Shifting To The Backrooms

Buy87%

Very Positive · 76 player reviews · Low confidence

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

Oopsome Games · Horror · Mar 13, 2026

Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Price
$8.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
11
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
4
Full audio4 of 4
Subtitles4 of 4

Should I buy Shifting To The Backrooms?

Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Audio: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 76 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 24 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise24 helpful reviews33% are complaints
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
17 of 24 sampled reviews raised it
just finished the whole game in a couple hours, i played countless backrooms games and i can tell this is miles different from any of them, i absolutely loved the story although i kinda got confused at the end, as said these levels have never been seen in games, very well made and really good graphics, my best regards to the devs who worked hard for this game, its amazing and i hope the next updates give us more story and brand new levels to go through, loved it. (with my pc specs i ran everything on ultra high and fsr on quality 240fps, no stutters.)
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
5 of 24 sampled reviews raised it
just finished the whole game in a couple hours, i played countless backrooms games and i can tell this is miles different from any of them, i absolutely loved the story although i kinda got confused at the end, as said these levels have never been seen in games, very well made and really good graphics, my best regards to the devs who worked hard for this game, its amazing and i hope the next updates give us more story and brand new levels to go through, loved it. (with my pc specs i ran everything on ultra high and fsr on quality 240fps, no stutters.)

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Story and characters17 reviews
Graphics5 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Audio
0% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSPlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$8.99

The lowest we've tracked is $5.21.

5 points recordedtoday · $8.99

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