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BACKROOMS NO RETURN: Prologue

BACKROOMS NO RETURN: Prologue

Explore the poolrooms in a inmersive cooperative horror game. Immerse yourself in the story of scientists who are exploring the depths of the poolrooms and end up encountering various obstacles in order to find a way back to reality.

Released Aug 9, 2024 Developer FriedGPU Platforms Windows 3DMultiplayerFunnyFirst-PersonHorror
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

32.2%positive1,235 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“lovely game. no sex, a little sad about that. but it fills me with desire for the full game WITH sex hopefully, thank you game devs in advance for the sex in the full game.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Some may ask, why a Negative Review. This guy spent $100 to put this game on steam. I spent 26min to play it. Neither of his other games are out as of this posting. He is a slop maker, attempting to funnel us to his Patreon. 26min of walking. one small code puzzle, one short…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Genuinely, a pathetic excuse for this ass game, I would rather shove a stick with thorns up my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ then play this god awful ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game, genuinely this game is why 9/11 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ happened, ♥♥♥♥ this game, the graphics suck ass too”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Latest official news

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Aug 19, 2024
Performance Improvements Update

Hello Community! We have fixed some of the performance issues, now you can enjoy Backrooms: No Return more smoothly. We keep working to have a quality game and have good results in the full release. T

Aug 11, 2024
Thanks for Your Support & Upcoming Update

Dear Community, We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has played our game. We know the release didn’t go as smoothly as we had hoped, but your support means the world to us. Please re

Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Adventure, Free To Play
Player tags3D · Multiplayer · Funny · First-Person · Horror · Psychological Horror · Online Co-Op · Story Rich · Action · Psychological · Adventure · Survival Horror (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8.1 64bit Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G or Intel Core i3-8100 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX or AMD Radeon 6870 HD series Storage: 10 GB available space