The Backrooms movie is out, so here are four games to play if you want more of that liminal fear.
First, escape backstage. It is a cooperative horror game for one to four players, exploring disturbing levels monitored by strange entities. The goal is to escape from each stage and go deeper into the facility, either the normal way or avoiding hidden areas. Separate yourself and you will have to talk to each other while remaining silent. Eight levels so far, with more on the way.
If you have a larger group, there is Backrooms: Escape Together. This one can accommodate up to six players, with proximity voice chat, so you’ll hear your friends’ screams in the hallways before you even reach them. It runs on photorealistic environments and eleven procedurally generated levels, meaning layouts, object spawns, and entity encounters change with each run. You start in the yellow corridors of level zero and work your way down. It’s in early access, with more levels arriving over time.
Next up, Transliminal: Beyond the Scenes. It’s a rogue-lite set in 1983, in which you wake up on a damp carpet under buzzing light strips with no obvious escape. Levels reshape around you and react to your state of mind, all wrapped in a grainy VHS look. It’s ninety-four percent positive on Steam.
Finally, Exit 8. It’s not strictly a Backrooms game, but it reflects the same liminal unease. You’re stuck in a looping subway station and the only way out is to spot anomalies. See something weird, go back. Don’t see anything unusual, just keep walking. It took this idea of ​​difference and tied it to strange empty spaces and SCP-style scares, and many games have pursued it since. Short, sharp and highly replayable, with a nagging question hanging over it all: how did we get here?
