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Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 73% — of 73 reviews
Released: 2025-05-02
Developer: HNStudios
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchVery Positive84% of 280 reviews2024
    Dev: HNStudios
    Windows

    Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?

    Why similar: Realistic 16.2%, Horror 15%, First-Person 12.6%, Adventure 10.1%, Psychological Horror 10%

  2. #2 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
    96% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2025
    Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
    Windows

    In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?

    Why similar: Horror 18.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Dark 12.2%, First-Person 11%, Walking Simulator 10.5%

  3. #3 The Complex: Expedition
    96% matchVery Positive89% of 2,232 reviews2025
    Dev: pgWave
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?

    Why similar: Horror 23.3%, Realistic 19.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Story Rich 10.1%, First-Person 8.5%

  4. #4 Inside the Backrooms
    94% matchVery Positive81% of 45,968 reviews2022
    Dev: MrFatcat
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...

    Why similar: Horror 39.9%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, First-Person 10.4%, Dark 8.6%, Adventure 5.8%

  5. #5 The Backrooms Experiment
    95% matchMixed60% of 72 reviews2023
    Dev: Efe Mert
    Windows

    The Backrooms Experiment is a co-op walking simulator with horror and thriller elements. Find your way in Backrooms, avoid the entities, cheese entities with voices, explore the levels, cooperate with your friends, and most importantly, do not die.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Realistic 23.2%, First-Person 17.4%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Adventure 15.1%

  6. #6 The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
    94% matchVery Positive85% of 799 reviews2025
    Dev: Steelkrill Studio
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.7%, Realistic 21.4%, Dark 17.2%, Walking Simulator 14.2%, Adventure 10%

  7. #7 The Backrooms: Lost Tape
    92% matchVery Positive84% of 1,325 reviews2022
    Dev: Cortez Productions
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.

    Why similar: Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Realistic 12.3%, Dark 12.1%, Investigation 11.8%

  8. #8 Backrooms: What's Next
    91% matchMixed66% of 65 reviews2025
    Dev: SUDT Games
    Windows

    Backrooms: What's Next is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were

    Why similar: Horror 26.8%, Walking Simulator 24.6%, First-Person 20.9%, Adventure 8.7%, Exploration 7.7%

  9. #9 The Backrooms
    93% matchMostly Negative24% of 58 reviews2019
    Dev: WASABAE Studios
    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.

    Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Horror 19.8%, First-Person 16.1%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Multiple Endings 10.2%

  10. #10 Reflection
    90% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2025
    Dev: JustTomcuk
    Windows

    You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...

    Why similar: Horror 18%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Realistic 15.6%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Dark 10.4%

  11. #11 The Backrooms
    91% matchMixed64% of 118 reviews2022
    Dev: Ionized Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    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.

    Why similar: Realistic 21.9%, Horror 18.2%, First-Person 17.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Dark 13%

  12. #12 EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS
    89% matchMixed68% of 146 reviews2025
    Dev: 1_Cutter_1
    Windows

    You are the exploration team from company Async, you arrive to reported anomaly place and searching for anomalies, but what would you find? Prepare yourself for a gripping and heart-pounding adventure in EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS, where every step could be your last.

    Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Walking Simulator 20.1%, Realistic 18.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, First-Person 14%

  13. #13 The Complex: Found Footage
    88% matchVery Positive93% of 9,432 reviews2022
    Dev: pgWave
    Windows

    Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?

    Why similar: Horror 22.1%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Realistic 12.7%, First-Person 11.8%, Walking Simulator 10.4%

  14. #14 Lost Hope: Backrooms
    89% matchMixed69% of 99 reviews2023
    Dev: mdvdPub: Lost Hope games
    Windows

    Lost Hope, a chilling horror game set in the eerie Backrooms universe, challenges players to delve into enigmatic locations teeming with bizarre and inexplicable phenomena. Embark on an expedition alone or with friends!

    Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, First-Person 21.6%, Adventure 9%, Exploration 4.2%

  15. #15 Enter The Backrooms
    87% matchVery Positive88% of 1,041 reviews2021
    Dev: Justin KrohPub: Cosmic Crow Creations
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.

