The Backroom - Lost and Found

The Backroom - Lost and Found

Steam Deck · unrated

Lollin' Pony · Exploration · Jul 25, 2022

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

It's free to play.

89%
Very Positive
446 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Optimization: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 446 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 249 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
57% of themes are praise249 helpful reviews43% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I'm not personally a fan of the chapter 1 twist, but it does make for a compelling chapter 2 narrative, especially the ending section.
44 of 249 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I get the impression it is at least fairly well-optimized, and doesn't waste graphics on the kind of dust or surface rendering detail that adds nothing to gameplay but makes those fans go brrrrr.
14 of 249 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I get the impression it is at least fairly well-optimized, and doesn't waste graphics on the kind of dust or surface rendering detail that adds nothing to gameplay but makes those fans go brrrrr.
10 of 249 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
It's fairly linear but goes above and beyond the usual stuff in this genre and has some really fantastic scenery and sound design as well as music.
5 of 249 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 love4 themes
Story and characters44 reviews
Graphics14 reviews
Gameplay10 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend
Crashes5 reviews
80%
Optimization5 reviews
80%
Bugs5 reviews
100%

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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 5 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
12
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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