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the game’s motivation profile. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

The Cursed Tape: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Story.

Last update: 26/07/2026