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The Backrooms: Survival

The Backrooms: Survival

Survival horror with roguelike elements. Explore randomized levels with different items and entities while trying to maintain your thirst, hunger, and sanity, ensuring a new experience every time. Play alone or with up to TEN friends online! Cross-platform multiplayer with Nintendo Switch.

In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “engaging survival combat loop” (20 of 98 reviews) and “fun cooperative play” (7); the most common complaint is “frequent bugs and softlocks” (11). What reviewers agree on ↓

Released Sep 15, 2023 Developer RE:CODE Platforms Windows HorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological Horror
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-10-21)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

81.8%positive1,128 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 98 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 98 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13

Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“i got this for free about 2.5 years ago and havent played it much but a pretty fun game. it gives a spooky feeling that something is always curling up behind you. definitely worth a shot.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This game was very fun to play and especially playing multiplayer so much to do in the game”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Fun game but the levels get repetitive”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

3peak since Aug 2026
0 0 0 0 avg · Sep 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.

72achievements
15.6%median completion
2.2%rarest: Gluttony
80.3% of players 79.7% of players 75.8% of players 69.0% of players 65.5% of players 62.7% of players 55.8% of players 54.5% of players 47.4% of players 47.3% of players 46.5% of players 40.5% of players 33.8% of players 33.8% of players 32.6% of players 31.0% of players 30.1% of players 29.9% of players 29.7% of players 29.6% of players 29.0% of players 28.2% of players 28.1% of players 27.4% of players 26.2% of players 21.0% of players 20.9% of players 20.4% of players 19.7% of players 19.3% of players 19.0% of players 18.4% of players 17.9% of players 16.8% of players 16.4% of players 15.7% of players 15.6% of players 14.9% of players 14.7% of players 12.2% of players 12.2% of players 12.0% of players 11.9% of players 11.6% of players 11.6% of players 11.0% of players 10.4% of players 10.4% of players 10.1% of players 9.6% of players 9.3% of players 9.2% of players 9.0% of players 8.8% of players 8.0% of players 8.0% of players 8.0% of players 7.7% of players 6.9% of players 6.5% of players 80.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
80.3%First Steps — Reach Level 1
79.7%Scheduled Programming — Find a television
75.8%Hello..? — Find a telephone
Rarest badges of honor
2.2%Gluttony — Consume 50 Food
2.5%Walk The Plank — Hidden achievement
3.3%Chugger — Drink 50 Liquids

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-10-21 11:53 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-10-01
US9.99 USD
EU9.75 EUR
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$6.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-21). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-31 08-20 09-09 09-29 10-21

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 02, 2024
Big Patch Update + Nintendo Switch Release

Hello, A new update fixing many reported bugs, and announcing our Nintendo Switch release for The Backrooms: Survival that supports cross-platform multiplayer with Steam! You can now play on Steam wit

Jul 29, 2024
Patch Update

Changes: -Updated obituary and statistics GUI layouts and look -Fixed a bug where if you interact with vendors while moving you will keep moving -Fixed a bug with settings scrollbars not scrolling cor

Jul 12, 2024
Update

Changes: -Chance of "giant entities". A small chance that an entity can be much more bigger, aggressive, and stronger, but drops more items. You will know when you see them by the size. -Weakened enti

Jul 03, 2024
Patch Update

Update: -Ability to select specific connected microphones for voice chat instead of being auto selected -Fixed gamepad bug where if an action (i.e jump) and menu confirm are binded the same button (i.

Jun 27, 2024
Update

-Vendor stock is now synced between all players -When you buy new items from vendors the new items appear on "your items" in the sell menu without having to reopen -Fixed vending machine not spawning

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation
Player tagsHorror · Multiplayer · Survival Horror · Online Co-Op · Psychological Horror · Co-op · Rogue-like · Dark · Dungeon Crawler · Rogue-lite · Adventure · Mystery Dungeon (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements72
Official sitehttps://www.recode.games
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, or 10 Processor: 2GHZ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 2GB Nvidia/AMD GPU Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: Any Additional Notes: Best played in the dark with headphones