Games like The Backrooms Footage
If The Backrooms Footage is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Backrooms Project, The Backrooms Multiplayer and 30 Days on Ship — 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.
Get personalized picks →About The Backrooms Footage: You have found a camera with a footage in it. For some reason you can't rewind the video, and as soon as you try winding it forward you find yourself in the Backrooms. Figure out whats in the footage and try to ESCAPE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!
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The Backrooms Project
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Top pick for The Backrooms Footage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Footage.
Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?
The Backrooms Multiplayer
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Second-strongest match for The Backrooms Footage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Footage.
You and your friends have found a camera with a footage in it. For some reason you can't rewind the video, and as soon as you try winding it forward you all find yourself in the Backrooms. Together figure out whats in the footage and try to ESCAPE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!
30 Days on Ship
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Third-strongest match for The Backrooms Footage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Footage.
Take on the role of a castaway on a wrecked container ship. Survive for 30 days, battle storms, hunt animals, build shelter, and maintain your mental health, attempting to endure isolation and pirates in the middle of the Pacific. Can you stay alive?
Hong Kong Obscure
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Ranked #4 for The Backrooms Footage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Footage.
The year was 1999. Something happened that shook the world and it all ended up in the 2nd Dust district of Hong Kong. Big Pharma, Influential Political figures, OP-SEC Corporations, webs of spies with absence of allegiance. The truth is there, its all documented. Just have to connect the dots...
Horror Nightmare Collection
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Ranked #5 for The Backrooms Footage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Backrooms Footage.
The Horror Nightmare Collection is an anthology of retro-style horror games. Immerse yourself in unique stories, from eerie forest horrors to forsaken prison nightmares, pushing your nerves to the limit. Explore psychological and grotesque terrors in this dread-inducing assortment.
A Night in Prison
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Ranked #6 for The Backrooms Footage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Footage.
You come to your senses in a cell that looks like you are in some kind of prison. It's almost silent, but sometimes there are some sounds.
NEH
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Ranked #7 for The Backrooms Footage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Footage.
noEndHOUSE is a cooperative horror game where players explore dark, monster-filled environments, solve deadly puzzles, and face moral choices. Trust your team — unless one of them is infected.
Augmented Fear
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Ranked #8 for The Backrooms Footage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Footage.
Augmented Fear is a horror puzzle game set in a dark and oppressive cyberpunk universe. Trapped in a mysterious district, you must find a way out and survive against aggressive creatures. Use augmented reality to uncover the secrets hidden within. Every death is just one step closer to the truth.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Backrooms Footage at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~44% under The Backrooms Footage on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Backrooms Footage.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~88% under The Backrooms Footage on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Footage.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under The Backrooms Footage on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Footage.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~53% under The Backrooms Footage on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Footage.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under The Backrooms Footage on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Footage.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under The Backrooms Footage on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Footage.
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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~88% under The Backrooms Footage on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Backrooms Footage.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under The Backrooms Footage on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Footage.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Backrooms Footage.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with The Backrooms Footage.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Footage.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Backrooms Footage.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Footage.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Backrooms Footage.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Footage.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Backrooms Footage.
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.
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Frequently asked about The Backrooms Footage
- Does The Backrooms Footage run on Steam Deck?
- The Backrooms Footage 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 The Backrooms Footage cost?
- The Backrooms Footage is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Backrooms Footage have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Backrooms Footage supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, PvP, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to The Backrooms Footage?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Backrooms Footage are The Backrooms Project, The Backrooms Multiplayer, 30 Days on Ship.
- Who developed The Backrooms Footage?
- The Backrooms Footage was developed by Untold Backrooms Stories.
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