- January 28, 2026
- 117PS
The Backrooms: Liminal Space
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The Backrooms: Liminal Space is a single player platformer game with a horror theme. It was developed by 117PS and was released on January 28, 2026. It received very positive reviews from players.
Overview A solo-developed short horror experience shot on VHS. You wake up in an endless yellow maze. No items, no fights—just a camcorder and LIMINAL SPACE！ Key Features - VHS Filters: Grain, scanlines and tape distortion The effect. - LIMINAL SPACE: Contains many LIMINAL SPACE scenarios - First-Person Immersion: Footsteps echo, lights flicker, walls never end. - Solo Dev, UE5: Created b…
- Exceptional atmosphere capturing the liminal space and backrooms vibe with detailed and varied environments.
- Impressively designed levels and expansive maze-like maps that encourage exploration and getting lost in a relaxing way without monsters.
- Remarkable achievement for the developer's young age, demonstrating strong game design, visuals, and nostalgia, offering great value and replayability.
- Gameplay can feel aimless and repetitive with lack of objectives or hints to guide progression, causing some players to get frustrated or bored.
- Issues with controls such as lack of native controller support, slow movement speed, and annoying constant player character shaking.
- Some minor polish problems like typos in menus, limited sound design, occasional performance issues, and missing features like chapter select or FOV options.
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The atmosphere has received mixed reactions, with some users finding it suffocating and unsettling due to vast empty spaces, while others praise its immersive and well-crafted environment. Overall, the atmosphere is notably impactful and contributes strongly to the game's experience.
“I just finished Tape 1 and I'm speechless at how well it's made, the atmosphere, everything.”
“The atmosphere is suffocating — endless empty spaces that feel wrong, like they weren’t meant to exist.”
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The Backrooms: Liminal Space is a platformer game with horror theme.
The Backrooms: Liminal Space is available on PC and Windows.
The Backrooms: Liminal Space was released on January 28, 2026.
The Backrooms: Liminal Space was developed by 117PS.
The Backrooms: Liminal Space has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked The Backrooms: Liminal Space for its graphics but disliked it for its atmosphere.
The Backrooms: Liminal Space is a single player game.
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