Escape the Backrooms on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse through eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other danger to try and escape. Free content updates with new levels and game modes keep the community rewarded.
Escape the Backrooms is a horror, multiplayer and online co-op game
developed and published by Fancy Games.
Released on August 11th 2022 is available only on Windows
in 9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Turkish.
It has received 102,529 reviews of which 93,330 were positive and 9,199 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam, but you can find it for 4.77€ on Gamivo.
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System requirements
These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.
Windows
- OS *: Windows 8 / 10 / 11 - 64 bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 10 GB available space
- Sound Card: Any
- Additional Notes: Requirements may change in future updates.
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---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☐ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☑ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☑ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☑ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10
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Played the game with the boys. Went to bug level. Made the bug chase me, Sacrifice My friends. 10/10 Game would play again.
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---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☑ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☑ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☑ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☑ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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Overall: Rating ❌ bad ❌ okay ✔️ good ❌ amazing Game style ✔️ Multiplayer ✔️ Singleplayer Audience ❌ Kids ✔️ Teens ✔️ Adults ✔️ Casual players ✔️ Pro players PC Requirments ❌ Low / Budget ✔️ Medium / Office PC ❌ High / Gaming PC ❌ Extreme / High-end or more Bugs ❌ Unplayable or gamebreaking ❌ Frustrating and feels unfinished ✔️ Few Bugs but nothing gamebreaking ❌ No bugs were encountered Difficulty ❌ Simple ❌ Sometimes challenging ❌ Mostly challenging ❌ Easy to learn but hard to master ✔️ hard to learn but easy to master ❌ Too difficult and unbalanced Story ✔️ None ❌ Bad ❌ Average ❌ Good ❌ Very good ❌ Masterpiece Graphics ❌ A matter of taste ❌ Bad ❌ Average ❌ Good ✔️ Very good ❌ Masterpiece Audio ❌ Not needed / Music turned off ❌ Bad ❌ Average ❌ Good ✔️ Very good ❌ Masterpiece Grind ✔️ Not needed / None ❌ Only for leaderboards / ranks ❌ Average grind level ❌ Heavily depends on gamestyle / personality ❌A lot of grinding but feels rewarding ❌ Too much grind and feels repetitive Gametime ✔️Really short ( 0 - 8 hours) ✔️Short ( 8 - 20 hours) ❌ Long ( 20 - 50 hours) ❌ Very long ( 50 - 99 hours) ❌Endless ( 100+ hours) Price ❌ In-Game-Shop ( only cosmetics ) ❌ In-Game-Shop ( boosts / saving time ) ❌ In-Game-Shop ( superior loot / stats ) ❌ Free ❌ Not much ✔️ Full price ✔️ Wait for sale ❌ Don't do it
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Frequently Asked Questions
Escape the Backrooms is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.
Escape the Backrooms is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 8.19€ on Steam.
Escape the Backrooms received 93,330 positive votes out of a total of 102,529 achieving a rating of 8.98.
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Escape the Backrooms was developed and published by Fancy Games.
Escape the Backrooms is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Escape the Backrooms is not playable on MacOS.
Escape the Backrooms is not playable on Linux.
Escape the Backrooms offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Escape the Backrooms includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
Escape the Backrooms does not currently offer any DLC.
Escape the Backrooms does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Escape the Backrooms does not support Steam Remote Play.
Escape the Backrooms is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Escape the Backrooms.
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Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
1,283
Developer
Fancy Games
Publisher
Fancy Games
Release
11 Aug 2022
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