Great co-op fun with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Inside the Backrooms is incredibly fun to play with friends.”
Steam review · 73.4 h played ↗
Inside the Backrooms
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 80%Very Positive · 80%MrFatcat2022Horror · Survival Horror · Puzzle
$6.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A co-op Backrooms puzzle-horror game that's best with friends, but the recent big update gutted old levels and added bugs. Skip it if you play solo or hate jank and tedious puzzles.
Great for
Groups of friends who like escape-room style puzzles, screaming in voice chat and janky co-op horror
Main risk
Bugs and a recent update that simplified or reworked levels, plus tedious puzzles and the frustrating Caves level
What changed in the last 30 days
21 recent reviews
Recent reviews, even some positive ones, say the new update removed puzzles, simplified levels, added lag and bugs, and many ask for a legacy mode. Fairly confident this drives the drop.
21 recent reviews
What players love
Clever, challenging puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The puzzles are long, clever, and genuinely challenging.”
Steam review · 22.6 h played ↗
Eerie, scary atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“It’s uncanny, deeply unsettling, and filled with terrifying monsters and eerie levels”
Steam review · 13.1 h played ↗
Devs actively improve it, good value
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“the updates that the creators put into it have absolutely redeemed it for us”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
Lots of levels and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“There are a tonne of levels that me and my friends haven't even gotten to”
Steam review · 11.3 h played ↗
Workshop and mod support
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“the mod support is the holy grail for this game”
Steam review · 28.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Many bugs and glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the game is so buggy. Invisiable entities, phasing through the map and not respawning.”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗
Updates reworked and dumbed down old levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Could you please consider adding a Classic Mode / Legacy Mode that keeps the old maps, old progression, old puzzles, and the original difficulty?”
Steam review · 16.6 h played ↗
Tedious, confusing puzzles and level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“spent an HOUR AND A HALF trying to solve the symbols puzzle”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Not scary, weak entities, low quality feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“This game is boring, it isn't scary, and the monsters are ridiculously easy to avoid.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Caves level: moths, bridges and ropes
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“you spend 2 hrs in the caves just to be met with the most aids rope climb segment ever created.”
Steam review · 22.9 h played ↗
Poor performance and optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Many bugs cause problems with the framerate or even the possibility to finish the level without restarting.”
Steam review · 32.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64-bit or higher
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz / AMD FX-6300, 3.5 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 760, (2 GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon HD 7870, (2 GB VRAM)
Storage20 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 64-bit or higher
ProcessorIntel Core i7-3770 | AMD FX-8350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX 560 with (4GB VRAM) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4GB VRAM )
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows 7 64-bit or higher
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz / AMD FX-6300, 3.5 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 760, (2 GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon HD 7870, (2 GB VRAM)
Storage20 GB available space
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