The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.

The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game is a psychological horror, survival horror and gore game developed and published by Steelkrill Studio.
Released on February 20th 2025 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 760 reviews of which 649 were positive and 111 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game into these genres:

Psychological Horror Survival Horror Gore Survival Thriller Action Adventure Early Access Simulation Dark Escape Room Realistic Action-Adventure Puzzle Sandbox Walking Simulator FPS Atmospheric 3D Choose Your Own Adventure

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7 64-Bit or later
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K or AMD equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2 GB or AMD equivalent
Storage: 4 GB available space

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March 2025

Genuinely horrified me. I recorded it for a video and sh*t myself many a time. I don't know if links work on here so my gameplay is on my channel TheBangoutLounge or through this link - https://youtu.be/l9xjkzU5j_E?si=KkFVZVCyMTJMT6T6 PROS This game starts off very tense and holds that throughout the game REALLY WELL. The atmosphere is great and gives off spooky vibes where you don't know what's coming around the corner, that being said, the jumpscares are a bit of a hit and miss for me, whilst they do their job and are pretty well timed! - After a while I found myself just staring blankly at them trying to find the next item (although that may be because it took my recording time of 2hrs 25s to complete it) I will say though, THAT ENDING MMM... Did not expect that, had my jaw to the floor, literally. Cons Honestly not too much to say here but the jumpscares, oh and I would also say the map, I understand it's a backrooms game, so why would you have a locator? But if there were maybe a few more key locations so you could recognise where you are, because all I could go off was "Clock", "Totem", "Pool Room" and "Classroom" Other than that, well done Steelkrill Studio, fantastic horror! If there are ever more like it, I would be happy to upload them!

Feb. 2025

Great game! Here are my points I would like to mention: * Dreadful atmosphere, I love it! * It's actually scary. * I love the fact that it's not another Pixel's or Wiki lore based Backrooms. It took the concept of the Backrooms and made something on its own! And that's the magic of the Backrooms: Everyone has his own interpretation of the Backrooms. This one definitely is influenced by Silent Hill. * Nice game-play. The marker as a tool to keep tracking of the maze is amazing. * Interesting story, and the actual camera footage are every well done! The only thing that I would change is probably decrease the amount of jump-scares. They work pretty well in most cases, but after some point they are unreasonably heavily used. Great game overall.

Oct. 2024

Grim, sinister and sombre atmosphere. Overall, disgusting feeling to be involved in what's happening in the storyline. It leaves a sour aftertaste in your mouth upon completion. This game has barely any connection to The Backrooms concept, other than the title and the idea of no-clipping into a different place, which in this case is a purgatory , that protagonist is going through for what he did.

July 2024

Finally a backrooms game that really has good jump scares even though it was too much

June 2024

i played this game with my laptop and had fun, but its better to a good pc to play this game but its fun

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The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.

The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 8.19€ on Steam.

The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game received 649 positive votes out of a total of 760 achieving a rating of 8.06.

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The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game was developed and published by Steelkrill Studio.

The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game is not playable on MacOS.

The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game is not playable on Linux.

The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game does not currently offer any DLC.

The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game 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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