    Why similar: Horror 26%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, Walking Simulator 19%, First-Person 15%, Adventure 9.8%

  16. #16 Backrooms Doors
    86% matchMixed68% of 84 reviews2023
    Dev: Performance Artist
    Windows

    Backrooms Doors - This is an atmospheric first-person horror game. Explore spaces that can't exist in the real world and find your way out before the entities find you.

    Why similar: Horror 23.4%, Realistic 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, First-Person 15.1%, Dark 14.7%

  17. #17 Escape the Backrooms
    81% matchVery Positive91% of 134,540 reviews2025
    Dev: Fancy GamesPub: Secret Mode
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.

    Why similar: Horror 51%, Psychological Horror 23.4%, First-Person 13.5%, Adventure 5%, Exploration 3.4%

  18. #18 Liminal City
    84% matchMostly Positive73% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
    Windows

    Liminal City is a psychological horror and exploration game based on found footage, set in Backrooms Level 11. Walk through the streets of Level 11, filled with soulless buildings, dynamically moving to different levels and searching for a way out. Once you fall in here will you be able to get out?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Realistic 17.8%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Horror 15.6%, First-Person 11.2%

  19. #19 Behind The Backrooms
    86% matchMixed48% of 58 reviews2024
    Dev: SupKai
    Windows

    Behind the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game

    Why similar: Horror 44.8%, First-Person 24%, Adventure 10%, Exploration 8.2%, Mystery 6.1%

  20. #20 Return the Backrooms
    85% matchMixed63% of 139 reviews2022
    Dev: Skmaestro
    Windows

    Return the Backrooms is a Co-op horror game for 1-4 players where you can have a great time with your friends. Think, Explore, Wander, find the key items and try to escape. but be careful because something is lurking in the dark...

    Why similar: Horror 24.4%, Psychological Horror 21.5%, First-Person 17.7%, Dark 10.6%, Adventure 6.7%

  21. #21 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
    84% matchVery Positive94% of 119 reviews2022
    Dev: Corey JeffriesPub: Spatial Quotient
    Windows

    An unsettling rogue-lite horror adventure. Iconic Backrooms levels reshape around you. Classic and original entities lurk as greater beings bid for your favor. Collect relics and strange items. Grow stronger. Survive, escape, or claim more uncertain fates. Fall in. Get lost. Go beyond The Backrooms.

    Why similar: Horror 21.9%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, First-Person 11.1%, Story Rich 8.4%

  22. #22 Within the Backrooms
    83% matchVery Positive96% of 190 reviews2023
    Dev: Shattered Display
    Windows

    You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.

    Why similar: Adventure 22.3%, Multiple Endings 18.9%, Atmospheric 17%, First-Person 14.6%, Exploration 13.3%

  23. #23 The Backrooms : Last Expedition
    82% matchMixed52% of 66 reviews2023
    Dev: Valkyrie Interactive
    Windows

    "The Backrooms: Last Expedition" is a cooperative horror game designed for 1 to 4 players. Its main objective is to create an enjoyable gaming experience for friends. Players will navigate through terrifying levels, filled with various entities and dangers, as they strive to escape.

    Why similar: Horror 33%, Psychological Horror 28.3%, First-Person 21%, Adventure 10.3%, Exploration 5.6%

  24. #24 The Backrooms: Unbounded
    80% matchMostly Positive76% of 658 reviews2023
    Dev: BluSkie
    Windows

    The Backrooms: Unbounded is a Free Simple Linear single player first person body camera horror game based on the backrooms. You take the role of a police officer who noclips out of reality while on duty. Will you make it out alive?

    Why similar: Horror 20.5%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, Realistic 15.8%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, First-Person 13.2%

  25. #25 Backrooms Rec.
    79% matchMixed70% of 1,667 reviews2024
    Dev: Liminal Logic
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.

    Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Psychological Horror 20%, Realistic 18.4%, First-Person 16%, Adventure 5.8%

  26. #26 The Backrooms Multiplayer
    82% matchMostly Negative37% of 73 reviews2022
    Dev: Untold Backrooms Stories
    Windows

    You and your friends have found a camera with a footage in it. For some reason you can't rewind the video, and as soon as you try winding it forward you all find yourself in the Backrooms. Together figure out whats in the footage and try to ESCAPE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!

    Why similar: Horror 20.9%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Realistic 19.2%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, First-Person 9.9%

  27. #27 Backrooms: Escape Together
    77% matchVery Positive88% of 34,229 reviews2022
    Dev: Triiodide Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    A visually lifelike co-op horror for 1-6 people. Journey through 10 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.

    Why similar: Horror 32.2%, Psychological Horror 23.2%, Realistic 16.3%, First-Person 11.5%, Adventure 5.1%

  28. #28 Backrooms Descent: Multiplayer Horror
    81% matchMixed46% of 106 reviews2023
    Dev: Sushi Studio
    Windows

    If you are not careful enough, you may end up in that place, the place some call The Backrooms. The Backrooms of existence, a hellish dimension of infinite maze-like constructs, each level pushing deeper into the despair. Could you, a normal person find the way out? Dive deeper into the horror

    Why similar: Horror 20.5%, Realistic 17.7%, Psychological Horror 17.6%, First-Person 14.4%, Story Rich 10.5%

  29. #29 Shifting To The Backrooms
    77% matchVery Positive85% of 55 reviews2026
    Dev: Oopsome Games
    Windows

    Experience Will's complicated story, find a way out of the nightmare of liminal spaces by solving challenging puzzles and avoiding dangerous entities — all this awaits you in "Shifting To The Backrooms".

    Why similar: Horror 21.7%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, First-Person 13.6%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Story Rich 11.5%

  30. #30 The Backrooms Regret
    79% matchMixed61% of 147 reviews2024
    Dev: Noirware
    Windows

    Are you ready to survive in this hostile world? Discover who you are and how you ended up in this dimension. But don't worry, you can rely on warm company that will make your experience much more 'pleasant.' Oh, and good luck, you'll need it.

    Why similar: Horror 26.6%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Adventure 18%, First-Person 15.5%, Story Rich 8.7%

  31. #31 NOCLIP
    78% matchMostly Positive71% of 54 reviews2024
    Dev: DELIRIUM Labs
    Windows

    Chapter-based Backrooms experience. Embark on a chilling journey through the unknown. Visuals based on early 2000's camcorders.

    Why similar: Horror 17.7%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, First-Person 13.2%, Realistic 12.8%

  32. #32 The Backrooms: Survival
    76% matchVery Positive82% of 1,124 reviews2023
    Dev: RE:CODE
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%

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    Why similar: Horror 32%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Dark 18.5%, First-Person 14.7%, Adventure 8.3%

  33. #33 God's Basement
    78% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,314 reviews2018
    Dev: Erebus
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

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    74% matchVery Positive92% of 262 reviews2025
    Dev: Nakashima Studios
    Windows

    Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.

    Why similar: Horror 25.9%, Dark 17.3%, Walking Simulator 14.5%, First-Person 10%, Adventure 9%

  35. #35 White Room Protocol
    75% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
    Dev: Lefto Studio
    Windows

    A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.

    Why similar: Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 16%, Realistic 14.6%, Walking Simulator 13.6%, Dark 10.2%

  36. #36 Welcome to Kowloon
    74% matchVery Positive82% of 1,836 reviews2023
    Dev: a1esskaPub: N4bA
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.

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  37. #37 The Backrooms: Found Footage
    76% matchMostly Positive71% of 62 reviews2022
    Dev: BaddWeatherPub: Euclid Games
    Windows

    The Backrooms: Found Footage is a survival horror game with rogue-lite elements, where you explore 600 million miles of randomly generated office space, contend with entities, collect unique and useful lore- all while attempting to maintain your sanity as you try to escape.

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  38. #38 CantEscapeTheBackrooms
    75% matchMixed60% of 232 reviews2023
    Dev: BlackArtStudios
    Windows

    CantEscapeTheBackrooms is a single player horror game. Explore numerous treacherous and dangerous levels, avoid contact with evil entities, and do whatever it takes to find your way out!

