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Inside the Backrooms cover art

Inside the Backrooms

MrFatcat · 2022-06-20

Steam

AdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 20, 2022 (SteamVR), Jun 20, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...

143
playing now
80%
positive of 47k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

143 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 143 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,394 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~174/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (6,684 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 935k–2.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 46,755 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.84 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.2k6.2k20222026Week of 2022-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,109 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5,625 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,015 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,618 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 549 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,372 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 593 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6,173 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 511 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,605 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 308 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,574 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 356 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,030 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 815 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 943 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 739 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 700 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 836 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 64 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9981172026-08-06 21:00 — 293 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 227 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 822 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 275 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 309 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 985 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 394 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 339 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 998 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 282 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 238 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 897 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 229 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 238 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 874 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 262 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 196 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 680 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 343 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 164 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 337 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 305 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 154 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 336 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 343 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 138 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 249 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 449 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 143 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.49$3.842022-06-202026-07-092022-06-20 — best price $4.492022-06-27 — best price $4.992022-10-25 — best price $4.492022-11-01 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $4.492023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $4.492023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-04-22 — best price $6.992023-06-21 — best price $6.292023-06-28 — best price $6.992023-10-26 — best price $5.242023-11-02 — best price $6.992023-11-21 — best price $5.942023-11-28 — best price $6.992023-12-21 — best price $5.592024-01-01 — best price $12.492024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $5.942024-03-21 — best price $6.992024-06-27 — best price $3.842024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-10-28 — best price $5.242024-11-04 — best price $6.992024-12-19 — best price $4.892025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $5.242025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-10-27 — best price $4.542025-11-03 — best price $6.992025-12-19 — best price $5.942026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $5.942026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-06-08 — best price $5.592026-06-22 — best price $6.992026-06-27 — best price $5.942026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

3902026-08-26 19:15 — 11 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 39 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
88.9%
earned "INSIDE THE BACKROOMS"
8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, Simplified Chinese, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)16,6850%30
Switch (Nintendo)10%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

3DFPSDarkCo-opHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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