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Games like Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS

If Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS is your kind of game, the closest matches are Backrooms: Impending Doom, Precept and NULLHOME — 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 Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS: A psychological horror game inspired by the Backrooms with a unique Yakut cultural atmosphere. Explore abandoned spaces, uncover hidden secrets, and try to survive in a place where reality has long lost its boundaries. But remember: you may not be alone here.

IndieAdventureCasualWindowsby MonsterAttack
Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS 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. Backrooms: Impending Doom

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    The research team is gone. You're next. A first-person psychological horror in the Backrooms - explore ruined levels, keep your Synchronization steady, and uncover what destroyed your research team. Free demo: the Prologue.

    IndieAdventureEarly AccessSteam ↗
  2. Precept

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    Precept is a first-person psychedelic action horror game with a heavy focus on exploration. Players take control of a night guard whose purpose is to finish his daily task. The player must find way to escape and survive from mysterious company's environment and entities.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. NULLHOME

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    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 ↗
  4. Room231

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    Room231 is a single player horror game, which is based on the famous creepy pasta called "Backrooms". Player must find an exit to leave room231 and reach the truth of room231.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. Maid of Sker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 鬼打墙(剧情版)

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    This is a horror game adapted from the Chinese folklore. Players need to decrypt and collect key items in different stages. Ultimately find a way to escape the foggy forest. While searching for an exit, players will be disturbed by ghosts, players need to avoid the ghosts and evade their attacks.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Bughouse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Amnesia: The Dark Descent

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

    2010ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    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 Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    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 Indie with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    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 ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from MonsterAttack

Other recommendable Steam games by MonsterAttack, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Panelka

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MonsterAttack, the studio behind Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS. Shares Indie and Casual with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    Panelka is a nostalgic, relaxing game where you immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the post-Soviet era. Create your cozy apartment or garage with that familiar, warm interior from your childhood. You have a wide selection of furniture and many other interior details at your disposal.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ALAA-MOGUS MUST DIE

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MonsterAttack, the studio behind Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    This is a historical action game from 3rd person based on Yakut mythology. Alaa-Mogus the devil has come to seize our land! Uraankhai Sakha, let's take up our weapons and drive him back to the dungeon! Uruy-Aikhal!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Setteeh

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MonsterAttack, the studio behind Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    Setteeh - is a horror game created based on real stories of Yakutia residents. Each episode of the game tells a new story.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. URAANKHIANS Dygyn - The Beginning

    WHY THIS

    Another title from MonsterAttack, the studio behind Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS. Shares Indie with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.

    URAANHAI! Finally, we have all together driven Alaa-Mogus into the underworld! Now let's have a real Ysyakh and celebrate! Let's organize the first "DYGYNA" game and find out who is the fastest! Play in multiplayer and become the FIRST!

    2024ActionSportsStrategy1.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS

What games are most similar to Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS are Backrooms: Impending Doom, Precept, NULLHOME.
Who developed Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS?
Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS was developed by MonsterAttack.

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