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The Backrooms

WASABAE Studios · 2019-08-01

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 01, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.

22%
positive of 59 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 20,038 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 59 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.46 at Steam (2023-03-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320192026Week of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DIndieShortAliensCasualHorrorPlatformerAtmosphericExplorationPsychedelic

Census log

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

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