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The Backrooms

Ionized Games · 2022-10-28

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 29, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Backrooms is a first person survival horror game set in one of the most terrifying environments of the human psyche. Explore an ever evolving nightmare while running from terrifying creatures to stay alive.

63%
positive of 127 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 15,063 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 127 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2022-10-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 11 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220222026Week of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.592022-10-292026-08-162022-10-29 — best price $0.592022-12-09 — best price $3.992023-03-15 — best price $4.992023-04-14 — best price $3.992023-06-11 — best price $4.992023-08-02 — best price $2.992023-09-29 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $5.992023-12-20 — best price $9.992024-01-22 — best price $5.992024-03-11 — best price $9.992024-04-15 — best price $5.992024-06-03 — best price $9.992024-07-15 — best price $5.992024-09-02 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $6.992025-02-02 — best price $9.992025-04-23 — best price $4.992025-06-20 — best price $9.992025-07-24 — best price $3.992025-09-20 — best price $9.992025-10-27 — best price $3.992025-12-17 — best price $9.992026-01-16 — best price $3.992026-03-08 — best price $9.992026-04-07 — best price $5.992026-06-04 — best price $9.992026-08-02 — best price $3.992026-08-16 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
86.2%
earned "Welcome"
42.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

DarkActionPuzzleAdventureRealisticConspiracyRogue-liteAtmosphericPsychedelicEarly Access

Census log

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

Players also track

Only Up: With Friends

Similarity via IGDB.

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