The Game Census
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In The Backrooms

BLOCK 211 · 2022-12-09

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 09, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.."

57%
positive of 160 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 63% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 19,297 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.2k–7.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 160 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.29 at Steam (2023-01-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520222026Week of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.99$0.292022-12-092026-09-162022-12-09 — best price $0.792023-01-16 — best price $0.292023-03-02 — best price $0.292023-04-15 — best price $0.292023-05-30 — best price $0.292023-07-14 — best price $0.292023-08-28 — best price $0.492023-10-26 — best price $0.492023-11-21 — best price $0.492023-12-02 — best price $0.492023-12-21 — best price $0.492024-01-15 — best price $0.492024-02-28 — best price $0.492024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-04-12 — best price $0.492024-05-26 — best price $0.492024-06-27 — best price $0.492024-08-24 — best price $0.492024-10-28 — best price $0.492024-11-27 — best price $0.492024-12-07 — best price $0.492025-01-19 — best price $0.492025-03-04 — best price $0.492025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-04-11 — best price $0.492025-05-25 — best price $0.492025-06-27 — best price $0.492025-08-23 — best price $0.492025-09-29 — best price $0.492025-10-27 — best price $0.492025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-01-13 — best price $0.492026-02-26 — best price $0.492026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-04-11 — best price $0.492026-05-25 — best price $0.492026-09-02 — best price $0.492026-09-16 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

DarkActionHorrorSurvivalAdventureCinematicRealisticSimulationAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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