Backrooms: Lost Tape

Backrooms: Lost Tape

Steam Deck Playable

Cortez Productions · Horror · Dec 24, 2022

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $15.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

82%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 103 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise45% are divided22% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Okay, so I'll address the two chapters (the only two available at the time of writing this) separately, but first I'll give a quick summary in case somebody doesn't want to read this essay of a review: It is a very good backrooms game that has great visuals, but it falls short sometimes with either repetitive gameplay or voice lines breaking the immersion.
103 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Okay, so I'll address the two chapters (the only two available at the time of writing this) separately, but first I'll give a quick summary in case somebody doesn't want to read this essay of a review: It is a very good backrooms game that has great visuals, but it falls short sometimes with either repetitive gameplay or voice lines breaking the immersion.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The game soundtrack is also fantastic.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Graphics103 reviews
Story and characters54 reviews
Audio27 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay42 reviews
69%
Performance13 reviews
46%
Interface13 reviews
38%
Optimization10 reviews
70%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs16 reviews
44%
Crashes7 reviews
14%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $15.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $15.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
11
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.