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Games like The Backrooms Origins

If The Backrooms Origins is your kind of game, the closest matches are Finnish Cottage 8, White Room Protocol and .redruM — 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 The Backrooms Origins: The Backrooms Origins is a first person exploration and psychological horror game about famous creepypasta the backrooms. Explore levels of backrooms and try to keep your sanity.

2023IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDWindowsby Hypnos Games
The Backrooms Origins — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Backrooms Origins also play

Steam players who put hours into The Backrooms Origins 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. Finnish Cottage 8

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Backrooms Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. White Room Protocol

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Backrooms Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. .redruM

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Backrooms Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    .redruM is a psychological horror game blending realism and visual experimentation. Inspired by liminal spaces, backrooms, and real crime scenes, you play as a photographer uncovering the identity behind gruesome murders. .redruM is the red room where unshared photos are developed.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Refuted Wind

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Backrooms Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    Mysterious murders are happening in the area where Dave lives. In an attempt to draw attention to these horrific events, he decides to make a short film. As his project becomes known, frightening events begin to happen around him.

    2024IndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Clink

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Backrooms Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Sasaeng | 사생

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Backrooms Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    A first-person psychological horror game about the life of a K-pop idol. Explore a luxury apartment, Korean streets, and your agency building as you confront the unsettling truth hidden beneath the surface.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Lair of Torment

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Backrooms Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Pieces of me

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Backrooms Origins fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    “Pieces of Me” is not a classic horror game with jump scares, but a psychological thriller-drama in the walking simulator genre. It is a spin-off of “September 7th”

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Backrooms Origins at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under The Backrooms Origins on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    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 ~60% under The Backrooms Origins on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    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 ~70% under The Backrooms Origins on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    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 ~80% under The Backrooms Origins on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    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 ~60% under The Backrooms Origins on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Backrooms Origins.

    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. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under The Backrooms Origins on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Backrooms Origins.

    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 ↗
  7. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Backrooms Origins on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    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 ↗
  8. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Backrooms Origins on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with The Backrooms Origins.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 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 with The Backrooms Origins.

    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 Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    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 Indie with The Backrooms Origins.

    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 The Backrooms Origins.

    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 Simulation with The Backrooms Origins.

    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 Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    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.

    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 The Backrooms Origins.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Hypnos Games

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

  1. Project Kunai

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Hypnos Games, the studio behind The Backrooms Origins. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    Project Kunai is a super fast FPS/Platformer game which you can use special abilities and Kunai. Reach highest speed and complate levels fastest you can. Learn the truth about Project Kunai and your past.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Impossible Challenge

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Hypnos Games, the studio behind The Backrooms Origins. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    Impossible Challenge is a very very hard reflex platformer game. Try to complate levels and enjoy your suffer! Attention : If you think you are a pro gamer, this game will break your heart.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Backrooms Security Room

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Hypnos Games, the studio behind The Backrooms Origins. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Origins.

    Watch the surroundings of the outpost through cameras, keep creatures away by using lights, and protect yourself by locking doors in case of danger. Welcome to the five nights at Backrooms.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Backrooms Origins

How much does The Backrooms Origins cost?
The Backrooms Origins is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Backrooms Origins?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Backrooms Origins are Finnish Cottage 8, White Room Protocol, .redruM.
Who developed The Backrooms Origins?
The Backrooms Origins was developed by Hypnos 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 The Backrooms Origins.

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