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BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION
A terrifying multiplayer horror experience with social deduction elements. Trapped in the Backrooms, up to 12 players must try to work together to survive and expose the shapeshifting Skin Stealer hiding among them before it’s too late. Who will you trust?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
39 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A surprisingly fun game for a cheap price. It's a mix of among us and left 4 dead.”
“Its fun with friends, hope got mroe map and update”
“Honestly I was not expecting much. And it's clearly not the best game. Has a few issues. But I've already had an amazing time playing with my friends. Hope to see you keep updating the game! And maybe more maps one…”
32 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Whether you are with Randoms or With Friends this game is the perfect game if you want a game that plays like Werewolf or any Imposter style game. I'm having a blast playing with Americans at day and Russians at night.…”
“Super fun with friends, worth the few bucks for an evening's entertainment!”
“Solid game, 8/10. Would recommend to play with friends. Only 8/10 because I have no friends.”
22 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A surprisingly fun game for a cheap price. It's a mix of among us and left 4 dead.”
“Whether you are with Randoms or With Friends this game is the perfect game if you want a game that plays like Werewolf or any Imposter style game. I'm having a blast playing with Americans at day and Russians at night.…”
“Super fun with friends, worth the few bucks for an evening's entertainment!”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“THE MOTION BLUR IS THE WORST PART OF THIS GAME PLEASE GIVE US A OPTION TO TURN IT OFF Don't expect there to be a open lobby to join right away, me and my group play this game about every other day (there are 4 of us)…”
“really fun game to play with your friends and really good performance and graphics”
“Hey, why is that man eating bio-samples? You didn't see that? Must be my imagination. *dies* - Fun - Almost anyone can run this game - Looks and plays great - Designed well with friends”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“THE MOTION BLUR IS THE WORST PART OF THIS GAME PLEASE GIVE US A OPTION TO TURN IT OFF Don't expect there to be a open lobby to join right away, me and my group play this game about every other day (there are 4 of us)…”
“Great game to play with friends, even though the game dosent yet have some features the dev is doing a great job on the game and is totally a 10/10 reccomended for friend groups”
“The new update is good. Needs the option to votekick people if they greifing tbh”
15 of the 104 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Die to teammates due to them having inbred parents.”
“no point downloading, cant even get into a normal game with other people”
“very fun... if only there were more people playing”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Great game to play with friends, even though the game dosent yet have some features the dev is doing a great job on the game and is totally a 10/10 reccomended for friend groups”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Its fun with friends, hope got mroe map and update”
“Honestly I was not expecting much. And it's clearly not the best game. Has a few issues. But I've already had an amazing time playing with my friends. Hope to see you keep updating the game! And maybe more maps one…”
“Reminds me of among us + Left4 dead. Fun game with friends but needs more polishing and more maps. Not bad for its price. Hoping for future updates.”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“every time i get kicked i need to restart the game + i can't join my friend lobby or see it fix the game plz”
“i got eaten by 10 skin walkers also the game keeps disconnecting me”
“[strike] Honestly great game, I have had so may fun nigthts playing this with friends but randomly the microphone will stop working after a update and everytime the fix is different and takes atleast 20 minutes and with…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Reminds me of among us + Left4 dead. Fun game with friends but needs more polishing and more maps. Not bad for its price. Hoping for future updates.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“Friend gifted me this game to play with the group and we had a GREAT gaming experience. However, I have some gripes with this game at its current stage in development, and yes, I am aware that it is in the earlier stages of development. I would love to see this game grow and I…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“This game is simple effective and cheap. When i saw this game I thought it was going to be terrible. But get a group of you and three or more friends and you will have a wonderful time. A thing i enjoyed was the gun gameplay along with being able to find ammo and other things…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Pretty mediocre game. It's not terrible but feels like its missing needed features. It's fun with only a few matches but gets boring after 10-20 mins. I can see some potential if the devs worked on this game more, but for now it feels unfinished. It feels like this game was made…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
PATCH 1.6.1
- Added Motion Blur and Head Bob options to the settings menu - Slightly reduced evolved Skin Stealer armor effectiveness
UPDATE 1.6 | POOLROOMS EXPANSION + DAILY DEAL
The Poolrooms map has been expanded with many new areas, making it larger, more varied, and more dangerous. To celebrate, BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION is currently part of a Steam Daily Deal with a limited
UPDATE 1.5
This update brings a major rework to the Threshold escape system, a new weapon, achievements, voice chat improvements, and important backend changes. THRESHOLD REWORK In order to activate the Threshol
THE EVOLUTION UPDATE
SKINSTEALER EVOLUTION SYSTEM All Skinstealers now spawn in a smaller form, they are weaker but also very fast. After consuming enough bio-samples or corpses they can evolve into the big bulky form we
THE GRASSROOMS UPDATE
Welcome to the Grassrooms! This brand new map offers beautiful lit areas as well as creepy dark corridors! - Dan
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Early Access · PvP · Multiplayer · Social Deduction · Survival Horror · Shooter · Horror · Atmospheric · Stealth · Investigation · Psychological Horror · Online Co-Op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Russian * |
| Achievements | 16 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Dedicated GPU with at least 2GB VRAM and DirectX 11 support DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 5 GB available space