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Return the Backrooms

Skmaestro · 2022-11-10

Steam

AdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Return the Backrooms is a Co-op horror game for 1-4 players where you can have a great time with your friends. Think, Explore, Wander, find the key items and try to escape. but be careful because something is lurking in the dark...

Return the Backrooms is a 2022 Adventure, Indie and Early Access game priced at $3.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 139 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
63%
positive of 139 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 76% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (51 reviews).
  • · Top 35% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 139 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120222026Week of 2022-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$1.192022-11-112026-08-172022-11-11 — best price $3.742023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $3.242023-04-03 — best price $4.992023-06-19 — best price $2.992023-08-18 — best price $1.992023-11-21 — best price $2.492023-12-11 — best price $4.992024-01-15 — best price $3.742024-03-04 — best price $4.992024-04-08 — best price $3.492024-05-27 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-10-28 — best price $3.242024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $3.242025-01-24 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.492025-04-08 — best price $4.992025-05-21 — best price $2.992025-07-15 — best price $4.992025-08-25 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-12-11 — best price $3.992026-01-17 — best price $1.592026-03-16 — best price $3.992026-04-16 — best price $1.592026-06-15 — best price $3.992026-08-17 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
85.1%
earned "Dead"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

3DFPSPvEHorrorLinearPuzzleSci-fiMysteryAdventureAtmospheric

Census log

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

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