    Why similar: Horror 39.8%, First-Person 25.4%, Dark 17.9%, Adventure 9.2%, 3D 4.6%

  39. #39 Backrooms: Extractions
    72% matchMostly Positive74% of 618 reviews2025
    Dev: Headlight Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Cooperate with up to 6 players to explore, search, and extract lost agents within the Backrooms. Solve puzzles, unlock tools, survive against entities, and progress through increasingly dangerous levels.

    Why similar: Horror 26.9%, Psychological Horror 22.6%, Realistic 19.2%, First-Person 16.4%, Atmospheric 5.7%

  40. #40 Hotel 188
    72% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2025
    Dev: Leonn CamayoPub: Andes Interactive
    Windows

    Dive into a realistic experience of the Backrooms, without jumpscares, getting lost in impossible spaces and feeling like something is watching you. The uncertainty of not knowing where you're going will make you want to quit… Will you be able to make it to the end?

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.9%, Realistic 19.4%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, First-Person 14.1%, Dark 6.3%

  41. #41 SKUF BACKROOMS
    73% matchMixed60% of 93 reviews2024
    Dev: akhsotoen
    Windows

    SKUF BACKROOMS is a psychological horror game that takes the player to the Backrooms level, consisting of intertwining transition zones of post-Soviet living spaces.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.1%, Realistic 19.1%, Walking Simulator 17.7%, Horror 17.6%, First-Person 11.6%

  42. #42 Noclipped
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2022
    Dev: MateussDev
    Windows

    Noclipped is a Survival Horror Adventure game located in the Backrooms. Explore infinite levels, collect resources, fight or flee from dangerous beings and survive in the harsh environments of the Backrooms.

    Why similar: Horror 23.1%, Realistic 21.7%, First-Person 20.5%, Walking Simulator 10.1%, Adventure 9.3%

  43. #43 Overtime Anomaly
    71% matchVery Positive84% of 75 reviews2025
    Dev: BiteMe Games
    Windows

    You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Realistic 13%, Investigation 11.7%, Horror 10.7%

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    69% matchMostly Positive77% of 497 reviews2025
    Dev: Hypercent Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Backroom Company (aka Async Corporation) is a mysterious group exploring “Noclip.” No one knows who created it. Follow the missing explorers' traces and find strange items deep in the Backrooms.

    Why similar: Horror 47.1%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Adventure 10.3%, Mystery 8.2%, Exploration 6%

  45. #45 SCP – Containment Breach
    67% matchVery Positive99% of 497 reviews2026
    Dev: Undertow GamesPub: SCP-CB Community Preservation Project
    Windows

    A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?

    Why similar: Horror 32.7%, First-Person 13.4%, Dark 12.5%, Story Rich 11.5%, Atmospheric 7.9%

  46. #46 The Backrooms Project
    73% matchMostly Positive70% of 143 reviews2022
    Dev: 3AM Studios
    Windows · Linux

    Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?

    Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Realistic 18.1%, Psychological Horror 17.2%, Walking Simulator 13.4%, Dark 12.6%

  47. #47 Liminalcore
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 652 reviews2024
    Dev: Shadow Owl Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.

    Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Realistic 22.5%, Walking Simulator 22.3%, Adventure 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.9%

  48. #48 SILENT BREATH
    70% matchMixed69% of 1,156 reviews2024
    Dev: EXODIAC STUDIOS
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness

    Why similar: Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Realistic 16.5%, Dark 11.1%, First-Person 10.2%

  49. #49 Backrooms Media
    70% matchMixed41% of 614 reviews2025
    Dev: NPK GamesPub: Pretty Soon
    Windows

    Backrooms Media is a 1-4 player co-op horror that plunges you into unsettling, hyper-realistic liminal spaces. Navigate eerie environments filled with lurking horrors. Group up with your friends to face the terror of the endless backrooms together and... try to escape.

