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2022PC, Steam Deck playable80 % positive6.99 €

A Backrooms horror game where you wander eerie, endless spaces, solve puzzles and evade strange entities in search of a way out.

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lots to discover
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
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In short: Games like Inside the Backrooms

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Inside the Backrooms special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Penumbra: Overture

95 %Match

2007PC, Steam Deck playable89 % positive9.75 €

Brings what grabs you about Inside the Backrooms: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as puzzles to figure out.

A first-person survival horror set in a desolate Greenland mine, where you're nearly defenseless and rely on physics-based puzzles and hiding to survive. Its oppressive atmosphere and mouse-driven object interaction define the experience.

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Tormented Souls

Dread and tension

A survival horror throwback to early Resident Evil with fixed camera angles, intricate puzzles and scarce ammo. You guide Caroline through a decaying mansion full of secrets and grotesque creatures.

Penumbra: Black Plague

Puzzles and brain teasers

A claustrophobic first-person horror game set in an underground research facility, where you survive through physics-based puzzles and hiding rather than weapons. Atmosphere and fear of the unknown matter far more than combat.

Slender: The Eight Pages

Dread and tension

You wander a dark forest at night with a weak flashlight, collecting eight pages while the Slender Man stalks you. Its minimalist design and creeping dread made the free game a viral horror hit.

Slender: The Arrival

Realistic visuals

A short first-person horror trip where you gather clues through dark forests and abandoned buildings, weaponless, while the Slender Man closes in. Tension comes from darkness, a flickering flashlight and sudden jump scares.

Granny

Dread and tension

You are trapped in a house and must escape within five days while an old woman hunts you by sound. Hiding, moving quietly and solving puzzles keep the tension constantly high.

Song of Horror

Dread and tension

A classic fixed-camera survival horror told in episodes, where an unpredictable entity stalks you. Characters can die permanently, and puzzles plus dread behind every door drive the experience.

Escape the Backrooms

Dread and tension

A co-op horror game where you wander eerily familiar, endless Backrooms levels together, solving puzzles and avoiding entities to find the exit. Each level offers its own escape route and dangers.

Fobia: St. Dinfna Hotel

Dread and tension

A first-person psychological horror game in which you explore a haunted hotel, solve puzzles and manage scarce resources. It blends classic survival horror with an eerie mystery story, made by a Brazilian indie studio.

Madison

Dread and tension

A first-person psychological horror game where an instant camera bridges the human world and the beyond. You develop photos yourself to solve disturbing puzzles while surviving a deeply unsettling atmosphere.

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