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The Backrooms Game FREE Edition

Pie On A Plate Productions · 2019-07-25

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 25, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Nothing but the stink of old, moist carpets, the madness of mono-yellow, and the blinding light of fluorescent bulbs at maximum hum-buzz. Over 600 million sq. miles of randomly segmented rooms. God save you if you hear something wandering nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.

3
playing now
80%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 96 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Review momentum

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19719720192026Week of 2019-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-08-07 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

Co-opIndieMemesCasualHorrorAbstractAdventureSimulationAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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