Backrooms Break
Released Apr 2024
Explore and break the environments of the Backrooms and Poolrooms! Utilize Thor's demolition hammer, firearms, and explosives to carve your way through the walls and entities. This isn't just another mundane walking simulator game. Now the entities are the victims. Overcome your fears with violence.
70% positive · 395 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
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Evaluation
Backrooms Break launched on April 24, 2024 as a solo-developed indie game. After launch, the developer shipped one feature update (v1.1, June 15, 2024) adding an Endless Mode and rebalancing levels. On April 26, 2025 — the game's one-year anniversary — the developer published a detailed retrospective documentary covering the full development journey from concept to launch, describing it as a look back at the entire experience. This retrospective framing, with no mention of upcoming content, new features, or future plans, reads as a natural conclusion to the project. There are no unreleased DLC, no announced roadmap, and no outstanding commitments visible in the store or developer communications. The game appears to have launched as a complete product and has since settled into a finished state.
Evidence
On the game's one-year anniversary, the developer released a retrospective documentary covering the entire two-year solo development journey from concept through launch. No future content or plans were mentioned.
Update v1.1 added an Endless Mode, reordered levels for better difficulty flow, and included various bug fixes and performance improvements.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Jan Jileček
Achievements
17
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Explore and shatter the environments of the Backrooms and Poolrooms! Utilize Thor's demolition hammer, firearms, and explosives to carve your way through the walls and entities. This isn't just another mundane walking simulator game. Now, the entities are the victims. Overcome your fears with violence.
Your hammer is your primary weapon. It possesses a boomerang functionality, akin to Thor's hammer, allowing it to break through walls and the heads of entities. Obliterate everything in your path.
Discover additional firearms within the labyrinth. Upgrade them for greater firepower. Seek out healing items and ammo to ensure your survival.
Beware of the mimic enemies, capable of assuming any form within the Backrooms. Exercise caution. Encounter other adversaries like Crawlers, Skullscythes, and Spitters—you can dismantle them by shooting off their limbs.
You are no longer a victim within the confines of the Backrooms. Conquer your fears through violence.
Your hammer is your primary weapon. It possesses a boomerang functionality, akin to Thor's hammer, allowing it to break through walls and the heads of entities. Obliterate everything in your path.
Discover additional firearms within the labyrinth. Upgrade them for greater firepower. Seek out healing items and ammo to ensure your survival.
Beware of the mimic enemies, capable of assuming any form within the Backrooms. Exercise caution. Encounter other adversaries like Crawlers, Skullscythes, and Spitters—you can dismantle them by shooting off their limbs.
You are no longer a victim within the confines of the Backrooms. Conquer your fears through violence.
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Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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