Choose Enter The Backrooms
Choose Enter The Backrooms if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it's currently about 20% cheaper on the Steam Store. Enter The Backrooms launched in 2021.
Enter The Backrooms vs Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
Enter The Backrooms and Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms both land in Indie, 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 share Indie, Adventure on Steam. Enter The Backrooms (2021) is 1 year older than Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms (2022). Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms scores higher on Steam reviews (93% positive) than Enter The Backrooms (89.3% positive). 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 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
Choose Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms if you want an Action, Simulation, and RPG experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 93% positive across 115 reviews.
Both Enter The Backrooms and Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms sit in Indie and Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Enter The Backrooms |  Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2021 | 2022 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Casual | Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 9.99 USD | 12.49 USD |
| Steam reviews | 89.3% positive (579 reviews) | 93% positive (115 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Justin Kroh | Corey Jeffries |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Enter The Backrooms (2021) is 1 year older than Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms (2022).
- Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms scores higher on Steam reviews (93% positive) than Enter The Backrooms (89.3% positive).
- Enter The Backrooms is currently ~20% cheaper on Steam than Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms (9.99 USD vs. 12.49 USD).
- Steam Deck: Enter The Backrooms is Deck Playable, Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms is Deck Unsupported.
Enter The Backrooms vs Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms — FAQ
- Which is better, Enter The Backrooms or Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms?
- On Steam reviews Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms scores higher (93% positive) than Enter The Backrooms (89.3% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Enter The Backrooms or Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms first?
- If you want chronology, Enter The Backrooms (2021) came out before Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms (2022). 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 Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms similar?
- They overlap on Indie, 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.