Otherside Tapes: Favela is a first-person psychological horror game with a found-footage aesthetic, set in the fictional Favela das Almas. In 2006, content creator and urban explorer Cláudio da Silva enters the community looking for the infamous Street 7, a place tied to disappearances and a fire that destroyed part of the favela years earlier. What starts as an ordinary exploration becomes a loop of distorted realities and ritual offerings.

Steam 250 weekly chart: #29 on the Top 50 Games of the Past Week after the biggest climb on the board, +13 places, scored 7.17 from 48 reviews at 96% positive, released 22 October 2026. Chart position via Steam 250.

Key features

A horror setting that is almost never used

Found-footage horror overwhelmingly reuses the same locations: American suburbs, abandoned hospitals, forests. Setting the loop inside a Brazilian favela gives the camcorder conceit somewhere unfamiliar to point, and the specificity — a real fire, a street with a reputation, an urban explorer chasing views — does more work than any monster design would.

The 2006 camcorder is a mechanical constraint

Shooting the game through period-correct video is not only a filter. A low-resolution viewfinder with a narrow field of view determines how much of a room you can check at once, which means the aesthetic and the difficulty are the same decision rather than two separate ones.

Looping spaces instead of a linear route

The same locations transform around Cláudio rather than giving way to new ones. That keeps the playable area small and lets the game rely on your memory of a room being wrong, which is a cheaper and more reliable scare than building more rooms.

Where to find it

Otherside Tapes: Favela is on Steam for $8.09, developed and self-published by Pulsatrix Studios. Steam flags frequent violence or gore and general mature content. It is fully voiced in English and Brazilian Portuguese.

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Frequently asked questions

Who made Otherside Tapes: Favela?

Pulsatrix Studios, a Brazilian horror developer best known for the survival horror game Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel. The studio both developed and published Otherside Tapes: Favela.

How much does Otherside Tapes: Favela cost?

It is listed on Steam at 8.09 dollars.

Is Otherside Tapes: Favela in English?

Yes. Steam lists English and Brazilian Portuguese, both with full audio support.

Is Otherside Tapes: Favela connected to Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel?

Both are made by Pulsatrix Studios, but Otherside Tapes: Favela is a separate first-person found-footage horror game with its own setting and cast. It is not a sequel.

How scary is Otherside Tapes: Favela?

Steam flags frequent violence or gore and general mature content. It is a psychological horror game built on distorted realities and ritual imagery rather than action, so the pressure is atmospheric rather than combat-driven.