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Backrooms Society

Mikael Bihl · 2023-06-19

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 19, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Backrooms Society is a 1-8 player co-op horror game. Make your way through unique levels of the backrooms while trying to survive and avoid mysterious entities. Scavenge each level for gear and resources, bring it back to The Hub where you can sell valuables and buy/craft new gear.

Backrooms Society is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access game released in 2023, priced at $6.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 714 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.

2
playing now
81%
positive of 719 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 87 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 27,912 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 719 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2026-05-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
393920232026Week of 2023-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1902026-09-15 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
594Jun 2023Aug 2026Jun 2023 — avg 17 · peak 84Jul 2023 — avg 12 · peak 39Aug 2023 — avg 6 · peak 25Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 20Oct 2023 — avg 11 · peak 46Nov 2023 — avg 13 · peak 50Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 61Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 27Feb 2024 — avg 6 · peak 26Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 47Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 21May 2024 — avg 21 · peak 75Jun 2024 — avg 13 · peak 41Jul 2024 — avg 11 · peak 44Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 50Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 35Oct 2024 — avg 15 · peak 60Nov 2024 — avg 20 · peak 78Dec 2024 — avg 21 · peak 85Jan 2025 — avg 43 · peak 227Feb 2025 — avg 59 · peak 223Mar 2025 — avg 19 · peak 78Apr 2025 — avg 17 · peak 57May 2025 — avg 10 · peak 38Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 38Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 40Aug 2025 — avg 31 · peak 151Sep 2025 — avg 29 · peak 121Oct 2025 — avg 16 · peak 80Nov 2025 — avg 16 · peak 65Dec 2025 — avg 15 · peak 50Jan 2026 — avg 13 · peak 47Feb 2026 — avg 10 · peak 39Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 28Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 33May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 59Jun 2026 — avg 20 · peak 84Jul 2026 — avg 10 · peak 32Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$3.492023-06-192026-07-262023-06-19 — best price $6.292023-10-26 — best price $5.942023-11-21 — best price $5.592023-12-22 — best price $5.592024-03-14 — best price $5.592024-05-11 — best price $5.592024-06-27 — best price $5.242024-08-04 — best price $5.592024-10-28 — best price $4.892024-11-27 — best price $5.242024-12-15 — best price $5.592025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-02-03 — best price $6.992025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-09-01 — best price $6.992025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-11-03 — best price $6.992025-12-11 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-02-04 — best price $6.992026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-06-10 — best price $6.992026-07-26 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
42.1%
earned "Level 0 Expedition"
1.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2491%29

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

Player tags

LootActionHorrorCraftingRealisticAction RPGRogue-liteExplorationMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

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

Recent updates

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