Choose Backrooms: Lost Tape
Choose Backrooms: Lost Tape if you want an Action experience. Backrooms: Lost Tape launched in 2022.
Backrooms: Lost Tape vs Malevolent Madness
Backrooms: Lost Tape and Malevolent Madness 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. Backrooms: Lost Tape (2022) is 3 years older than Malevolent Madness (2025). Malevolent Madness scores higher on Steam reviews (100% positive) than Backrooms: Lost Tape (81.1% 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 Malevolent Madness
Choose Malevolent Madness if you want the Subtitle Options, Custom Volume Controls, and Stereo Sound side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Malevolent Madness launched in 2025.
Both Backrooms: Lost Tape and Malevolent Madness 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
 Backrooms: Lost Tape |  Malevolent Madness | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure | Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 10.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 81.1% positive (530 reviews) | 100% positive (11 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Cortez Productions | NEBULA NOVA GAMES |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Backrooms: Lost Tape (2022) is 3 years older than Malevolent Madness (2025).
- Malevolent Madness scores higher on Steam reviews (100% positive) than Backrooms: Lost Tape (81.1% positive).
- Malevolent Madness is currently ~9% cheaper on Steam than Backrooms: Lost Tape (9.99 USD vs. 10.99 USD).
- Backrooms: Lost Tape is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Malevolent Madness has no Deck rating yet.
Backrooms: Lost Tape vs Malevolent Madness — FAQ
- Should I play Backrooms: Lost Tape or Malevolent Madness first?
- If you want chronology, Backrooms: Lost Tape (2022) came out before Malevolent Madness (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 Backrooms: Lost Tape and Malevolent Madness 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 Backrooms: Lost Tape run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Backrooms: Lost Tape is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Malevolent Madness doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.