The Game Census
Backrooms Rec. cover art

Backrooms Rec.

Liminal Logic · 2024-03-06

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 06, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.

7
playing now
69%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 501 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~63/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 10,970 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 42k–95k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,102 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2026-05-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18918920242026Week of 2024-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4612026-08-11 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 19 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 19 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 23 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 27 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 20 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 19 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 14 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 17 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 46 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$3.492024-03-062026-07-242024-03-06 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $6.492024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-08-02 — best price $5.492024-08-12 — best price $9.992024-09-11 — best price $5.492024-09-25 — best price $9.992024-10-25 — best price $5.492024-11-08 — best price $9.992024-11-10 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $4.892024-12-04 — best price $6.992024-12-19 — best price $4.542025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-01-25 — best price $4.892025-02-04 — best price $6.992025-03-07 — best price $3.842025-03-17 — best price $6.992025-04-17 — best price $4.542025-04-28 — best price $6.992025-05-29 — best price $4.542025-06-09 — best price $6.992025-07-11 — best price $4.192025-07-24 — best price $6.992025-08-27 — best price $4.192025-09-10 — best price $6.992025-10-14 — best price $4.192025-10-28 — best price $6.992025-11-27 — best price $4.192025-12-11 — best price $6.992026-01-13 — best price $4.542026-01-27 — best price $6.992026-03-04 — best price $4.192026-03-18 — best price $6.992026-04-17 — best price $4.192026-04-25 — best price $6.992026-05-25 — best price $3.492026-06-08 — best price $6.992026-07-10 — best price $4.192026-07-24 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
39.1%
earned "The Lobby"
2.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

16 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Persian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4244%25

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DFPSCo-opHorrorRealisticTeam-BasedAtmosphericMultiplayerFirst-PersonOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

Recent updates

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