Games like Backrooms Project: The lost file
If Backrooms Project: The lost file is your kind of game, the closest matches are My Bloody Weekend, The Quarry and Welcome to Kowloon — 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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My Bloody Weekend
WHY THIS
Top pick for Backrooms Project: The lost file fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
"My Bloody Weekend" is a survival horror in Quick Time Events, set in a mansion where a killer with a cleaver tries to kill a girl ... can you survive? Real actors, real terror!
The Quarry
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Backrooms Project: The lost file fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
Welcome to Kowloon
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Backrooms Project: The lost file fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Chicken Feet
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Backrooms Project: The lost file fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
Chicken Feet is a first person survival-stealth horror game about a giant, angry chicken. Descend into the depths of GOOBER laboratories and uncover the horrors that lie beneath the lab's shiny façade.
The Last Visit: 98th
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Backrooms Project: The lost file fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.
The Fan
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Backrooms Project: The lost file fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
The Fan is an interactive photo fiction with real locations and actors.The game is a first person thriller with a unique twist. Driven by a creepy and unsettling atmosphere, it will take you deep within the darkest places of Paris underground.
Manivore
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Backrooms Project: The lost file fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
He doesn’t just hunt to kill. Manivore is not just a murderer, he is an artist. For him, death is not an outcome but a process. Can you uncover the truth within this twisted game, or will you be the next prey?
Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Backrooms Project: The lost file fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
This is an isolated town, a town of memories that have been forgotten by its people. However, this small town has not been quiet and peaceful since the murders began... Time passes by, where are the sinful spirits going? Are my memories reality, or just a dream?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Backrooms Project: The lost file at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Backrooms Project: The lost file on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Backrooms Project: The lost file on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Backrooms Project: The lost file on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Backrooms Project: The lost file on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Backrooms Project: The lost file on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Backrooms Project: The lost file on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Backrooms Project: The lost file on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Backrooms Project: The lost file on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about Backrooms Project: The lost file
- How much does Backrooms Project: The lost file cost?
- Backrooms Project: The lost file is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Backrooms Project: The lost file?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Backrooms Project: The lost file are My Bloody Weekend, The Quarry, Welcome to Kowloon.
- Who developed Backrooms Project: The lost file?
- Backrooms Project: The lost file was developed by xCousito.
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