Within the Backrooms
Released Jan 2023
You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more.
93% positive · 230 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $7.99
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Evaluation
Within the Backrooms launched on January 12, 2023 as a solo developer project. After launch, the developer shipped an expansion update on August 8, 2023 that added a new main level (The Museum), two new music tracks, and multiple new sub-levels. On February 6, 2024, the developer posted a note explicitly stating that this texture fix would "likely be my last update to this game," expressing gratitude to the community and reflecting on the completed project. The developer also hinted at an upcoming new project. This is a clear, direct statement from the developer that content development for Within the Backrooms is concluded. The game is a finished product.
Evidence
Developer explicitly states this will 'likely be my last update to this game,' thanking the community and reflecting on the completed work. Hints at a new upcoming project.
Expansion update shipped adding The Museum level, two new music tracks, and multiple new sub-levels.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Shattered Display
Achievements
23
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
The Game
Within the Backrooms is a liminal exploration game with light puzzle elements. Use tools you find and mysterious floppy disks to traverse the world, uncover the secrets of the Backrooms, and find out why you're here. Try not to get lost in the winding maze of the Lobby, explore the abandoned and decrepit Mall, relive childhood memories in the unsettling Playground, and experience sublimity in the placid, yet haunting, Pool.
The World
Explore a vast world of liminal spaces. Providing an uncanny nostalgia where reality isn't quite the same. Featuring 4 unique and diverse main floors and many different-sub floors to find, there's secrets lurking around every corner. Given nothing, you must be adventurous and clever. Question everything you see and everything they say.The Graphics
Within the Backrooms pays homage to a time where edges were jagged and textures pixelate from afar. The game replicates the style of the PS1 era and plays in the same aspect ratio.
Reviews
"The game is a blast. The aesthetic exudes mid 90s design, the music captures the atmosphere perfectly, the surrealist character designs and optical illusion levels were pure mindf***ery. I feel there's a lot that I left unexplored and hidden in the maze of walls. I like the puzzle solving that opens up parts of the level. At points it felt like I was in a living version of that old school screensaver." - FREAKBAiT @freakbaitAre these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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