The Backrooms Footage
Psychological horror about escaping a maze of shifting rooms
Untold Backrooms Stories · Released Sep 2, 2022 · Early Access
ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulation
As of Oct 28, 2026: -50% right now, $3.99 Early Access, no updates for over a year
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 65% of 72
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 4 years ago
- Sep 7, 2022
What is The Backrooms Footage?
A psychological horror exploration game set in the Backrooms, where fast-forwarding footage on a found camera leaves you trapped. You navigate similar-looking rooms across multiple levels and search for a way out.
For you if...
- +you enjoy horror based on internet creepypasta
Not for you if...
- −you prefer exploring without being chased by hostile creatures
What players say
65% of 72 reviews are positive
Players praise the visuals and realistic camera movement. Complaints focus on short length and limited content, while recent reviews criticize assets and layouts they recognize from other Backrooms games.
Screenshots and trailer
The Backrooms Footage system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 650, 8 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Backrooms Footage?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 or higher 64bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i3 3 GHz or AMD equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 or higher 64bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-7400 3GHz or AMD equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
Does The Backrooms Footage have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: co-op (mode not specified); PvP (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.
Does The Backrooms Footage run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Default controller config not fully functional
- The native resolution is not the default one
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Achievements
- 9
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, HDR
- Languages
- Full audio: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.
Does The Backrooms Footage use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Early Access
- Psychological Horror
- Horror
- Sandbox
- Atmospheric
- Multiplayer
- Co-op
- Cinematic
- Exploration
- Outbreak Sim
- Dungeon Crawler
- Hidden Object
- Walking Simulator
- Action-Adventure
- First-Person
- Action