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Enter The Backrooms

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Large variety of levels and content
  • Strong atmosphere and immersion
  • Faithful to backrooms lore
  • Engaging survival and exploration mechanics
  • Active developer with frequent updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Graphics are low quality
  • Repetitive enemy encounters
  • Performance and optimization issues
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some levels feel tedious or grindy

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • System Shock: Enhanced Edition

  • Eldritch

  • Nightmare of Decay

  • HROT

  • PowerSlave Exhumed

  • Granny 3

Less violent

Games that feels like Enter The Backrooms but with less combat and destruction

  • The Backrooms Game FREE Edition

  • Deep Sleep Trilogy

  • Dreadhalls

  • Lights Off!

  • Born Into Fear

  • The Heilwald Loophole

More expressive

Games that feels like Enter The Backrooms but with more self-expression and customization

  • Lucid Blocks

  • Potato Flowers in Full Bloom

  • Manny's

  • 77p egg: Eggwife

  • Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2

  • Sword With Sauce

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Enter The Backrooms: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026