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Games like Backrooms: Extractions

If Backrooms: Extractions is your kind of game, the closest matches are Backrooms: Escape Together, MIMESIS and Scary Ferry — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and eerie. 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: Extractions: Cooperate with up to 6 players to explore, search, and extract lost agents within the Backrooms. Solve puzzles, unlock tools, survive against entities, and progress through increasingly dangerous levels.

2025ActionIndieCasualEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Headlight Studio
Backrooms: Extractions — Steam game cover
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Ambient sound design enhances immersionCo op with friends is highly engagingDistinct level designs with unique lighting and sound cuesAtmosphericDarkEerie

Players who liked Backrooms: Extractions also play

Steam players who put hours into Backrooms: Extractions 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. Backrooms: Escape Together

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Backrooms: Extractions.

    Top pick for Backrooms: Extractions fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms: Extractions.

    A visually lifelike co-op horror for 1-6 people. Journey through 10 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. MIMESIS

    WHY THIS

    Shares stealth and atmospheric with Backrooms: Extractions.

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

    4 Player co-op survival horror game. When the cursed rain falls, 'Mimesis' appear, perfectly imitating your teammates, bringing a new level of tension you've never experienced before.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Scary Ferry

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Backrooms: Extractions fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Backrooms: Extractions.

    Scary Ferry is a co-op horror game where you and your friends face monsters, traps, and treacherous waters. Complete challenging missions, explore dangerous dungeons, and uncover ISM's secrets.

    ActionAdventureEarly AccessSteam ↗
  4. Deepscape Inc

    WHY THIS

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

    A 2 to 4 player co-op horror game. You wake up marked with an ID number you can't see on your own back. Only your fellow inmates can read it. Find each other, share your numbers, reach your validation rooms, and get out before whatever roams the halls finds you first.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Backrooms: Collision Not Found

    WHY THIS

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

    A 1-4 player co-op horror experience. Navigate hyper-realistic Backrooms levels and liminal spaces, survive unique entities, and uncover the dark mystery behind those levels. Extreme visual fidelity meets psychological dread.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Backrooms Media

    WHY THIS

    Shares checkpoint based progression, collectible hunting, psychological and an atmospheric mood with Backrooms: Extractions.

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

    Backrooms Media is a 1-4 player co-op horror that plunges you into unsettling, hyper-realistic liminal spaces. Navigate eerie environments filled with lurking horrors. Group up with your friends to face the terror of the endless backrooms together and... try to escape.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. BACKROOMS

    WHY THIS

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

    Escape the backrooms levels as reality warps with every step; listen, for the whispers behind the walls may guide you out. Enjoy an unbelievable co-op Backrooms experience.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Backrooms Rec.

    WHY THIS

    Shares stealth, checkpoint based progression and atmospheric with Backrooms: Extractions.

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

    Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Backrooms: Extractions on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms: Extractions.

    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. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Backrooms: Extractions on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms: Extractions.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Backrooms: Extractions on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms: Extractions.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Backrooms: Extractions on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms: Extractions.

    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 ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Backrooms: Extractions on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms: Extractions.

    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 ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Backrooms: Extractions on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Backrooms: Extractions.

    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 ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Backrooms: Extractions on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms: Extractions.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Backrooms: Extractions on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backrooms: Extractions.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 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 and Casual with Backrooms: Extractions.

    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 Action with Backrooms: Extractions.

    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 Action and Indie with Backrooms: Extractions.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Shares Action with Backrooms: Extractions.

    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 Backrooms: Extractions.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Backrooms: Extractions

Does Backrooms: Extractions run on Steam Deck?
Backrooms: Extractions 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: Extractions cost?
Backrooms: Extractions is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Backrooms: Extractions have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Backrooms: Extractions supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Backrooms: Extractions?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Backrooms: Extractions are Backrooms: Escape Together, MIMESIS, Scary Ferry.
Who developed Backrooms: Extractions?
Backrooms: Extractions was developed by Headlight Studio.

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