Choose Enter The Backrooms
Choose Enter The Backrooms if you want an Adventure and Casual experience. On Steam, it's a focused single-player run rather than a multiplayer commitment. Enter The Backrooms launched in 2021.
Enter The Backrooms vs Escape the Backrooms
Enter The Backrooms and Escape the Backrooms both land in Indie 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 Indie games on Steam. Enter The Backrooms (2021) is 4 years older than Escape the Backrooms (2025). Both sit near 89% positive on Steam (Enter The Backrooms: 579 reviews, Escape the Backrooms: 36,625). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Escape the Backrooms
Choose Escape the Backrooms if you want an Action game with Multi-player, Online Co-op, and HDR available. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 36,625 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Enter The Backrooms and Escape the Backrooms sit in Indie on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (89.3% vs 89.6% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Enter The Backrooms |  Escape the Backrooms | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2021 | 2025 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Casual | Action, Indie |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Playable |
| Price | 9.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 89.3% positive (579 reviews) | 89.6% positive (36,625 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Justin Kroh | Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive |
Side by side
- Both are Indie games on Steam.
- Enter The Backrooms (2021) is 4 years older than Escape the Backrooms (2025).
- Both sit near 89% positive on Steam (Enter The Backrooms: 579 reviews, Escape the Backrooms: 36,625).
- Escape the Backrooms is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Enter The Backrooms (9.99 USD vs. 9.99 USD).
- Escape the Backrooms has co-op; Enter The Backrooms does not.
- Both are Deck Playable.
Enter The Backrooms vs Escape the Backrooms — FAQ
- Which is better, Enter The Backrooms or Escape the Backrooms?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Enter The Backrooms sits at 89.3% positive (579 reviews), Escape the Backrooms at 89.6% (36,625). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Enter The Backrooms or Escape the Backrooms first?
- If you want chronology, Enter The Backrooms (2021) came out before Escape the Backrooms (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 Enter The Backrooms and Escape the Backrooms similar?
- They overlap on Indie 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.
- Does Enter The Backrooms have multiplayer like Escape the Backrooms?
- No. Escape the Backrooms supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op), while Enter The Backrooms is listed as single-player only.