Choose Backrooms: What's Next
Choose Backrooms: What's Next if it matches what drew you to this matchup. Backrooms: What's Next launched in 2025.
Backrooms: What's Next vs Backrooms: The Next Level
Backrooms: What's Next and Backrooms: The Next Level both land in Indie, Adventure, Simulation 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 Indie, Adventure, Simulation on Steam. Both released in 2025. Backrooms: The Next Level is currently ~33% cheaper on Steam than Backrooms: What's Next (1.99 USD vs. 2.99 USD). 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: The Next Level
Choose Backrooms: The Next Level if it's currently about 33% cheaper on the Steam Store. Backrooms: The Next Level launched in 2025.
Both Backrooms: What's Next and Backrooms: The Next Level sit in Indie, Adventure, and Simulation on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online Co-op, and LAN 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: What's Next |  Backrooms: The Next Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2025 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Early Access | Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 2.99 USD | 1.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 65.2% positive (23 reviews) | 7 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op |
| Developers | SUDT Games | SUDT Games |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure, Simulation on Steam.
- Both released in 2025.
- Backrooms: The Next Level is currently ~33% cheaper on Steam than Backrooms: What's Next (1.99 USD vs. 2.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
Backrooms: What's Next vs Backrooms: The Next Level — FAQ
- Are Backrooms: What's Next and Backrooms: The Next Level similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Adventure, Simulation 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: What's Next and Backrooms: The Next Level have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Backrooms: What's Next ships Online Co-op, LAN Co-op; Backrooms: The Next Level ships Online Co-op, LAN Co-op.