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Games like Backrooms: The Phobolore

If Backrooms: The Phobolore is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Unknown, The Lost and Lunch Lady — 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 Backrooms: The Phobolore: Backrooms: The Phobolore is a cooperative multiplayer online horror game for 1-4 players. In this game you will take control of a character who woke up in an unknown place and does not remember anything, your task will be to pass the game levels trying to remember who you are...

2024IndieAdventureEarly Access1.99 USDWindowsby SUDT Games
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Players who liked Backrooms: The Phobolore also play

Steam players who put hours into Backrooms: The Phobolore 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. The Unknown

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Backrooms: The Phobolore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    You and Your Team Of 4 Players Hunt down Paranormal Entities While Trying to Survive The Night Solving Paranormal Cases of the Unknown in this Online horror Multiplayer Game

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Lost

    WHY THIS

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

    You survive a bombing from enemy planes, you are knocked out and on an island with no contact to the outside world.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Lunch Lady

    WHY THIS

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

    Lunch Lady is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. The school final exams are coming up and the best idea you and your friends had was to steal the test answers. Find all 10 pages and don't get caught by the murderous Lunch Lady!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Experiment

    WHY THIS

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

    The tests went wrong. He has been transformed. It is hostile toward others. You have been assigned the task of killing the horrifying creature. Listen closely as it could be around any corner. (Game includes Remastered + Classic versions)

    2024ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. BIGFOOT

    WHY THIS

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

    You are a Bigfoot hunter with an important mission: to put an end to rumours once and for all and prove to yourself that Bigfoot is not just a myth or an invention of the mind...

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Pacify

    WHY THIS

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

    An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Odd Remedy

    WHY THIS

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

    Escape the open-world island infested with monster spiders while on duty as a prisoner with your friends. Loot the city, destroy the caves, take some selfies on the way out in your car before you set sail.

    2024IndieAdventureEarly Access6.29 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. White Noise 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Backrooms: The Phobolore on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Backrooms: The Phobolore on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    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 ↗
  3. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Backrooms: The Phobolore on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    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 ↗
  4. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Backrooms: The Phobolore on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Backrooms: The Phobolore on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Backrooms: The Phobolore on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    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!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Backrooms: The Phobolore on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    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.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. TYRONE vs COPS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Backrooms: The Phobolore on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    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 Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    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 Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    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 Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    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 ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from SUDT Games

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

  1. Backrooms: The Hunt

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SUDT Games, the studio behind Backrooms: The Phobolore. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Backrooms: The Hunt - This is a simple online first-person shooter... Just have fun with your friends or enemies... It's a very simple, primitive and casual game, play and have fun, The presence of primitive bots in the game

    2024ActionIndieAdventure0.79 USDSteam ↗
  2. Backrooms: Steps into the abyss

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SUDT Games, the studio behind Backrooms: The Phobolore. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Try to survive in these endless corridors and mazes, sometimes they seem the same, sometimes they seem completely different, and what if you are already going crazy? Can you survive here? You will need to look for supplies by type of water and food

    2025IndieAdventure0.79 USDSteam ↗
  3. Diving Focus

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SUDT Games, the studio behind Backrooms: The Phobolore. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    “Diving Focus” is a scuba diving simulator in which you have to explore the underwater world by diving into the water and looking for objects that will help you in the further progression of the game!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation1.19 USDSteam ↗
  4. Backrooms: The Lost Circus

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SUDT Games, the studio behind Backrooms: The Phobolore. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Backrooms: The Lost Circus is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Backrooms: What's Next

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SUDT Games, the studio behind Backrooms: The Phobolore. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Backrooms: What's Next is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Backrooms: The Next Level

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SUDT Games, the studio behind Backrooms: The Phobolore. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Backrooms: The Next Level is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Backrooms: The Others

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SUDT Games, the studio behind Backrooms: The Phobolore. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Backrooms: The Others is a cooperative horror game for up to 4 players where you will be forced to explore these unknown nooks and crannies, trying to survive in this complex world where death can be waiting for you at every turn!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Backrooms: The Deep Dark

    WHY THIS

    Another title from SUDT Games, the studio behind Backrooms: The Phobolore. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Backrooms: The Deep Dark is a 4-player cooperative horror game where you will survive in a mysterious scary atmospheric world, wander through unknown dark corners and get scared of every nook and cranny!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Backrooms: The Phobolore

How much does Backrooms: The Phobolore cost?
Backrooms: The Phobolore is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Backrooms: The Phobolore have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Backrooms: The Phobolore supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Backrooms: The Phobolore?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Backrooms: The Phobolore are The Unknown, The Lost, Lunch Lady.
Who developed Backrooms: The Phobolore?
Backrooms: The Phobolore was developed by SUDT 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 Backrooms: The Phobolore.

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