Choose The Backrooms Footage
Choose The Backrooms Footage if you want an Action, Indie, and Adventure game with Multi-player, Steam Leaderboards, and PvP. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. The Backrooms Footage launched in 2022.
The Backrooms Footage vs Plane Accident: Prologue
The Backrooms Footage and Plane Accident: Prologue both land in Simulation 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 are Simulation games on Steam. The Backrooms Footage (2022) is 2 years older than Plane Accident: Prologue (2024). Both sit near 77% positive on Steam (The Backrooms Footage: 39 reviews, Plane Accident: Prologue: 21). 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 Plane Accident: Prologue
Choose Plane Accident: Prologue if it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Plane Accident: Prologue launched in 2024.
Both The Backrooms Footage and Plane Accident: Prologue sit in Simulation on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (76.9% vs 76.2% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 The Backrooms Footage |  Plane Accident: Prologue | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2024 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Casual, Early Access | Simulation |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Playable |
| Price | 7.99 USD | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 76.9% positive (39 reviews) | 76.2% positive (21 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Co-op | Single-player only |
| Developers | Untold Backrooms Stories | White Pig Games, Spirit Games Studio |
Side by side
- Both are Simulation games on Steam.
- The Backrooms Footage (2022) is 2 years older than Plane Accident: Prologue (2024).
- Both sit near 77% positive on Steam (The Backrooms Footage: 39 reviews, Plane Accident: Prologue: 21).
- Plane Accident: Prologue is free; The Backrooms Footage is paid (7.99 USD).
- The Backrooms Footage has co-op; Plane Accident: Prologue does not.
- Both are Deck Playable.
The Backrooms Footage vs Plane Accident: Prologue — FAQ
- Should I play The Backrooms Footage or Plane Accident: Prologue first?
- If you want chronology, The Backrooms Footage (2022) came out before Plane Accident: Prologue (2024). 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 Footage and Plane Accident: Prologue similar?
- They overlap on Simulation 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 Plane Accident: Prologue have multiplayer like The Backrooms Footage?
- No. The Backrooms Footage supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Co-op), while Plane Accident: Prologue is listed as single-player only.
- Is Plane Accident: Prologue free?
- Yes — Plane Accident: Prologue is a free-to-play Steam title. The Backrooms Footage is paid (7.99 USD).