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The Backrooms: Liminal Space

117PS · 2026-01-28

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 28, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A short horror experience rendered with a real-time VHS filter (grain, scan lines). Freely explore the spaces of a strange yellow maze. Independently created by a 12-year-old developer using UE5, it immerses you in a purely liminal space atmosphere.

93%
positive of 109 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 65% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–4.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 109 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2026-01-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420262026Week of 2026-01-28: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.99$0.592026-01-282026-07-092026-01-28 — best price $0.592026-02-11 — best price $0.992026-03-19 — best price $0.622026-03-26 — best price $0.992026-06-25 — best price $0.622026-07-09 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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