Choose Desperate Travelers
Choose Desperate Travelers if you want an Adventure experience. Desperate Travelers launched in 2025.
Desperate Travelers vs Backrooms: Emergency Exit
Desperate Travelers and Backrooms: Emergency Exit sit side-by-side in player discussions even though their catalogue tags only partly overlap. 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: Desperate Travelers (2025) is 1 year older than Backrooms: Emergency Exit (2026). Both support cooperative play. 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: Emergency Exit
Choose Backrooms: Emergency Exit if you want an Indie and Early Access game with Custom Volume Controls, Stereo Sound, and Adjustable Difficulty. Backrooms: Emergency Exit launched in 2026.
Both Desperate Travelers and Backrooms: Emergency Exit ship Multi-player, Online Co-op, and Co-op on Steam, so either pick lands close enough that the choice is taste, not category. 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
 Desperate Travelers |  Backrooms: Emergency Exit | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2026 |
| Genres | Adventure | Indie, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 5.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | — | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Microlab | Expos-E |
Side by side
- Desperate Travelers (2025) is 1 year older than Backrooms: Emergency Exit (2026).
- Both support cooperative play.
Desperate Travelers vs Backrooms: Emergency Exit — FAQ
- Should I play Desperate Travelers or Backrooms: Emergency Exit first?
- If you want chronology, Desperate Travelers (2025) came out before Backrooms: Emergency Exit (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.
- Do both Desperate Travelers and Backrooms: Emergency Exit have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Desperate Travelers ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Backrooms: Emergency Exit ships Online Co-op, Co-op.