Desolate Roads vs Backrooms: Exploration
Desolate Roads and Backrooms: Exploration both land in Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Adventure games on Steam. Desolate Roads (2020) is 5 years older than Backrooms: Exploration (2025). Backrooms: Exploration is currently ~60% cheaper on Steam than Desolate Roads (1.99 USD vs. 4.99 USD). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Side-by-side comparison
 Desolate Roads |  Backrooms: Exploration | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2025 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure | Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 4.99 USD | 1.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 6 reviews | 71.2% positive (59 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Gabor Dandar | HNStudios |
Side by side
- Both are Adventure games on Steam.
- Desolate Roads (2020) is 5 years older than Backrooms: Exploration (2025).
- Backrooms: Exploration is currently ~60% cheaper on Steam than Desolate Roads (1.99 USD vs. 4.99 USD).
Desolate Roads vs Backrooms: Exploration — FAQ
- Should I play Desolate Roads or Backrooms: Exploration first?
- If you want chronology, Desolate Roads (2020) came out before Backrooms: Exploration (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Desolate Roads and Backrooms: Exploration similar?
- They overlap on Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.