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Escape the Backrooms

Fancy Games · Secret Mode · 2025-10-23

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 07, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2), May 28, 2026 (PlayStation 5), May 28, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.

14,108
playing now
90%
positive of 164k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
340
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (48 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

14,108 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Escape the Backrooms is a cooperative horror video game developed by Fancy Games and Blackbird Interactive and published by Secret Mode. It was officially released on 23 October 2025, for Windows, after an early access version released on 11 August 2022. The game was released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series on 28 May 2026, and on 7 July 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2.

Trailer

Escape the Backrooms trailer thumbnail

Escape the Backrooms - Official Release Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 14,108 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 30,109 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3,764/week).
  • · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 3.3M–7.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 163,574 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.50-15%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.55 at GameBillet (2025-11-23) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 104 of 164 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.1k8.1k20222026Week of 2022-08-01: 1,431 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 445 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 799 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 761 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,593 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,529 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,384 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,119 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,171 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4,382 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 438 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4,781 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 449 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3,825 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 307 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,491 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,857 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,806 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 359 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,167 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3,697 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 390 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4,103 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 380 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3,261 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 271 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2,781 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 346 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,408 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,566 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,029 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,657 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,105 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,978 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,905 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,161 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,357 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,158 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 225 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,022 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,388 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,303 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,570 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,676 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,534 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,327 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,956 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 693 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8,135 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 486 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,623 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 338 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,008 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,896 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,795 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,172 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 314 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2,213 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 346 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7,732 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,308 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5,847 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 836 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2,263 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 441 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

17k3.0k2026-08-06 21:00 — 6,518 players2026-08-07 09:00 — 6,535 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 6,494 players2026-08-08 09:00 — 6,618 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 7,255 players2026-08-09 09:00 — 7,587 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 7,447 players2026-08-10 09:00 — 6,753 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 6,272 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 6,160 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 5,590 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 5,998 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 6,815 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 5,815 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 5,656 players2026-08-22 18:00 — 6,652 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 5,822 players2026-08-26 17:00 — 5,966 players2026-08-28 02:00 — 5,517 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 6,147 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 8,931 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 7,848 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 17,427 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 10,129 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 8,439 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 5,415 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 5,411 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 6,700 players2026-08-29 08:00 — 8,654 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 7,389 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 16,134 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 10,637 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 9,053 players2026-08-29 23:00 — 5,987 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 5,563 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 7,042 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 8,959 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 7,742 players2026-08-30 14:00 — 15,914 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 14,108 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#87#962026-08-282026-08-302026-08-28 — #962026-08-29 — #872026-08-30 — #87
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).

Price history

$9.99$4.552022-08-112026-08-182022-08-11 — best price $8.992023-02-07 — best price $9.992023-06-12 — best price $7.992023-07-31 — best price $7.992023-09-25 — best price $9.992023-12-11 — best price $7.992024-04-11 — best price $6.992024-09-02 — best price $7.992025-01-31 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $7.992025-09-17 — best price $9.692025-10-23 — best price $8.942025-11-07 — best price $8.352025-11-18 — best price $7.712025-11-27 — best price $5.232025-12-06 — best price $7.992025-12-20 — best price $9.992026-01-16 — best price $7.942026-02-05 — best price $6.992026-02-20 — best price $9.992026-03-12 — best price $6.102026-04-05 — best price $9.992026-04-17 — best price $8.592026-05-11 — best price $7.992026-05-27 — best price $6.752026-06-05 — best price $7.992026-06-15 — best price $9.992026-07-01 — best price $7.492026-07-24 — best price $7.932026-08-09 — best price $9.272026-08-18 — best price $8.50
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4.7k2672026-05-20 — 390 pageviews2026-05-23 — 536 pageviews2026-05-26 — 629 pageviews2026-05-29 — 3,817 pageviews2026-06-01 — 4,657 pageviews2026-06-04 — 2,791 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2,826 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,995 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,519 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1,251 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,214 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,437 pageviews2026-06-25 — 919 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,005 pageviews2026-07-01 — 732 pageviews2026-07-04 — 930 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1,007 pageviews2026-07-10 — 803 pageviews2026-07-13 — 710 pageviews2026-07-16 — 808 pageviews2026-07-19 — 805 pageviews2026-07-22 — 607 pageviews2026-07-25 — 713 pageviews2026-07-28 — 529 pageviews2026-07-31 — 468 pageviews2026-08-03 — 458 pageviews2026-08-06 — 339 pageviews2026-08-09 — 486 pageviews2026-08-12 — 305 pageviews2026-08-15 — 297 pageviews2026-08-18 — 291 pageviews2026-08-21 — 267 pageviews2026-08-24 — 310 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5.5k652026-08-23 08:12 — 1,720 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 644 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 430 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 265 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 189 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 65 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 88 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 630 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 1,229 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 5,538 viewers2026-08-27 23:12 — 3,735 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 1,129 viewers2026-08-28 03:12 — 4,248 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 3,645 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 255 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 215 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 169 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 200 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 409 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 616 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 988 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 433 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 371 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 126 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 137 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 468 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 489 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 1,143 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 583 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 604 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 425 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 107 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 213 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 340 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
58%
earned "Escape Level 0"
20.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputStereo Sound

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)23,5011%34
Xbox Series (Xbox)8,6110%35
PS5 (PlayStation)8,3021%35
Switch (Nintendo)480%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DVRCo-opIndieActionHorrorAdventureEscape RoomExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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