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The Complex: Expedition

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

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?

What works

  • Exceptional atmosphere and sound design
  • Faithful representation of backrooms liminal spaces
  • Immersive vhs visual effects
  • Nonlinear exploration with multiple paths
  • Psychological horror without cheap jump scares

Things to keep in mind

  • Short gameplay length
  • Limited interaction and progression
  • Lack of accessibility options
  • Some performance and control issues
  • Minimal narrative depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Liminalcore

  • God's Basement

  • Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1

  • The Complex: Found Footage

  • POOLS

  • Paratopic

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like The Complex: Expedition but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Cognition Method: Initiation

  • Hotel Remorse

  • Backrooms: Lost Tape

  • The Backroom - Lost and Found

  • Golgotha

  • The Backrooms: Unbounded

More survival-focused

Games that feels like The Complex: Expedition but with a stronger survival pressure

  • SCP: Daybreak

  • The Backrooms Game FREE Edition

  • CAPTURED 2

  • The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game

  • Backrooms: Found Footage

  • ARAYA

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The Complex: Expedition: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Progression.

Last update: 21/08/2026