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The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
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.
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.
“This is a really good horror game, but this is not a good "Backrooms" game. I don't think the developers understood what made the Backrooms so good as a concept. I feel like this game could be its own thing, and do pretty well - but they just made the walls yellow and added…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“♥♥♥♥♥♥ horifying good for people who like horror games. if thats what your looking for i reccomend this game 9/10”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Good story. Ending was a bit abrupt though”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Latest official news
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The Backrooms 1998 - Bug Fixes, Updates & Festival - v1.04 29/05/26
Hello everyone! I hope you're all doing well. Just wanted to say that Update v1.04 is now live! First of all, I want to sincerely thank each and every one of you for your continued support. Your feedb
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The Backrooms 1998 - Controller Support Update - v1.03 29/07/25
Hello everyone! Hope you’re all doing well. I was working on a new update! Just released Update v1.03 , addressing various issues and making a couple of improvements based on your feedback. One of the
The Backrooms 1998 is NOW OUT OF EARLY ACCESS! 20/02/25
Hello everyone! Hope you’re all doing well. It’s been a while! First off, I want to apologize for the lack of updates. I had plans to release the game out of early access alongside the console version
The Backrooms 1998 Game Update v0.6 - 06/08/22
Hello everybody! Another day, another update! Sorry it's been a while with 'no updates' however even though no update announcements were being made, some small minor bug fixes and such changes and upd
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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, Simulation |
| Player tags | Psychological Horror · Survival Horror · Gore · Survival · Thriller · Action · Adventure · Early Access · Simulation · Dark · Escape Room · Realistic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://steelkrill.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: 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