Escape the Backrooms

Buy90%

Very Positive · 166k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Fancy Games · Horror · Oct 23, 2025

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Price
$7.99−20%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
17,741
concurrent players
#100 by players on Steam
Achievements
34
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
12
Full audio1 of 12
Subtitles0 of 12

Should I buy Escape the Backrooms?

Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 107 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 58 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 40 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 166k player reviews · updated

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
17% of themes are praise8% are divided75% are complaints
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
107 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
If you're looking for a relatively short co-op horror experience to play with friends, I'd absolutely recommend giving this a try.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game does generally have good sound design, most notably the item interaction and ambience sounds are actually pretty high quality.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Co-op107 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion
Graphics
50% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
40% still recommend
Bugs
23% still recommend
Multiplayer
38% still recommend
Difficulty
52% still recommend
Performance
25% still recommend
Story
60% still recommend
Optimization
7% still recommend
Crashes
8% still recommend
Interface
30% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Adjustable Difficulty
  • Camera Comfort
  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Family Sharing
  • Playable without Timed Input
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Stereo Sound

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$7.99$9.99−20%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

6 points recordedtoday · $7.99

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