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ActionAdventureCasualIndieMultiplayerHorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorSurvival Horror

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Backrooms: Escape Together Early Access Steam store

Game description

A visually lifelike co-op horror game for 1-6 people. Journey through 11 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.

Basic info

DeveloperTriiodide Studios
PublisherTriiodide Studios
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateOct 18, 2022
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 64-bit version 1909 revision .1350
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4430
Memory4 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB / AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB
Storage15 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 408 reviews from the past 1 year

81.4/ 100
Top 50%

Steam rating: Very Positive (89%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 20, 2026)

Best enjoyed with a group of friends, Backrooms: Escape Together is a co-op horror escape that scores 81.4 from 408 reviews.

👍 Strengths

118 reviews say it is delightful to play with friends, and some call the chaos over voice chat the heart of it. Multiplayer ranks 61st of 642. 91 praise the graphics, and some call them impressive for an indie studio, while Visuals & Sound ranks 276th of 1249. 75 find it fun and fairly polished, and some say it delivers the feeling of a backrooms film. Story & World ranks 316th of 1096.

👎 Where it falls short

74 say the content is too short, and some finish it in a few hours, so Content Volume ranks 1037th of 1351. 26 find puzzles and scares repetitive after a while, and some say levels start to feel the same. 13 want more developer updates and new levels, and some report that advertised cross play does not work or object to forced voice transcription. Gameplay ranks 1122nd of 1396, Tech & Support ranks 395th of 1399, and Pricing & Fairness ranks 591st of 1399.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“delightful to play with a group of friends” · 118 reviews
“Graphics are the highest quality among backrooms games” · 91 reviews
“game itself was fun to play and fairly polished” · 75 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 37% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +3.00 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Positive “interesting mechanics and smart monsters compared to similar games” · 4 reviews

Progression 4% · Difficulty 26% · Onboarding 5% · Freedom 2% · Controls & feel 5%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 39% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.44 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “incredible atmosphere, immersive sound design, flickering lights create genuine dread” · 51 reviews
Negative “lacks horror atmosphere compared to Escape the Backrooms, no scary sound design” · 2 reviews

Story 3% · Characters 1%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 44% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Volume -1.57 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Negative “too short, can complete in 5-6 hours” · 74 reviews
Positive “30 hours of engaging gameplay completing final Purgatory level” · 2 reviews

Variety 16% · Replayability 8%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 40% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.91 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “Graphics are the highest quality among backrooms games” · 91 reviews

Audio 9%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 60% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +3.53 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “delightful to play with a group of friends” · 118 reviews
Negative “friends did not help, now plays alone” · 11 reviews

Community 2% · Servers & Connection 1%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 12% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.12 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “limb team level design is broken and unfair” · 6 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 8% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 28% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.12 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “obvious bugs like character stuck in crevices, texture ejection, random level ejection causing progress loss” · 13 reviews
Positive “very few bugs, very complete and enjoyable” · 2 reviews

Performance 8% · Developer support 17%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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