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Games like The Backrooms : Lost Guest

If The Backrooms : Lost Guest is your kind of game, the closest matches are FEARMATES, Hunting Contract and Crib — 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 The Backrooms : Lost Guest: The Backrooms : Lost Guest is a visually realistic, co-op survival horror exploration game developed with UE5, supporting 1 – 6 players. Evade terrifying creatures and deadly hazards while solving room-based puzzles to find your way out of the Backrooms. A chilling adventure awaits you…

2027ActionIndieAdventureCasualWindowsby SternRise
The Backrooms : Lost Guest — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into The Backrooms : Lost Guest 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. FEARMATES

    WHY THIS

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

    Fearmates is a 1–4 player co-op psychological horror game. As a group of friends, you explore locations with paranormal activity and uncover the truth behind the events using your own equipment.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Hunting Contract

    WHY THIS

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

    Form a team of 2–4 hunters and accept deadly contracts. Find supernatural creatures, kill them, seal their bodies inside coffins, and escape alive. Search for valuable loot, upgrade your equipment, and remember: whatever you are hunting is also hunting you.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Crib

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Backrooms : Lost Guest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Backrooms : Lost Guest.

    It's time to face! As Milton, your past invites you to solve the mysteries. What you learn about yourself will surprise you. Most importantly remember that this is not a nightmare, this is a reality.

    2024ActionAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. My Toxic Darling

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake in a dungeon where strangers sit in chairs, each with a story about their lover. Listen, judge, and answer. Empathize or turn hostile — every choice changes how they treat you. Find three keys and escape before time runs out. Play solo, or as a couple in two-player co-op.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Late Amusement

    WHY THIS

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

    Late Amusement is a first-person psychological survival horror game from an independent studio. Play as Liam Snow, a young aspiring author who enters the derelict theme park alongside his girlfriend Hannah, and fight to survive as you unravel the dark history buried beneath the attractions.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  6. VLADiK BRUTAL

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight under the onslaught of mutated monsters, obsessed soldiers and even darker bosses. Just try to survive and find out what to do next in this life, simultaneously tearing your enemies to pieces.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. NULLHOME

    WHY THIS

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

    NULLHOME is a first-person psychological horror experience inspired by liminal spaces and the Backrooms. Investigate mysterious TV-related disappearances, explore unsettling environments, solve puzzles, and survive encounters with unknown entities.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Steel Stalker

    WHY THIS

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

    Steel Stalker is a first-person psychological thriller. A cyber-attack has brought down the data centre where you work, transforming the robotic security dog into a sound-activated, deadly hunter. Move in the dead of silence, repair damaged equipment, remove the virus and survive in the dark.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

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 The Backrooms : Lost Guest.

    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 and Adventure with The Backrooms : Lost Guest.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms : Lost Guest.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms : Lost Guest.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Backrooms : Lost Guest.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 The Backrooms : Lost Guest.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about The Backrooms : Lost Guest

Does The Backrooms : Lost Guest have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Backrooms : Lost Guest supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to The Backrooms : Lost Guest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Backrooms : Lost Guest are FEARMATES, Hunting Contract, Crib.
Who developed The Backrooms : Lost Guest?
The Backrooms : Lost Guest was developed by SternRise.

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 The Backrooms : Lost Guest.

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