Choose Backrooms - Surreality
Choose Backrooms - Surreality if you want an Adventure, Simulation, and Casual experience. Backrooms - Surreality launched in 2023.
Backrooms - Surreality vs The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes
Backrooms - Surreality and The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes both land in Indie 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 Indie games on Steam. Backrooms - Surreality (2023) is 1 year older than The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes (2024). The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes is currently ~75% cheaper on Steam than Backrooms - Surreality (0.99 USD vs. 3.99 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 The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes
Choose The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes if it's currently about 75% cheaper on the Steam Store. The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes launched in 2024.
Both Backrooms - Surreality and The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes sit in Indie 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 - Surreality |  The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2023 | 2024 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Casual, Early Access | Indie |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 3.99 USD | 0.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 36.4% positive (11 reviews) | 9 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Big Deal Studios | Mayuns Games |
Side by side
- Both are Indie games on Steam.
- Backrooms - Surreality (2023) is 1 year older than The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes (2024).
- The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes is currently ~75% cheaper on Steam than Backrooms - Surreality (0.99 USD vs. 3.99 USD).
Backrooms - Surreality vs The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes — FAQ
- Should I play Backrooms - Surreality or The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes first?
- If you want chronology, Backrooms - Surreality (2023) came out before The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes (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 Backrooms - Surreality and The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes similar?
- They overlap on Indie 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.