Backrooms: Exploration

Backrooms: Exploration

Released May 2025

Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.

72% positive · 107 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Backrooms: Exploration launched on Steam on April 4, 2025 and reached its full 1.0 release on May 2, 2025, adding five new levels, new game modes, and other improvements. The developer also released a soundtrack DLC alongside those updates. On May 13, 2025, the developer announced Backrooms: Reminiscence as a sequel and explicitly called it "the final Backrooms game," signaling that Backrooms: Exploration itself was complete. Backrooms: Reminiscence launched on October 31, 2025, and a January 26, 2026 post confirmed the developer had moved on to an entirely new project called Eclipse. Most recently, on May 24, 2026, the developer released a "Remake Update" — a substantial overhaul of Backrooms: Exploration featuring a new main menu, new areas, a new ending, a graphics overhaul, optimizations, and sound improvements. This appears to be a final polish pass timed to coincide with a Backrooms movie releasing May 29, 2026. A bug fix for achievements followed on May 26, 2026. No further content has been announced for Backrooms: Exploration. The developer has clearly moved on to Eclipse as their next project. The game now exists as a complete, polished package following the Remake Update.
Evidence
Remake Update released with new areas, new ending, graphics overhaul, optimizations, and sound improvements — described as a comprehensive refresh of the game
news post · May 24, 2026 source content shipped
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Developer announced Eclipse, their next project, confirming they have completed the Backrooms series and are moving on
news post · Jan 26, 2026 source development ending
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1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

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About this game

Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, that takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.

In Backrooms: Exploration, you have to find your way out of the Backrooms. Everything is viewed through a Bodycam which is mounted on your head. Backrooms: Exploration is an atmospheric experience, that entertains everyone who enjoys the Backrooms. 

  • Explore the many levels of Backrooms in the most realistic way.

  • Experience this unique story about the Backrooms.

Some parts of this game are heavily inspired by Kane Pixels' work.

Last evaluated Jun 18, 2026
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