Choose What The Maze
Choose What The Maze if it matches what drew you to this matchup. What The Maze launched in 2021.
What The Maze vs Backrooms: Hide Together
What The Maze and Backrooms: Hide Together both land in Action, 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 Action, Indie, Adventure on Steam. What The Maze (2021) is 4 years older than Backrooms: Hide Together (2025). Backrooms: Hide Together is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than What The Maze (5.99 USD vs. 5.99 USD). 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: Hide Together
Choose Backrooms: Hide Together if it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Backrooms: Hide Together launched in 2025.
Both What The Maze and Backrooms: Hide Together sit in Action, Indie, and Adventure on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online Co-op, and LAN Co-op, 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
 What The Maze |  Backrooms: Hide Together | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2021 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure, Casual | Action, Indie, Adventure, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 5.99 USD | 5.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 1 reviews | 65.5% positive (29 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op |
| Developers | Jannis Cloodt | ICON GAME STUDIO |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- What The Maze (2021) is 4 years older than Backrooms: Hide Together (2025).
- Backrooms: Hide Together is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than What The Maze (5.99 USD vs. 5.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
What The Maze vs Backrooms: Hide Together — FAQ
- Should I play What The Maze or Backrooms: Hide Together first?
- If you want chronology, What The Maze (2021) came out before Backrooms: Hide Together (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 What The Maze and Backrooms: Hide Together similar?
- They overlap on Action, 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.
- Do both What The Maze and Backrooms: Hide Together have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: What The Maze ships Online Co-op, LAN Co-op; Backrooms: Hide Together ships Online Co-op, LAN Co-op.