Choose Backrooms: Eight Levels
Choose Backrooms: Eight Levels if you want an Adventure, Simulation, and RPG experience. On Steam, it's a focused single-player run rather than a multiplayer commitment. Backrooms: Eight Levels launched in 2024.
Backrooms: Eight Levels vs Long Carnage
Backrooms: Eight Levels and Long Carnage both land in Action, 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 share Action, Indie on Steam. Backrooms: Eight Levels (2024) is 2 years older than Long Carnage (2026). Long Carnage has co-op; Backrooms: Eight Levels does not. 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 Long Carnage
Choose Long Carnage if you want an Early Access game with Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. Long Carnage launched in 2026.
Both Backrooms: Eight Levels and Long Carnage sit in Action and 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: Eight Levels |  Long Carnage | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2024 | 2026 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG, Casual | Action, Indie, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 0.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 46.2% positive (13 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Performance Artist Games | Celestial Studio |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie on Steam.
- Backrooms: Eight Levels (2024) is 2 years older than Long Carnage (2026).
- Long Carnage has co-op; Backrooms: Eight Levels does not.
Backrooms: Eight Levels vs Long Carnage — FAQ
- Should I play Backrooms: Eight Levels or Long Carnage first?
- If you want chronology, Backrooms: Eight Levels (2024) came out before Long Carnage (2026). 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: Eight Levels and Long Carnage similar?
- They overlap on Action, 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.
- Does Backrooms: Eight Levels have multiplayer like Long Carnage?
- No. Long Carnage supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op), while Backrooms: Eight Levels is listed as single-player only.