



The Shadow Tapes is a psychological horror mod that transforms Minecraft into a place of dread, silence, and unseen watchers. Strange entities lurk deep underground, stalking players from the shadows. They do not attack immediately — they observe. You may never see them, but you’ll feel them. The deeper you go, the stronger the presence becomes.
This mod introduces a growing sense of paranoia through ambient effects, eerie sounds, and subtle environmental changes. Creatures are designed not just to hunt, but to haunt — following players silently, appearing briefly in the distance, and vanishing before they can be confronted. Their behavior is unpredictable, their motives unknown.
You are not alone. You were never alone.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as shadow_tapes-1.0.3 1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 8.6 MB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.