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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 · Perspectives: First person

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.

Escape the Backrooms is an Action, Indie game released in 2025, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and Very Positive (90% of 166176 reviews).

2,153
playing now
90%
positive of 168k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
287
twitch viewers (latest)
8.2
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (48 ratings)
109
Nexus mods (528k downloads)
4.54★
PlayStation Store rating (10,926 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2,153 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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

Healthy
  • · 2,153 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32,601 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4,075/week).
  • · Review velocity up 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Aug 31), healthy→thriving (Aug 28)

Estimated sales: 3.4M–7.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 168,182 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 99 of 151 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: 4,193 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 754 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2,365 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 382 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 820 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 129 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

11k1.8k2026-09-15 11:00 — 3,979 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 3,716 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2,499 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 4,917 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 5,312 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 2,395 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2,582 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 5,864 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 2,336 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 5,921 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 5,897 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,787 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 3,609 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 8,985 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 4,534 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 3,424 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 7,502 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 2,580 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2,422 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 6,273 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 4,389 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2,189 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 2,153 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
12k103Aug 2022Aug 2026Aug 2022 — avg 384 · peak 910Oct 2022 — avg 127 · peak 353Dec 2022 — avg 103 · peak 267Feb 2023 — avg 1,548 · peak 2,948Apr 2023 — avg 1,092 · peak 2,251Jun 2023 — avg 2,746 · peak 10,580Aug 2023 — avg 2,395 · peak 5,698Oct 2023 — avg 2,015 · peak 5,767Dec 2023 — avg 1,662 · peak 4,338Feb 2024 — avg 4,419 · peak 11,970Apr 2024 — avg 2,926 · peak 10,021Jun 2024 — avg 2,433 · peak 5,971Aug 2024 — avg 2,454 · peak 5,529Oct 2024 — avg 2,351 · peak 7,064Dec 2024 — avg 2,770 · peak 8,992Feb 2025 — avg 3,094 · peak 9,817Apr 2025 — avg 1,759 · peak 7,226Jun 2025 — avg 1,986 · peak 6,241Aug 2025 — avg 1,963 · peak 4,732Oct 2025 — avg 5,263 · peak 48,097Dec 2025 — avg 4,344 · peak 17,929Feb 2026 — avg 3,331 · peak 9,965Apr 2026 — avg 3,638 · peak 13,155Jun 2026 — avg 11,622 · peak 26,254Aug 2026 — avg 6,670 · peak 18,288
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1301302026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 112 new positive2026-09-15: 24 new negative2026-09-16: 77 new positive2026-09-16: 11 new negative2026-09-17: 71 new positive2026-09-17: 7 new negative2026-09-18: 63 new positive2026-09-18: 10 new negative2026-09-19: 89 new positive2026-09-19: 17 new negative2026-09-20: 95 new positive2026-09-20: 12 new negative2026-09-21: 72 new positive2026-09-21: 12 new negative2026-09-22: 52 new positive2026-09-22: 12 new negative2026-09-23: 54 new positive2026-09-23: 14 new negative2026-09-24: 51 new positive2026-09-24: 15 new negative2026-09-25: 56 new positive2026-09-25: 20 new negative2026-09-26: 65 new positive2026-09-26: 7 new negative2026-09-27: 111 new positive2026-09-27: 21 new negative2026-09-28: 81 new positive2026-09-28: 19 new negative2026-09-29: 112 new positive2026-09-29: 11 new negative2026-09-30: 54 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new negative2026-10-01: 72 new positive2026-10-01: 17 new negative2026-10-02: 61 new positive2026-10-02: 13 new negative2026-10-03: 81 new positive2026-10-03: 13 new negative2026-10-04: 81 new positive2026-10-04: 15 new negative2026-10-05: 79 new positive2026-10-05: 6 new negative2026-10-06: 65 new positive2026-10-06: 8 new negative2026-10-07: 59 new positive2026-10-07: 10 new negative2026-10-08: 43 new positive2026-10-08: 12 new negative2026-10-09: 60 new positive2026-10-09: 6 new negative2026-10-10: 64 new positive2026-10-10: 25 new negative2026-10-11: 84 new positive2026-10-11: 23 new negative2026-10-12: 130 new positive2026-10-12: 42 new negative2026-10-13: 42 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 38 new positive2026-10-14: 8 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

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

4.7k2162026-05-20 — 390 pageviews2026-05-24 — 487 pageviews2026-05-28 — 2,177 pageviews2026-06-01 — 4,657 pageviews2026-06-05 — 2,716 pageviews2026-06-09 — 2,172 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,519 pageviews2026-06-17 — 1,184 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1,499 pageviews2026-06-25 — 919 pageviews2026-06-29 — 810 pageviews2026-07-03 — 943 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1,007 pageviews2026-07-11 — 731 pageviews2026-07-15 — 741 pageviews2026-07-19 — 805 pageviews2026-07-23 — 495 pageviews2026-07-27 — 694 pageviews2026-07-31 — 468 pageviews2026-08-04 — 442 pageviews2026-08-08 — 434 pageviews2026-08-12 — 305 pageviews2026-08-16 — 358 pageviews2026-08-20 — 316 pageviews2026-08-24 — 310 pageviews2026-08-28 — 316 pageviews2026-09-01 — 216 pageviews2026-09-05 — 290 pageviews2026-09-09 — 292 pageviews2026-09-13 — 350 pageviews2026-09-17 — 264 pageviews2026-09-21 — 265 pageviews2026-09-25 — 325 pageviews2026-09-29 — 372 pageviews2026-10-03 — 453 pageviews2026-10-07 — 293 pageviews2026-10-11 — 407 pageviews2026-10-12 — 403 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6.4k82026-09-30 21:34 — 117 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 150 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 136 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 314 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 85 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 1,370 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 988 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 206 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 552 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 553 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 161 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 387 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 161 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 2,609 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 422 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 6,421 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 450 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 148 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 313 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 233 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 562 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 106 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 293 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 168 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 778 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 284 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 751 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 304 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 256 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 162 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 287 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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