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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

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

More story-driven

Games that feels like The Cursed Tape but with deeper narrative immersion

More survival-focused

Games that feels like The Cursed Tape but with a stronger survival pressure

More autonomous

Games that feels like The Cursed Tape but with more freedom over how you play

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with The Cursed Tape. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with The Cursed Tape. These titles are not in What to play next.

The Cursed Tape: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Autonomy, Strategy, Experimenting, Competence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Relaxation.

Last update: 27/08/2026