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The Backroom - Lost and Found

Lollin' Pony · 2022-07-25

Steam

AdventureFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 22, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Backroom - Lost and Found is a story rich adventure game with some horror elements. Why is there an orphaned room hidden away in the depths of a strange liminal space? Is it "the backrooms" or something else? CYOA? SCP? Weirdcore? No clipping? And what's with the cute paintings?

89%
positive of 455 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

The Backroom - Lost and Found tells the story of a room hidden away in the depths of a strange liminal space. You find yourself in the deep end of a maze like office corridors and you must find a way out. The escape will go through different realms, floors, and you will meet some of the cute and horrifying inhabitants of this flexnugglian space. Can you keep your sanity, bring the lost together, and find your way out?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 18,732 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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565620222026Week of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

12
achievements tracked
35.2%
earned "Missing and Returned"
2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3706%12

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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Similarity via IGDB.