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Games like Enter The Backrooms

If Enter The Backrooms is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tranquil Cove, Backrooms - Surreality and Late Night Duty — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its artifacts unlock meaningful progression, atmospheric and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Enter The Backrooms: An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.

2021IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDWindowsby Justin Kroh
Enter The Backrooms — Steam game cover
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Artifacts unlock meaningful progressionFaithful adaptation of backrooms loreProcedural levels feel fresh every playthroughAtmosphericImmersiveStressful

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Steam players who put hours into Enter The Backrooms also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Tranquil Cove

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Enter The Backrooms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Enter The Backrooms.

    Your mother recently passed away, and her mysterious childhood home in a small town called Tranquil Cove was passed down to you. In an attempt to learn about your mothers mysterious past, you go to investigate. Nothing could prepare you for what you find there...

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Backrooms - Surreality

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Enter The Backrooms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Enter The Backrooms.

    Noclip into the backrooms and never get out =) Explore several infinite levels of the backrooms and survive in an environment inherently hostile to any human. God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Late Night Duty

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Enter The Backrooms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Enter The Backrooms.

    A short, linear narrative-driven psychological horror walking simulator set in Malaysia. Play as a traumatized veteran on his first night as a school security guard, where routine patrols quickly reveal that something is wrong within the school.

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Whispers in the Void

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Enter The Backrooms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Enter The Backrooms.

    The main hero John Eikts wakes up in a mysterious room for supernatural creatures. Anomalies escape, wreaking havoc. Eikts must navigate the chaos while uncovering his dark past. As he approaches freedom, a shocking twist reveals that he is not a victim, but one of them.

    2024IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Lost In Static

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Enter The Backrooms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Enter The Backrooms.

    Lost In Static is a psychological horror in a liminal space setting. After a day out, your daughter has gone missing. Navigate the backrooms, teleport using malfunctioning TVs, and watch out for creatures lurking.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.24 USDSteam ↗
  6. Glacial

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Enter The Backrooms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Enter The Backrooms.

    1988, a chill is in the air, and fear hides in the dark. Glacial is an 80s VHS slasher inspired first person horror where you must brave unimaginable terrors lurking in the shadows to discover the truth

    2019ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Zombie Claus

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Enter The Backrooms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Enter The Backrooms.

    You find yourself in a big empty house. Around the Christmas lights, but no friends, no family, and only bad Santa. Solve the mystery of the protagonist.

    2020IndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. UNPUNISHED

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Enter The Backrooms fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Enter The Backrooms.

    Realizing that Mark will have to return to his family home, he begins to gradually sort through the family archives. Mark will have to read his parents' old letters, go down into the deepest parts of the house to unravel the secrets that have been hidden from him all these years.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Enter The Backrooms at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Enter The Backrooms on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Enter The Backrooms.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Enter The Backrooms on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Enter The Backrooms.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Enter The Backrooms on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Enter The Backrooms.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Enter The Backrooms on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Enter The Backrooms.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Enter The Backrooms on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Enter The Backrooms.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Enter The Backrooms on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Enter The Backrooms.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Enter The Backrooms on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Enter The Backrooms.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Enter The Backrooms on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Enter The Backrooms.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Enter The Backrooms.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Enter The Backrooms.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Enter The Backrooms.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Enter The Backrooms.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Enter The Backrooms.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Enter The Backrooms.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Enter The Backrooms.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Enter The Backrooms

How much does Enter The Backrooms cost?
Enter The Backrooms is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Enter The Backrooms?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Enter The Backrooms are Tranquil Cove, Backrooms - Surreality, Late Night Duty.
Who developed Enter The Backrooms?
Enter The Backrooms was developed by Justin Kroh and published by Cosmic Crow Creations.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Enter The Backrooms.

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