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The Classrooms

The Classrooms

The Classrooms is a procedural, liminal-space, found-footage, survival horror game. Explore The Classrooms and discover the various anomalies it contains; from malicious entities, to harmless oddities. And remember, it's different every time you play, so your found footage is uniquely yours.

Released Oct 28, 2022 Developer Xefier Games, Hillcrest Games Inc. Publisher Xefier Games Platforms Windows Early AccessPsychological HorrorProcedural GenerationExplorationSurreal
View on Steam ↗ $11.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

90.0%positive1,978 reviews
Recommended · 30 found this helpful

“I love this game but i wish there was multiplayer because that would be even better”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 14 found this helpful

“It is actually a great game, I have watched many streamers play it. However, I am waiting for the multiplayer update cause am too ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scared to play this ♥♥♥♥ alone.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Easily the best Backrooms game I’ve played. The environments are very spooky and the graphics are beautiful. The monsters are okay on average. Some of them are fantastic (the face in the dark, the snake thing, the doll, the reaper) and then some are super lame (the long legged…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:00 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

69playing at last check
7524-hour peak
176all-time peak
0 50 100 2025 2026 85 avg · May 2024

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.

$11.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$11.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US11.99 USD
EU11.79 EUR
UK9.99 GBP
Australia17.75 AUD
Canada15.49 CAD
Japan1,400 JPY
Brazil38.49 BRL
China48.00 CNY

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

China≈$7.1 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$13

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

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

Jun 22, 2026
0.9.1

Async LoadingThere has been confusion about whether the game is loading or frozen, so we have put in the effort to make most of the loading asynchronous with a progress bar so you can see what's going

Jun 01, 2026
0.9

This update includesTape 8, now available in Story Mode and Endless Mode.Tape 9's previewNew entity with new mechanic (ARC-1666)New anomalous object (ARC-912)6 new items, including a new VHS tape coll

May 22, 2026
0.8.4.737

Fixed various upscaling issuesFixed new inventory not displaying properly on low aspect ratioFixed Endless Poolrooms failing with fast generation onRolled back audio culling to fix various audio issue

May 20, 2026
0.8.4

Update 0.8.4 — Community FeedbackThis update is focused on the things players have been bringing up the most: performance, AI-generated content, and controller support. Also includes an Inventory Over

Apr 01, 2026
0.8.3

We've made some changes to the following entities that will take effect April 1stNew GanglerJoeyArachnophoneOther ChangesFixed NoDoors and vent culling issuesFixed Light Modifier issues except volumet

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Psychological Horror · Procedural Generation · Exploration · Surreal · 1990's · Survival Horror · Atmospheric · First-Person · 1980s · Horror · Cinematic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chin…
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://liminallabs.ca/theclassrooms/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or Higher Processor: Intel i5 2.6Ghz or AMD equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD equivalent minimum 4GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 12 GB available space