Inside the Backrooms
by MrFatcat · 20 Jun, 2022
82 downloads
About the Game
DESCRIPTION
Inside the Backrooms is a Co-op online horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will fight to escape from the different levels of the backrooms, solving different puzzles with different mechanics in each one.
This game is based on the famous creepypasta with many real references implemented such as iconic entities and important elements. You will have to explore each room, look for elements that help you to continue advancing throughout the game and unlock new areas, but the further you go, more dangerous it will be, you must pay close attention in the area, identify each entity and know how to avoid them if you want to survive.
Look for supplies, store them in your inventory, explore all the rooms, solve puzzles, unlock areas of the map, interact, try to collect everything you find.
The main objective of Inside the Backrooms is to engage players with its gameplay, difficulty and atmosphere. There are countless identical rooms with an old, dirty carpet and pale yellowish walls, where at first glance it gives you a gloomy and bad feeling where you realize that it is not a safe place.
LEVELS
The game currently has 5 levels, each level is huge and is designed to be more difficult than the previous one and each one with different puzzles and mechanics.
There are also 2 secret mini levels that will lead you to a secret ending..
ENTITIES
In this game you will find several entities, currently 6 entities, all based on the original creepypasta, each entity will have different ways of attacking and manifesting, so it will be important to know it's behavior of each of these and avoid at all costs that several entities finds you at the same time, if this happens, you will have a bad time.
PUZZLES
Inside the Backrooms has a lot of diverse, interesting and entertaining puzzles, from simple ones to the complex and laborious, they are carefully elaborated with the purpouse of being solved both individually and cooperatively, in addition to this, to make the puzzles more dynamic and attractive, in each new game the solution of all of them changes, which means that it wont be always the same answer! so test your puzzle resolution skills and try to escape from this terrifying place full of mysteries.
ITEMS
If you want to survive in the backrooms you will need to look for essential items and manage them properly, because if you get short of any of them, it could mean your death.
These are some of the items you can find on your journey through the backrooms:
Almond Water: Regenerate part of life.
Pills: Eliminate Anxiety
Radios: Allows communication at a distance with your team
Flashlight: Allows you to see in dark areas.
Protection Suit: Allows you to prevent getting radiation on some areas.
Documents and Notes: Provides relevant information.
FEATURES
Here are some of the current features of the game:
Proximity Voice Chat: Talk to the nearest people using the voice chat, but be careful, some entities could hear you...
Stamina: The player will have limited stamina that you will need to manage correctly, if an entity is close to you, it will be your best ally to escape.
Inventory: You will be able to take various items and store them in your inventory, however, space is limited.
Anxiety: When you see an entity, your state of anxiety will increase, going through a disorder of fear and poor visibility.
Entities: Each entity has its own attack modes, learn their techniques to evade them.
Respawn: The game incorpore a creative and dynamic way to respawn, you will able to respawn up to 3 times.
DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP
We want to keep improving the game, to the point where it becomes one of the best games that represent backroom creepypasta. For this reason we will continue to polishing and adding new content to the game, these are some features that are planned to be added throughout the final development of the game:
New Entities
More Levels
New Puzzles and Mechanics
Procedural Levels
New Items
Improve Gameplay
Language Localization
Screenshots
16 images
Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Hi, this recent patch bring the next changes and improves:
Added brightness adjustment to settings menu
Fixed: Bug when player was climbing a ladder, any entity was able to push the player
A sliding mechanic has been added that only affects the player on very steep terrain.
Lighting in the lobby level has changed
New start zone in the lobby level
Ambient Occlussion effect improved
Added manual buttons to elevator in the Caves level
Ground detection improved for the player
NEW HOLIDAY UPDATE !
Hello explorers!
We’re happy to announce a brand-new holiday update, featuring a limited-time Christmas mini level available until January 10th.
Gather your friends, because this event is multiplayer-only and built for chaotic fun and competition!
LIMITED-TIME CHRISTMAS EVENT
A festive mini level where players compete to collect hidden gifts scattered across the map.
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How it works:
Players must find and deliver gifts to the Christmas tree.
The first player to deliver 5 gifts wins the match.
Players can throw snowballs at each other to temporarily freeze opponents.
Beware of the Christmas Elf:
If it sees you, it will chase you until it kills you.
The only way to repel it is by shining your flashlight directly at it.
Be careful — elfs can also steal gifts from players when you least expect it.
This level is available for a limited time only and can only be played in multiplayer.
REWARDS
You can unlock up to 3 special limited-time rewards by winning the Christmas event!
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FIXES & PROGRESSION IMPROVEMENTS
Fixed multiple Steam achievements that were not unlocking correctly.
