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NO BACKUP

Serundeox · 2026-05-09

Steam

ActionIndieEarly Access

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

Releases: May 09, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Escape together or die alone. A relentless creature is hunting you in this intense co-op bodycam horror experience. Communicate. Stay quiet. Survive. Every move matters. Every sound could be your last. Made by one developer.

NO BACKUP is an Action, Indie, and Early Access game released in 2026, priced at $7.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 987 reviews).

68%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 136 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 81% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,060 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22922920262026Week of 2026-05-09: 229 positiveWeek of 2026-05-09: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-05-16: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-05-16: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-23: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-05-23: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-05-30: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-05-30: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-06-06: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-06-06: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-13: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-13: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-20: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-27: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-27: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-04: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-04: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-11: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-11: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-18: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-18: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-25: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-25: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-22: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-29: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$7.992026-05-092026-08-252026-05-09 — best price $8.992026-05-23 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-19 — best price $7.992026-07-26 — best price $9.992026-08-25 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
75.4%
earned "Gotcha!"
8.6%
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

28 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Portuguese - Brazil, Bulgarian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Danish, Finnish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2620%24

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

Census log

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

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