Rank 01Games like Backrooms: Lost Tape
- 21 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Backrooms: Lost Tape: Dreamcore, Subliminal, LIMINAL SHIFT, Liminalcore, and The Alien Cube. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Also Thriller and Surreal, like Backrooms: Lost Tape.
- $7.99 (Price checked Oct 5)
- Deck Playable
- 2026
Rank 03- $5.99 (Price checked Oct 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
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The Alien Cube
Why this: Also Investigation and Survival Horror, like Backrooms: Lost Tape.
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Visage
Why this: Also Surreal and Survival Horror, like Backrooms: Lost Tape.
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Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Backrooms: Lost Tape.
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Also Thriller and Survival Horror, like Backrooms: Lost Tape.
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Also Lore-Rich and Survival Horror, like Backrooms: Lost Tape.
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- Released: 2022
- Developer: Cortez Productions
- Price: $15.99checked Oct 3
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 81% of 530 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Captures the essence of backrooms horror
- Minimalist storytelling heightens immersion
- Tension builds through sound and light
- Atmospheric
- Contemplative
- Mysterious
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The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game
Why this: Also Thriller and Survival Horror, like Backrooms: Lost Tape.
Servant of the Lake
Why this: Also Investigation and Surreal, like Backrooms: Lost Tape.
The Lightkeeper
Why this: Shares environmental exploration with Backrooms: Lost Tape.
The Classrooms
Why this: Also Surreal and Survival Horror, like Backrooms: Lost Tape.
The Floor Above
Why this: Also Thriller and Lore-Rich, like Backrooms: Lost Tape.
Inside the Backrooms
Why this: Same unsettling mood as Backrooms: Lost Tape.
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Why this: Also Thriller and Lore-Rich, like Backrooms: Lost Tape.
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Why this: Also Lore-Rich and Surreal, like Backrooms: Lost Tape.
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Why this: Also Investigation and Surreal, like Backrooms: Lost Tape.
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About Backrooms: Lost Tape
The closest matches to Backrooms: Lost Tape: Dreamcore, Subliminal, LIMINAL SHIFT, Liminalcore, and The Alien Cube. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Backrooms: Lost Tape is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dreamcore, Subliminal and LIMINAL SHIFT — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and mysterious, and single out its audio log collection and environmental exploration. 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.
About Backrooms: Lost Tape: You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
Is Backrooms: Lost Tape worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 81% of 530 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $15.99 (checked Oct 10).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 5 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 4 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Captures the essence of backrooms horror
- Minimalist storytelling heightens immersion
- Tension builds through sound and light
- Unlimited running without stamina drain
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“- Blurry textures. - Cannot fully remove camera distortion. - Lacking in video/quality settings - Chapter two won't load - now just freezes on a black load screen. (since found out that this is a known bug - for the PAST YEAR!, and you…”
“After over a year of release there is only 2 tapes out, i feel like the devs just forgot about the game at this point. And the codes for tape 2 just simply dont work, you have to spend 30 mins to find 4 randomly generated numbers just for…”
People who play it also play: Dreamcore, Subliminal, LIMINAL SHIFT
Frequently asked about Backrooms: Lost Tape
Can I run it?
Does Backrooms: Lost Tape run on Steam Deck?
Backrooms: Lost Tape is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Backrooms: Lost Tape cost?
Backrooms: Lost Tape is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Backrooms: Lost Tape?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Backrooms: Lost Tape are Dreamcore, Subliminal, LIMINAL SHIFT.
Who developed Backrooms: Lost Tape?
Backrooms: Lost Tape was developed by Cortez Productions.