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Backrooms: Lost Tape cover art

Backrooms: Lost Tape

Cortez Productions · 2022-12-23

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 24, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.

Backrooms: Lost Tape is a $15.99 Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2022, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Very Positive (82% of 1414 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
82%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
3.71★
PlayStation Store rating (181 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 132 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,414 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.24 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 11 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17217220222026Week of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$2.242022-12-242026-06-122022-12-24 — best price $13.492023-01-10 — best price $8.992023-02-27 — best price $8.992023-03-23 — best price $8.992023-05-14 — best price $8.992023-07-13 — best price $8.992023-08-09 — best price $8.992023-11-02 — best price $8.992023-11-28 — best price $8.992024-01-04 — best price $8.992024-03-21 — best price $8.992024-05-15 — best price $8.992024-07-11 — best price $8.992024-08-24 — best price $12.992024-11-04 — best price $12.992024-12-04 — best price $12.992025-01-02 — best price $12.992025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-04-18 — best price $8.992025-07-10 — best price $8.992025-08-03 — best price $8.992025-10-06 — best price $8.992025-11-03 — best price $8.992025-12-28 — best price $5.492026-01-28 — best price $7.142026-03-19 — best price $7.142026-05-27 — best price $4.942026-06-12 — best price $15.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
23.5%
earned "Tape Corrupted"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-08-29 (Steam store data)

Player tags

DarkHorrorSci-fiMysterySurrealThrillerLore-RichRealisticAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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