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Games like Backroom Beyond

If Backroom Beyond is your kind of game, the closest matches are Order from Caos, Survive the Jurassic and Vampire: The Masquerade — Sins of the Sires — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Backroom Beyond: Backroom Beyond is a first-person game that mixes puzzles with platforms in a dark, harrowing environment that makes the player question the protagonist's sanity. Based on the internet myth, Backroom Beyond makes the player wonder if that journey is about something more personal.

2022ActionIndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDWindowsby White Vortex Games
Backroom Beyond — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Backroom Beyond also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Order from Caos

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Backroom Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    An epic pixel art RPG full of twists and challenging turn-based battles. Fight as Dan, a young man touched by the power of darkness who needs to find the cure for his curse and also save the world from humanity itself and the force of CAOS.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Survive the Jurassic

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Backroom Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Backroom Beyond.

    You're placed in a small, secluded house hidden deep within a dense jungle teeming with danger. The calm is short-lived as the ground shakes and distant roars grow louder—dinosaurs are closing in. Your only chance is to navigate the confined space, avoid detection!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Vampire: The Masquerade — Sins of the Sires

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Backroom Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Backroom Beyond.

    In this elegy of blood, everyone in Athens owes your boss a favor, making you untouchable! Who will you use, who will you help, and who will you prey on?

    2022ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Prominence

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Backroom Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    When the interstellar mission to colonize a new world goes terribly awry, the fate of the Letarri people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too late?

    2015IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Deliver Us The Moon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Backroom Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Backroom Beyond.

    The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Assembly

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Backroom Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.

    2016IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Through Abandoned: The Underground City

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Backroom Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Last Dream: Developer's Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Backroom Beyond fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    “Reality and dreams are about to become entwined…..” The Last Dream: Developer's Edition" is a casual adventure game which, despite having some classic casual elements, will also offer a greater challenge for more experienced gamers.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Backroom Beyond at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Backroom Beyond on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Backroom Beyond.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Backroom Beyond on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Backroom Beyond on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Backroom Beyond on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Backroom Beyond on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Backroom Beyond.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Backroom Beyond on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Backroom Beyond.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Backroom Beyond on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Backroom Beyond.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Backroom Beyond on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Backroom Beyond.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Backroom Beyond.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Backroom Beyond.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Backroom Beyond.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Backroom Beyond.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Backroom Beyond.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from White Vortex Games

Other recommendable Steam games by White Vortex Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Order from Caos

    WHY THIS

    Another title from White Vortex Games, the studio behind Backroom Beyond. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    An epic pixel art RPG full of twists and challenging turn-based battles. Fight as Dan, a young man touched by the power of darkness who needs to find the cure for his curse and also save the world from humanity itself and the force of CAOS.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hidden Shelter

    WHY THIS

    Another title from White Vortex Games, the studio behind Backroom Beyond. Shares Action and Indie with Backroom Beyond.

    Death lurks in every corner of this journey filled with tension and despair. The brave may not be the smartest here and those who know the time to retreat are more likely to make it out alive in the end ... Find your lost friend in a house that holds unimaginable secrets.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Order from Caos 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from White Vortex Games, the studio behind Backroom Beyond. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    Order from Caos 2 is an RPG with turn-based battles that tells the story of Thomas, a man who had his family murdered by the cruel Knight Asmodeus. Seek revenge in an epic adventure in Pixel Art. However, there's one detail that can change everything: your family may simply have never existed.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dreamians: Card Battle

    WHY THIS

    Another title from White Vortex Games, the studio behind Backroom Beyond. Shares Indie and Casual with Backroom Beyond.

    Dreamians: Card Battle is a Roguelike Deckbuilder with creatures that can evolve and change the course of battles unexpectedly. Play with one of the 3 main characters and face epic battles using over a hundred cards to save the dream world.

    2025IndieRPGCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Lazarus Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Another title from White Vortex Games, the studio behind Backroom Beyond. Shares Action and Indie with Backroom Beyond.

    Lazarus Darkness is a first-person horror that puts the player in the shoes of Angelo Mendes, who, hindered by a plane crash, must leave an island full of demons to attend his own son's funeral. The game features various enemies and puzzles throughout an electrifying journey to escape from the demon

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Order from Caos

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    An epic pixel art RPG full of twists and challenging turn-based battles. Fight as Dan, a young man touched by the power of darkness who needs to find the cure for his curse and also save the world from humanity itself and the force of CAOS.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Deliver Us The Moon

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Backroom Beyond.

    The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Assembly

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.

    2016IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Through Abandoned: The Underground City

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backroom Beyond.

    It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Backroom Beyond

How much does Backroom Beyond cost?
Backroom Beyond is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Backroom Beyond?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Backroom Beyond are Order from Caos, Survive the Jurassic, Vampire: The Masquerade — Sins of the Sires.
Who developed Backroom Beyond?
Backroom Beyond was developed by White Vortex Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Backroom Beyond.

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