Full game metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Steam app type | game |
| Steam App ID | 3984300 |
| Live current players | 0 |
| SteamPulse tracked peak | 0 |
| Live count (today's peak floor) | 0 |
| Price | No longer available on Steam Store |
| Free to play | No current Steam offer |
| Discount | Not available |
| Original price USD | Not available |
| Current price USD | Not available |
| Release date | To be announced |
| Developer | Archivist Games |
| Publisher | Olympos Games |
| Owners estimated | Not available |
| SteamSpy owner estimate minimum | Not available |
| SteamSpy owner estimate maximum | Not available |
| Review type | No user reviews |
| Positive review percent | Not available |
| Positive reviews | 0 |
| Negative reviews | 0 |
| Total reviews | 0 |
| Steam recommendations | Not available |
| Achievements | Not available |
| Average playtime forever | Not available |
| Windows support | Yes |
| macOS support | No |
| Linux support | No |
| Parent game | Not available |
| Store URL | Not available on Steam Store |
Short description
A VHS-themed psychological horror where each tape drags you into a new nightmare. Explore haunted hospitals, schools, forests, and liminal spaces. Solve puzzles, uncover the Archivist’s secrets, and survive a house that grows darker with every tape you watch.
About this game
The Archivist is a first-person psychological horror experience inspired by analog horror and VHS aesthetics. You arrive at a decaying wooden house, led there by chance—or by something far more deliberate. Inside, a flickering TV and a scattered collection of VHS tapes are waiting. Each tape you discover pulls you into a self-contained nightmare: abandoned hospitals filled with shadows, forgotten schools echoing with silence, endless forests that twist on themselves, and liminal spaces that blur reality. Some tapes challenge you with puzzles and strange symbols, others with hostile presences that hunt you. Die within a tape, and you awaken where you first found it, the house whispering with static all around you. But the house itself is not safe. With every tape you watch, the presence of the Archivist grows stronger. You never see him, only feel his gaze and hear his whispers through the static. Your only way forward is to watch every tape, collect what lies within, and piece together the story behind this place. Yet the deeper you go, the more uncertain your escape becomes. Explore a haunted house with no weapons, only a flashlight and your wits. Experience seven VHS tape “worlds,” each with unique environments, puzzles, and dangers. Immerse yourself in a blend of realism and VHS glitch aesthetics. Discover fragments of the Archivist’s story through scattered notes and whispers. You cannot leave until the final tape is played. And when it ends, so does everything you thought you knew.
Supported languages
English * * languages with full audio support