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Backrooms: Realm of Shadows

Cyprus Games · 2023-07-11

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 11, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Backrooms: Realm of Shadows is a horror game that takes place in a seemingly endless maze of interconnected rooms and hallways, known as the Backrooms.

39%
positive of 199 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 52 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.99 at Humble Store (2023-10-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920232026Week of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$0.002023-07-112025-04-222023-07-11 — best price $7.992023-07-22 — best price $7.992023-08-11 — best price $5.592023-08-12 — best price $5.592023-08-18 — best price $7.992023-08-19 — best price $7.992023-09-12 — best price $7.992023-10-02 — best price $0.002023-10-03 — best price $0.992024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-01-14 — best price $6.992024-02-09 — best price $5.242024-02-12 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $4.542024-03-28 — best price $6.992024-05-16 — best price $5.242024-06-13 — best price $6.992024-07-18 — best price $4.542024-08-01 — best price $6.992024-09-02 — best price $3.492024-09-16 — best price $6.992024-10-18 — best price $3.492024-11-01 — best price $6.992024-12-12 — best price $3.492025-01-09 — best price $6.992025-02-10 — best price $3.492025-02-24 — best price $6.992025-04-22 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
19.4%
earned "Escaper"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DDarkIndieActionHorrorPuzzleViolentAdventureMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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