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Co-op horror (1-4 players). You are sent to explore a mysterious building at night. Find the Moon and try to return alive.
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Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
Inside the Backrooms is a horror, multiplayer and survival horror game
developed by MrFatcat
and published by MrFatcat and Dropsiick.
Released on June 20th 2022 is available only on Windows.
It has received 45,032 reviews of which 36,836 were positive and 8,196 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 5.59€ on Steam with a 20% discount.
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 64-bit or higher
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz / AMD FX-6300, 3.5 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760, (2 GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon HD 7870, (2 GB VRAM)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
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I think I still recommend this game overall, but there is certainly a pattern in the levels that doesn’t go unnoticed as time has gone on. Let’s show this with a tier list of the levels (the version noted is when I originally played them – a bunch have had redesigns that I may have missed): S tier: Dark Rooms (v0.1) – This solidifies to me what this game is about – a large level that requires some back and forth to find everything and connect the puzzles together, and caution for enemies on the way. Tricky on first playthrough but rewarding. Terror Hotel (v0.3) – This environment is so immersive and it’s my second favourite backrooms level across the games I’ve played. All the puzzles fit well and running into hotel rooms to hide from enemies is a blast, genuinely. I heard the skinwalker has been removed, which seems unnecessary to me, but I'm sure it's still a great level. A tier: Abandoned Office (v0.5) – Again I love feeling immersed in this office environment. There was one confusing puzzle to do with visiting rooms in a certain order, but I enjoyed the rest. I feel like I’d love to see a school/college dormitory sort of level similarly. Parking (v0.5) – I’m colour blind and I recall there was a puzzle here that I couldn’t properly do, but my team could sort it. There's also a puzzle which we ended up brute forcing accidentally, something where you're meant to go and get a protective suit but we repeatedly ran in and died to open up the way instead. Apart from that, it’s solid. Fun Level (v0.2) – I can’t remember this one much as I’ve only played it once a few years back, but it was solid. I understand it’s been redesigned twice since then. B tier: Grassrooms (v0.4) – On the other hand, this environment feels less “real” to me so it’s hard to be immersed, but I appreciate its weirdness. It has some frustrating parts with the plant monsters, but the puzzles are solid. Train Station (v0.7) – Only just played this one, and it has potential. A weird criticism would be that the elevator feels like it unnecessarily splits the level (I could hear my team chatting on the floors beneath me and it was confusing getting back to them at times). One minor note would be that it feels too realistic as a train station, rather than a backrooms interpretation of a train station. Could do with ticket booths stuck half inside walls or a million back areas recurring. D tier: Sewerage (v0.3) – This is my least favourite of the classic levels, because it’s just slightly too big and hard to know where to go. It’s fine to have a couple of times where the next goal is uncertain so exploring is needed, but this happened over and over, so it was close to two hours to finish this level, even on replays. I need to play the latest version of this level to see if it’s better now. F tier: Poolrooms (v0.7) – This isn’t really what this game is about to me at all. It’s linear, the puzzles aren’t interesting and there are no threats. It feels like this game lately tried to go more towards the Escape the Backrooms style, rather than keeping its own identity, which is a real shame. And yes, I love Escape the Backrooms too, but it’s nice to have this different version (my friends would always refer to this as “the one with the long levels” when distinguishing the two). There are also visual bugs and tables with no hitboxes and needlessly AI-generated drawings which make the whole thing feel lower standard than the rest of the game. Shame as I normally love a good pool level. Run for Live (v0.5) – Again this feels like an homage to Escape the Backrooms, but it’s more frustrating – the shadow man is very tricky to dodge, and the way it goes realistically is whoever is in the lead is sacrificed to the shadow man, so the people behind get through that part. It doesn’t belong in this game in my opinion. Perhaps it could be a fun interlude if it was more straightforward. Caves (v0.6) – This one is down here just for being so frustrating honestly. The swimming section is torture because you can’t tell which way to go, and filling the vials with moth drips at the end is also torture because mobs interrupt you in the middle of the process with not much you can do other than run away, wait a while and come back. Climbing the moth chamber at the end is also frustrating as it’s easy to get their attention when you don’t want to. It’s also another linear level; if it went back to the spirit of Inside the Backrooms and some of the puzzles could be across a network of caves that link core areas whilst the moths lurk in certain parts of the map, that would be an improvement. So… the general trend is the levels are becoming more linear and less inspired. The developer clearly had a vision of exploring open levels solving puzzles, that has been degraded from its identity. It’s been a little confusing keeping up with all the level redesigns; I’ve not checked out the changes in most of these, but I’ve made a note of which version I had played according to the review above. Perhaps some of the levels were on the long side previously, but there should be a good middle ground between keeping an open level design and the linearity to which it seems to be trending. I also wonder if the developer thinks the game is easier than it actually is when testing it - it's easy to have a bias towards this when testing a game you made yourself. This might be influencing some of the frustrating areas being so awkward. Thanks for reading and I hope to see the old magic spark back in future updates.
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Inside the Backrooms is currently priced at 5.59€ on Steam.
Yes, Inside the Backrooms is currently available at a 20% discount. You can purchase it for 5.59€ on Steam.
Yes, Inside the Backrooms received 36,836 positive votes out of a total of 45,032 achieving a rating of 8.05.
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Inside the Backrooms was developed by MrFatcat and published by MrFatcat and Dropsiick.
Yes, Inside the Backrooms is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Inside the Backrooms is not playable on MacOS.
No, Inside the Backrooms is not playable on Linux.
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No, Inside the Backrooms does not support VR.
Inside the Backrooms offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Inside the Backrooms includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
No, Inside the Backrooms does not currently offer any DLC.
Yes, Inside the Backrooms is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
No, Inside the Backrooms does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Inside 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.
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Multiplayer
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Online players
109
Developer
MrFatcat
Publisher
MrFatcat,
Dropsiick
Release
20 Jun 2022
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