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BACKROOMS NO RETURN: Prologue

FriedGPU · 2024-08-09

Steam

ActionAdventureFree To Play

Explore the poolrooms in a inmersive cooperative horror game. Immerse yourself in the story of scientists who are exploring the depths of the poolrooms and end up encountering various obstacles in order to find a way back to reality.

32%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 123 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (607 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 25,870 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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47647620242026Week of 2024-08-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 476 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing

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