The Gretlow Tapes

The Gretlow Tapes

Steam Deck Playable

Aegon Games · Horror · Oct 7, 2025

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

93%
Very Positive
122 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 71 sampled reviews

Based on 122 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 71 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
100% of themes are praise71 helpful reviews0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Where this game departs from the usual experience or at least the basic common horror game experience, is that it can walk the line of balancing a fun experience, compelling enough story, and perhaps most importantly, good horror atmosphere and tasteful jumpscares.
22 of 71 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
To sum it, this game has a well written story with some good initial jumps scare, creepy audio and decent graphics.
9 of 71 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Amazing sound design, good story, fun gameplay and good jumpscares.
9 of 71 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound design is good and builds the tension in places, however I do think the ghostly crashing about is overdone and the dread wears off over time.
8 of 71 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
You need to find eight yellow tape clues and capture the supernatural presence on film at least once, something that’s not too difficult if you keep your camera ready.
3 of 71 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters22 reviews
Graphics9 reviews
Gameplay9 reviews
Audio8 reviews
Difficulty3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
9
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.