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Chained in the Backrooms cover art

Chained in the Backrooms

Task+ Studios · 2025-02-13

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieEarly Access

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

Releases: Feb 13, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Chained in the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op, mission-based horror game. Trapped in a blurry subconscious and chained together, toy bears must solve puzzles, complete challenging missions, and survive against creatures trying to destroy them.

69%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,948
twitch viewers (latest)
1948.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (92 reviews).
  • · Top 27% of 13,736 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,097 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.09 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
636320252026Week of 2025-02-14: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-28: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-11: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-25: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-09-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-09-04: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.64$2.092025-02-132026-07-092025-02-13 — best price $4.792025-02-25 — best price $5.642025-03-14 — best price $2.992025-04-14 — best price $2.392025-04-21 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $2.392025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $2.392025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.242026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.092026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish

Player tags

3DDarkCo-opIndieActionHorrorStylizedThrillerAdventureTeam-Based

Census log

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

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