    Why similar: Horror 24.1%, Psychological Horror 21.8%, Realistic 21.6%, First-Person 16.1%, Atmospheric 5.9%

  50. #50 Lost in Anomaly
    69% matchMixed64% of 993 reviews2024
    Dev: Aximus Games
    Windows

    In Lost in Anomaly, you wake up on the 9th floor of an unknown building. The only way out of here is to detect and mark anomalies. One wrong move and you could be trapped forever.

    Why similar: Horror 23.7%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Realistic 12.6%, First-Person 12.2%

  51. #51 The Backrooms Footage
    71% matchMixed67% of 75 reviews2022
    Dev: Untold Backrooms Stories
    Windows · Linux

    You have found a camera with a footage in it. For some reason you can't rewind the video, and as soon as you try winding it forward you find yourself in the Backrooms. Figure out whats in the footage and try to ESCAPE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!

    Why similar: Horror 28%, Psychological Horror 25.8%, Walking Simulator 16.6%, First-Person 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.5%

  52. #52 BACKROOMS NO RETURN: Prologue
    70% matchMostly Negative33% of 1,186 reviews2024
    Dev: FriedGPU
    Windows

    Explore the poolrooms in a inmersive cooperative horror game. Immerse yourself in the story of scientists who are exploring the depths of the poolrooms and end up encountering various obstacles in order to find a way back to reality.

    Why similar: Horror 24%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, First-Person 16.8%, Dark 13.9%, Story Rich 12.2%

  53. #53 Sector 404
    68% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2025
    Dev: Empty Studio
    Windows

    Sector 404 is a first-person anomaly horror game set in a crumbling Soviet housing block. After taking your medicine, your world begins to fracture. Climb from floor to floor, uncovering distorted anomalies and your own unraveling mind. Miss too much, and reality resets. Will you ever make it home?

    Why similar: Horror 17.5%, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Realistic 14.7%, Walking Simulator 14.6%, First-Person 11.4%

  54. #54 Very Scary Backrooms Game
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 162 reviews2023
    Dev: Wilboforce
    Windows

    You have no weapons. You have no means of defending yourself. Some will chase you, some will outsmart you. If you are in danger, run and hide.

    Why similar: Horror 32%, Psychological Horror 22.3%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, First-Person 11.1%, Adventure 8.6%

  55. #55 UnderBackrooms
    71% matchMostly Negative39% of 72 reviews2023
    Dev: okeyplaystudio
    Windows

    UnderBackrooms is a cooperative horror game set in a mysterious parallel universe of empty rooms and endless corridors. With moments of tension and surprise, players must be on guard to survive. Explore the backrooms and uncover their secrets to escape this nightmare world.

    Why similar: Horror 37.5%, Psychological Horror 30.8%, Adventure 22.1%, Atmospheric 9.5%

  56. #56 Nightwatch: Closer
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 60 reviews2024
    Dev: Studio Quokkariki
    Windows

    "Nightwatch : Closer" is a first-person horror game whose goal is to hold out for 10 minutes by preventing unknown anomalies in a small post. In a dark, narrow post, you have to hold out until the shift worker comes, keeping out the anomalies by yourself.

    Why similar: Horror 23.3%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Dark 11.7%, Realistic 10.1%, First-Person 10.1%

  57. #57 BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION
    65% matchVery Positive80% of 661 reviews2025
    Dev: DMNT Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    A terrifying multiplayer horror experience with social deduction elements. Trapped in the Backrooms, up to 12 players must try to work together to survive and expose the shapeshifting Skin Stealer hiding among them before it’s too late. Who will you trust?

    Why similar: Horror 24.2%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Investigation 17%, Realistic 12.6%, First-Person 10.6%

  58. #58 The Dire
    67% matchVery Positive82% of 91 reviews2023
    Dev: Grumpi
    Windows

    Dean Holt, popular Urbex vlogger, sets off on another exploration of an abandoned home but this time things aren't going as planned. Something dark is lurking inside and Dean quickly finds himself in over his head

    Why similar: Horror 23.5%, Psychological Horror 19.6%, Walking Simulator 13.1%, Realistic 8.1%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

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