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Playback

PLAYBACK is a first-person psychological horror game set in the abandoned Ravenwood Street. Explore dark buildings, collect mysterious VHS tapes, and uncover hidden documents that reveal the disturbing history…

30 June 2026

Playback is an adventure, released 30 June 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Playback is

Playback was released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

After receiving an invitation to the grand reopening of Ravenwood Street, the player arrives to find the area abandoned, decaying, and trapped in darkness. While exploring its shops and buildings, they discover hidden documents and mysterious VHS tapes that reveal fragments of what happened to the people who once lived there. The deeper the player investigates, the more disturbing the story becomes. Missing children, secret experiments, and the name Dr. Zeno begin to connect, while a dangerous entity roams the street and hunts anyone who gets too close to the truth. To escape Ravenwood Street, the player must uncover its secrets, survive the entity, and discover why the cycle keeps…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Playback launched on 30 June 2026, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Palworld, Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations and Denshattack!.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Palworld, Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations, Denshattack!.

Official trailer

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When did Playback come out?
Playback was released on 30 June 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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