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The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game

Set in 1998, the game casts you as a young teen who has fallen into the Backrooms. You explore its maze of similar-looking rooms and corridors while searching for clues about how you got there and how to escape. Progress comes from finding items and completing objectives rather than fighting enemies. Use tools such as a spray gun to mark routes, and manage supplies including medicine, healing syringes, crowbars, and flashlight batteries. Stealth and resource management shape exploration: an enemy can hear footsteps, disturbed objects, and sounds picked up through your microphone. Stamina is limited, hiding places include lockers and crawl spaces, and the environment can change with your sanity. Saves are limited and available in safe rooms.

As a teen lost in the 1998 Backrooms, explore a shifting maze, find clues and supplies, and evade something that hears you.

Released 20 Feb 2025

81%positive of
454 player reviews
$9.99
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The pursuing enemy can react to your voice, breathing, or screams through your microphone, as well as sounds such as footsteps on broken glass or objects you knock over.

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Use a spray gun to mark your route through a maze where rooms can look alike and the environment may change with your sanity.

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Hide under tables, inside lockers, or in crawl spaces, and close doors behind you to try to slow or avoid a nearby enemy.

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.

Developed by Steelkrill Studio · Published by Steelkrill Studio

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Common Player Critiques

  1. Co-op is absent despite being listed on the store page: Several reviewers bought the game expecting multiplayer and were disappointed.
  2. Jump scares are too frequent or predictable: Some reviewers say the repeated scares become annoying or undermine the horror.
  3. Control and technical problems: Several reviews report bugs, unresponsive inputs, or inconsistent controller support.
  4. Limited saves: Some reviewers find the save restrictions or lack of checkpoints punishing.
81%
positive of 454 player reviews

Back of the Box

Platforms Windows
Age ratings
  • ClassInd (Brazil) 18 — Violência Extrema Nudez Medo
  • IGRS (Indonesia) BANNED — Horor Kekerasan Penggunaan bahasa
  • Steam (Germany) 18 — Drastische Gewalt Sexuelle Inhalte Derbe Sprache
Controller required No
Content notices
  • Online interactivity
Website Official website

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