Games like BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION
If BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sincognito, Deep Dark Space and Phobos — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric horror with humor, chaotic fun with friends and atmospheric. 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 BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION: A terrifying multiplayer horror experience with social deduction elements. Trapped in the Backrooms, up to 12 players must try to work together to survive and expose the shapeshifting Skin Stealer hiding among them before it’s too late. Who will you trust?
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Sincognito
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Top pick for BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
An social deduction investigation horror game where one of you is secretly possessed by a Deadly Sin. Use stealth and proximity chat to cooperate or deceive as you gather clues and compare findings to deduce which Sin is haunting the castle.
Deep Dark Space
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Second-strongest match for BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
Deep Dark Space is a 4-player online co-op horror experience set in space. Explore abandoned stations, gather clues, and uncover the monster lurking in the dark. Trust no one — paranoia runs high as hidden betrayals threaten your survival.
Phobos
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
A social deduction co-op horror game. Survival requires teamwork, but be careful, some of you cannot be trusted...
MACE: Mapinguari's Temple
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Shares an atmospheric mood with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
Ranked #4 for BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
MACE: Mapinguari's Temple is a multiplayer, horror game with adventure and social deduction elements. Venture into a maze-like, procedurally generated dungeon filled with puzzles, avoid the terrible creature that roams it's corridors and discover who is the deceitful cultist among you.
Infected: Outpost
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Ranked #5 for BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
SOMEONE IS INFECTED! Gather resources, refuel the generator, and escape the facility before time runs out! But beware; the infected can shapeshift into their victims. Face your friends in a social deduction horror game like no other!
Lamentations
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Ranked #6 for BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
You and your teammates are part of an elite undercover unit tasked with finding out information on a mysterious complex known as "the backrooms". Explore various locations, solve puzzles, check your six, and escape with your life!
Castle of Mist
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Ranked #7 for BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
Castle of Mist is a first-person shooter with Roguelike random elements set in a medieval-style adventure. Players control different characters, choose various items to create unique playstyles, and ultimately defeat various monsters and the dragon attacking the castle to achieve victory.
Sinister Night 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
Ranked #8 for BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
Nine Streamers enter an ancient Chinese mansion, hoping to attract a huge following and become famous through livestreaming. However, two of them are tragically possessed by evil spirits. These possessed will slaughter their companions, and complete a malevolent ritual of a ghostly wedding.
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POSTAL 2
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Priced ~67% under BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
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 ~67% under BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
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.
shapez
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Priced ~67% under BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~67% under BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~67% under BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Free alternatives
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
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.
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 BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Frequently asked about BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION
- Does BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION run on Steam Deck?
- BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION 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 BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION cost?
- BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION are Sincognito, Deep Dark Space, Phobos.
- Who developed BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION?
- BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION was developed by DMNT Interactive.
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