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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.

The Backrooms Game FREE Edition is a 2019 Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation game that is free-to-play, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 3613 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

1
playing now
80%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 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 7% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
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

402026-09-14 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-07-29 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opIndieMemesCasualHorrorAbstractAdventureSimulationAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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