Inside the Backrooms
Games review
As of Jul 23, 2026, Inside the Backrooms is rated 80% positive on Steam (46,569 reviews).
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Is Inside the Backrooms worth it in 2026?
At 80% positive across 46,569 Steam reviews, Inside the Backrooms has a real audience, but that aggregate score likely reflects a healthier past: the single loudest complaint category in the review sample, 8 of the sampled reviews, is that recent updates actively broke what people loved, with puzzles oversimplified and core level mechanics overhauled for the worse. The co-op experience and atmospheric horror that built the game's reputation are still praised, but three reviewers separately report the horror atmosphere has been gutted, meaning the game's defining identity is genuinely at risk. Reviewers also flag AI-generated and free assets, persistent bugs, and a strong forced motion blur tied to the sanity mechanic with no option to disable it, a hard barrier for anyone with motion sensitivity. This was a better game two to three years ago, and the evidence suggests the updates since then have moved it in the wrong direction.
Friend groups coming in fresh who want a co-op puzzle experience set in Backrooms lore and have no prior version to compare it against, the multiplayer is the most consistently praised element that has survived the updates.
The forced motion blur cannot be disabled and is strong enough to cause motion sickness, this is a disqualifying issue for anyone with vestibular sensitivity, full stop.
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Pros
- puzzle design and complexity4
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- I have had this game for awhile now and it is definitely going through its ups and downs. When I first got it some of the levels were a bit too easy while others were way too compl...
- this game got so much better since the big update, the levels are really fun now and not frustrating, great game with friends definitely one of the best backrooms games out there,...
- easy top 3 game for backroom genra and had workshop lore accurate enought to be fun its like a escape game every map have multiple ending too so yeah escape the backroom is as comp...
- co-op multiplayer experience3
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- this game got so much better since the big update, the levels are really fun now and not frustrating, great game with friends definitely one of the best backrooms games out there,...
- easy top 3 game for backroom genra and had workshop lore accurate enought to be fun its like a escape game every map have multiple ending too so yeah escape the backroom is as comp...
- This is now one of my most recommended, not only puzzle game, but co-op horror game. Lots of fun trying to figure out the puzzles and different types of exits. 10/10 Looking forwar...
Cons
- recent updates ruined gameplay8
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- I used to love playing this game, but the newest updates have made it hard to enjoy. The new levels are annoying and confusing. I don't think the older levels needed updates; they...
- i love how every update since 2023 the game has gotten worse espeicially the last two ones, like what are we doing bro? XD
- I've played this game since it came out, checking in on each of the updates that have passed over the years. I found myself genuinely loving the atmosphere and the complexity of ea...
- puzzles oversimplified4
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- Gonna be honest i would of said 2-3 years ago buy this after updates tho theyve ruined levels im still confused on why you guys even changed levels and there core mechanics rather...
- really good game up until the most recent update which basically ruined so many levels making them so easy it went from actually a puzzle to simple just giving you the answer the m...
- This game used to be good but now it is puzzle slop with no good scared. RIP to the original.....
- ai-generated assets3
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- this game is just trash all they do is use free assets like animations and modals I bet they use AI for the levels. every backroom game I have seen or watched is just copy past th...
- If you are against AI dont play this game!! It uses AI generated assets!! This game used to be good but oh god it has fallen off. And on top of that they also used AI with newer...
- Game has AI Generated Assets. Don't know when they added them but I'm not going to play this game anymore.
- technical bugs and glitches3
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- I used to love playing this game, but the newest updates have made it hard to enjoy. The new levels are annoying and confusing. I don't think the older levels needed updates; they...
- This game has many bugs that make the game unplayable. Many bugs cause problems with the framerate or even the possibility to finish the level without restarting. Having a good com...
- This game is completely unplayable and full of glitches. The technical bugs completely ruin the fun, and combined with the terrible monster designs, the overall experience is just...
- loss of horror atmosphere3
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- This is absolute garbage. Zero fun, zero scares. The developer clearly wanted to make the most boring, soulless rip-off possible - and he nailed it. It's a complete waste of money....
- This game used to be good but now it is puzzle slop with no good scared. RIP to the original.....
- This was the first ever Backrooms game that I played in 2022 when it came out. Me and my BF played it together at night and It was TERRIFYING and SO MUCH FUN. Unfortunately, the ne...
Themes and quotes are drawn from 26 sampled reviews with text; the scores above reflect all 46.6K ratings. Counts are how many of the sampled reviews mention each point.