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Dead Format

80% positive of 163 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Katanalevy. Published by Oro Interactive.

About the game

Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".

Tagged by players

  • Survival Horror
  • Psychological Horror
  • Horror
  • Survival
  • 1990's
  • Mystery
  • 1980s
  • Story Rich
  • Gothic
  • Dark
  • Action
  • Atmospheric

What players say

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    This game just doesn't run well, even on low settings I struggled to hit 30fps. No idea what's happening, I can run modern games like resident evil 9 just fine but this game just doesn't.

    14 min played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    A very interesting game that delights with the cinematography of old videos. The puzzles weaving between them were great, and a lot of thought was put into reducing tedium of backtracking with the placement of unlocked shortcuts. I did hope for more puzzles that involved taking things between the various videos, as if that would change/reveal things, which does feel like a missed opportunity outside the existing…

    5.5 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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