The Gretlow Tapes

First-person horror with a camera that interacts with the past

Aegon Games · Released Oct 7, 2025

Reviews: Very Positive; 92% of 125
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 10 months ago; Dec 11, 2025
Minimum PC: Shader Model 5.0; 8 GB RAM · 6 GB disk; Full requirements

What is The Gretlow Tapes?

This first-person horror game takes place in a small Northern English town in 2000. As a university student investigating disappearances, you search the abandoned Gretlow House, photograph discoveries, and collect evidence in an album.

For you if...

+you enjoy slow exploration and supernatural mysteries
+you prefer short investigations with puzzles to solve

Not for you if...

−you prefer horror without jump scares

What players say

92% of 125 reviews are positive

Players praise the visuals and sound design for building tension. Common complaints focus on the confusing basement layout and difficulty finding required items or subjects to photograph.

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The Gretlow Tapes system requirements

Minimum: Shader Model 5.0, 8 GB RAM, 6 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: 2.3 GHz
Graphics: Shader Model 5.0
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 6 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12

Does The Gretlow Tapes have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does The Gretlow Tapes run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 9
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian.

Does The Gretlow Tapes use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam