Backrooms: Found Footage

Backrooms: Found Footage

Released Oct 2024

Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?

82% positive · 399 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Backrooms: Found Footage launched on October 25, 2024 as a short, self-contained found-footage horror experience with two endings. Two days after launch, the developer announced a sequel (then called Backrooms: Found Footage 2) and noted plans for bug fixes to the original while focusing on the sequel. The sequel was later renamed Backrooms: Exploration and launched on Steam in early access on April 4, 2025 — a separate game entirely. On November 7, 2025, the developer released a "Remaster Update" for Backrooms: Found Footage, adding new mechanics, updated visuals, lighting, sound, and a reimagined menu, while preserving the original endings. Most decisively, on October 31, 2025, the developer released Backrooms: Reminiscence — a separate title — and explicitly stated it was "my last Backrooms game." This was reaffirmed in a January 26, 2026 post announcing a brand-new non-Backrooms project called Eclipse. The developer's statement that Backrooms: Reminiscence was their final Backrooms title, combined with the pivot to a new IP, makes clear that no further content is coming to Backrooms: Found Footage. The November 7, 2025 Remaster Update appears to be the final update this game will receive.
Evidence
Developer announces a new non-Backrooms survival horror game (Eclipse) and reaffirms that Backrooms: Reminiscence was their last Backrooms title, signaling a full departure from the franchise.
news post · Jan 26, 2026 source development ending
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Backrooms: Reminiscence launches, with the developer explicitly stating it is their last Backrooms game.
news post · Oct 31, 2025 source development ending
high

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Details

Developer
Publisher
HNStudios
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player

About this game

Backrooms: Found Footage is a single-player horror game where you are the main character trying to survive the Backrooms. Curiosity wins and you decide to explore this weird place that you got trapped in. What could go wrong?

This game is a Found-Footage style horror game where your main objective is to find the way out of the Backrooms. You play as Young Alex who got trapped in the Backrooms, not knowing anything about it. You decide to record this little adventure, but you manage to capture something really weird.

Not recommended for lower-end systems.

*Inspired by Kane Pixels

Last evaluated Jun 19, 2026
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