Great potential and fair price for early access
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“this game is well worth the $10 price.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
Backrooms: Code Yellow
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 52%Mixed · 52%GameMechanic2026Psychological Horror · Action · Adventure
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A very early, one-developer Backrooms co-op expedition game with a huge procedural map and a good liminal feel. Content is thin and repetitive, so skip it if you want a finished game.
Great for
Backrooms and Kane Pixels fans with friends who accept early access and want to explore a huge procedural map
Main risk
Very little content: repetitive tasks, one or two entity types and recolored rooms get boring within hours
What players love
Authentic Backrooms and Kane Pixels atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The environment feels like the backrooms, it's more immersive than the many slop backrooms games”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Fun co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This game is just pure unfiltered enjoyment with friends.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Active developer who patches quickly
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The dev is also very quick to patch the game (4 patches for a few different bugs all within the first 2 hours of release).”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Truly infinite, easy-to-get-lost map
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“There is no end. You will never run into a border wall where the world just stops generating. It is truly infinite, and that makes you feel small.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Exploration, tasks and mapping with tape
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“its a good exploration game and there's a lot to find and figure things out”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Little content, recolored rooms
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“all they did for different biomes was change the color of the walls and floor. Extremely underwhelming.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Weak, repetitive, unscary entities
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The monster is literally a human that chase you.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Bugs, stuck on furniture and poor performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“First 15 minutes were spent stuck on a couch I couldn't let go of. Second 15 minutes were spent stuck on a lamp I couldn't let go of.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Repetitive tasks and quickly boring
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Not a bad concept but its just so boring and repeats the same 4-6 tasks every day till its over”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
Missing settings, keybinds and audio options
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“there are virtually no settings besides graphics and display; no sensitivity options or anything.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Useless golf cart that doesn't fit
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“why have the cart if you can only drive 10ft into the map lol”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 or higher (64-bit)
Processor2.4 Ghz Dual Core CPU
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics2 GB Dedicated Memory
Storage8 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
Processor2.8 Ghz QuadCore CPU or faster
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics4+ GB Dedicated Memory
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows 7 or higher (64-bit)
Processor2.4 Ghz Dual Core CPU
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics2 GB Dedicated Memory
Storage8 GB available space
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