Choose Backrooms: Extractions
Choose Backrooms: Extractions if it's currently about 30% cheaper on the Steam Store. Backrooms: Extractions launched in 2025.
Backrooms: Extractions vs Backrooms Cleanup Crew
Backrooms: Extractions and Backrooms Cleanup Crew both land in Action, Indie, Casual 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, Casual on Steam. Both released in 2025. Backrooms Cleanup Crew scores higher on Steam reviews (94.7% positive) than Backrooms: Extractions (71.4% positive). 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 Backrooms Cleanup Crew
Choose Backrooms Cleanup Crew if you want an Adventure and Simulation experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 94.7% positive across 227 reviews.
Both Backrooms: Extractions and Backrooms Cleanup Crew sit in Action, Indie, and Casual on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online Co-op, and Co-op, 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: Extractions |  Backrooms Cleanup Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Casual, Early Access | Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Casual, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Playable |
| Price | 6.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 71.4% positive (227 reviews) | 94.7% positive (227 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Headlight Studio | On The Bridge Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, Casual on Steam.
- Both released in 2025.
- Backrooms Cleanup Crew scores higher on Steam reviews (94.7% positive) than Backrooms: Extractions (71.4% positive).
- Backrooms: Extractions is currently ~30% cheaper on Steam than Backrooms Cleanup Crew (6.99 USD vs. 9.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Both are Deck Playable.
Backrooms: Extractions vs Backrooms Cleanup Crew — FAQ
- Which is better, Backrooms: Extractions or Backrooms Cleanup Crew?
- On Steam reviews Backrooms Cleanup Crew scores higher (94.7% positive) than Backrooms: Extractions (71.4% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Backrooms Cleanup Crew is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Are Backrooms: Extractions and Backrooms Cleanup Crew similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie, Casual 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.
- Do both Backrooms: Extractions and Backrooms Cleanup Crew have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Backrooms: Extractions ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Backrooms Cleanup Crew ships Online Co-op, Co-op.