Choose The Backrooms: Found Footage
Choose The Backrooms: Found Footage if you want an Action experience. The Backrooms: Found Footage launched in 2022.
The Backrooms: Found Footage vs Darwins Trash
The Backrooms: Found Footage and Darwins Trash both land in Adventure, Casual 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 Adventure, Casual on Steam. The Backrooms: Found Footage (2022) is 1 year older than Darwins Trash (2023). Darwins Trash is currently ~28% cheaper on Steam than The Backrooms: Found Footage (5.00 USD vs. 6.99 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 Darwins Trash
Choose Darwins Trash if you want an Indie game with Steam Leaderboards. On Steam, it's currently about 28% cheaper on the Steam Store. Darwins Trash launched in 2023.
Both The Backrooms: Found Footage and Darwins Trash sit in Adventure and Casual 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
 The Backrooms: Found Footage |  Darwins Trash | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2023 |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual | Indie, Adventure, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 6.99 USD | 5.00 USD |
| Steam reviews | 71.9% positive (32 reviews) | 8 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | BaddWeather | bankbank |
Side by side
- Both share Adventure, Casual on Steam.
- The Backrooms: Found Footage (2022) is 1 year older than Darwins Trash (2023).
- Darwins Trash is currently ~28% cheaper on Steam than The Backrooms: Found Footage (5.00 USD vs. 6.99 USD).
The Backrooms: Found Footage vs Darwins Trash — FAQ
- Should I play The Backrooms: Found Footage or Darwins Trash first?
- If you want chronology, The Backrooms: Found Footage (2022) came out before Darwins Trash (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 The Backrooms: Found Footage and Darwins Trash similar?
- They overlap on Adventure, Casual 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.