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Games like Backroom Cleaners

If Backroom Cleaners is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hours After Midnight, Mauled Horde and Shadow Survival — 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 Backroom Cleaners: Purge the unknown Backrooms in this 4-player co-op TPS roguelike. Experience endless combat with fresh build combinations every run.

2027ActionWindowsby Hypercent Inc.
Backroom Cleaners — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Backroom Cleaners 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. Hours After Midnight

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Backroom Cleaners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Backroom Cleaners.

    Dive deep into a roguelike survival quest against Rettam'diov, the Consumer of Worlds. Progress, earn experience, refine characters, and uncover potent tools. Face relentless hordes alone or amplify the thrill, teaming up cross-platform in our distinctive co-op mode.

    ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  2. Mauled Horde

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Backroom Cleaners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Backroom Cleaners.

    Mauled Horde is a Free-To-Play indie Third-Person Shooter made by a solo developer. Play solo or in co-op, fight relentless hordes across varied maps, collect weapons, activate traps, buy upgrades, and survive rising difficulty round after round.

    ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Shadow Survival

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Backroom Cleaners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Backroom Cleaners.

    Unleash familiar and unfathomable weaponry upon hordes of demonic forces and fight for survival along side your friends in this story-driven online action game.

    2025ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. NOT ENOUGH SPACE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Backroom Cleaners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Backroom Cleaners.

    Shoot to move. Move to survive. A space action roguelike about momentum, chaotic battles, loot, builds, and bosses.

    2026ActionSteam ↗
  5. Cosmic Corps

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Backroom Cleaners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Backroom Cleaners.

    Dimension hop to freedom across hostile planets. Blast, slash, and laser alien hordes while crafting powerful synergies by combining unlockable skills with infinitely stacking items and perks. Become unstoppable in this action roguelike—and confront the Entity beyond the Rift.

    ActionSteam ↗
  6. 通缉令 wanted poster

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Backroom Cleaners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Backroom Cleaners.

    Top-down barrage shooter. Refer to the Vampire Ancient Survivor Meat Pigeon gameplay to add barrage, random character attributes, and random equipment.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Gatekeeper: Eclipse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Backroom Cleaners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Backroom Cleaners.

    Fast-paced rogue-lite shooter. Gatekeeper: Eclipse is a prologue ver. of the game Gatekeeper. Go on a quest to find the stolen Heart of the Universe and shoot your way through the hordes of machine enemies!

    2023ActionSportsIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Gatekeeper: Infinity

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Backroom Cleaners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Backroom Cleaners.

    Prologue version of the game Gatekeeper. Gatekeeper: Infinity is a fast-paced rogue-lite shooter where you'll search for the stolen Heart of the Universe and battle machine enemies! Play solo or join forces with friends in co-op mode.

    2023ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck 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.

    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 Backroom Cleaners.

    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 with Backroom Cleaners.

    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.

    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. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Backroom Cleaners.

    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. Shares Action with Backroom Cleaners.

    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. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Backroom Cleaners.

    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 ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Backroom Cleaners

Does Backroom Cleaners have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Backroom Cleaners supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
What games are most similar to Backroom Cleaners?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Backroom Cleaners are Hours After Midnight, Mauled Horde, Shadow Survival.
Who developed Backroom Cleaners?
Backroom Cleaners was developed by Hypercent Inc..

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 Backroom Cleaners.

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