Choose Enter The Backrooms
Choose Enter The Backrooms if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 89.3% positive across 579 reviews.
Enter The Backrooms vs Backrooms Society
Enter The Backrooms and Backrooms Society 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 2 years older than Backrooms Society (2023). Enter The Backrooms scores higher on Steam reviews (89.3% positive) than Backrooms Society (80.7% 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 Backrooms Society
Choose Backrooms Society if you want an Action and Early Access game with Multi-player, Steam Leaderboards, and Online Co-op. On Steam, it's currently about 30% cheaper on the Steam Store. Backrooms Society launched in 2023.
Both Enter The Backrooms and Backrooms Society 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 |  Backrooms Society | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2021 | 2023 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Casual | Action, Indie, Adventure, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Playable |
| Price | 9.99 USD | 6.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 89.3% positive (579 reviews) | 80.7% positive (342 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Justin Kroh | Mikael Bihl |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Enter The Backrooms (2021) is 2 years older than Backrooms Society (2023).
- Enter The Backrooms scores higher on Steam reviews (89.3% positive) than Backrooms Society (80.7% positive).
- Backrooms Society is currently ~30% cheaper on Steam than Enter The Backrooms (6.99 USD vs. 9.99 USD).
- Backrooms Society has co-op; Enter The Backrooms does not.
- Both are Deck Playable.
Enter The Backrooms vs Backrooms Society — FAQ
- Which is better, Enter The Backrooms or Backrooms Society?
- On Steam reviews Enter The Backrooms scores higher (89.3% positive) than Backrooms Society (80.7% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Enter 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 Backrooms Society first?
- If you want chronology, Enter The Backrooms (2021) came out before Backrooms Society (2023). 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 Backrooms Society 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.
- Does Enter The Backrooms have multiplayer like Backrooms Society?
- No. Backrooms Society supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op), while Enter The Backrooms is listed as single-player only.