Added progress stats for each main level, including:
Completion status (Easy / Normal / Hard)
Best completion time per level
Achievement requirements updated:
Easy Escape: Complete 5 main levels on Easy difficulty.
Normal Escape: Complete 5 main levels on Normal difficulty.
Hard Escape: Complete 5 main levels on Hard difficulty.
Speedrunner: Complete all 5 main levels with record times.
Top Survivor: Unlock Easy Escape, Normal Escape, and Hard Escape achievements.
Fixed start items not loading in the inventory for all the levels if you start from lobby
Caves entities decreased
This update is our way of celebrating the season with the community.
Thank you for playing, and happy holidays! ːsteamhappyː
Hello explorers!
Hotfix 0.6.3 is here!! and we’ve just address several important issues in the game, here is what is new:
Fixes & Adjustments:
Fixed multiple spots where players could fall through the map and respawn below the level.
All puzzles in the Sewers level have been fully fixed to ensure the level can be completed properly.
The Office camera puzzle has been fixed.
The Receptionist entity now leaves immediately after killing the player, preventing death-zone camping.
The Skin Stealer has been removed from the Hotel level to reduce entity overload and simplify gameplay.
Parking level stairs have been configured correctly.
The Aranea Membis in the Parking level now spawns correctly.
Player jump distance has been slightly increased.
Reduced the number of Death Moths in the Caves.
Fixed the boiler room machine numbers in the Hotel level.
Corrected the respawn door bug in the Grassrooms.
Fixed the incorrect translation of the “equip items” hint.
Increased brightness of post-processing in the Sewers.
Reconfigured the Death Rat’s sound recognition system.
Slightly adjusted the flare distraction radius for the moths.
Fixed the level time counter not working properly.
We hope you have a better gameplay experience from now on and we apologize for all the bugs and problems that occurred in this update. We greatly appreciate your patience and all the feedback you've given us!
CHANGES AND FIXES:
MOTHS IN HOTEL MOVEMENT FIXED
JUMP DISTANCE INCREASED
GRASSROOMS NOTE FIXED
MOTHS COUNT DECREASED
FLARE DISTRACTION RADIUS INCREASED
Hello Backrooms Explorers!
First of all, we want to offer a sincere apology for the long silence.
It’s been almost a year without updates, and we know many of you have been patiently waiting.
We truly appreciate your support, it means everything to us, and from now on, we’ll do our best to bring more frequent updates and keep the community involved as development continues. Here is what is new in this update.
NEW LEVEL : THE CAVES
After months of hard work, we’re exccited to introduce a massive new area to explore.
The Caves, an expansive underground level filled with tight spaces, shifting tunnels, and unsettling echoes that will put both your nerves and your puzzle-solving skills to the test.
Descend into the darkness, uncover hidden chambers, and watch your step… Something down there is listening.
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New threats & challenges:
A Modified Death Moth variant lurking deep within the caverns.
A New mysterious creature designed to make your escape far more difficult.
Underwater sections that require diving through submerged tunnels.
Narrow crawl spaces that force you to move carefully.
Pitch-black corridors where danger hides in the silence.
Flares are now essential — use them wisely to avoid getting lost.
IMPROVEMENTS & ADJUSTMENTS
Faster mod loading: all mods now load directly into the main menu.
Increased player speed, with the option to walk by holding ALT.
Quick-access items now remain equipped after the player revives.
Improved post-processing in dark rooms, the Lobby, and Office levels.
Enhanced underwater visual effects.
Better jumping mechanics: hold the Jump button to leap farther.
New “Bleeding” status effect — caused by the Hound and the new entity.
Items now emit a subtle glow to make them easier to spot in dark areas.
Achievements now load correctly.
Improved noise detection across all entities.
New Clumps Attack mode.
We hope you enjoy this new level as much as we enjoyed creating it.
Thank you for sticking with us, this community is the reason the project keeps growing.
And good luck down there, explorers!
- NEW WAITING ROOM ADDED: Now all the players will have a "ready" button and all of them will be need ready to start the game, also the waiting room has a new look.
- JUMPING MOVEMENT IMPROVED: Now you can still moving in the air like in previous versions.
- VHS FILTER IN SETTINGS: The VHS filter option is added to the settings again.
- ANXIETY EFFECT IN RUN FOR LIFE LEVEL: Now the anxiety in the player will decrease automatically in this level only.
- ADDED FEW MORE MOTH JELLYS IN DARK ROOMS
- "ALTERNATIVE" LEVELS ACHIEVEMENTS HAS BEEN FIXED
- PARKING UNLOCK HAS BEEN FIXED
- CRAWLING ACTION BUTTON HAS BEEN ADDED TO SETTINGS
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v0.4.0
Uploaded Oct 07, 2023
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How to Install
Inside the Backrooms.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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5.4 GB
v0.4.0
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