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Looking for games like BACKROOMS? Here are top open world simulation recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Backrooms - Surreality, Transliminal or Backrooms The Levels.

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  1. 22%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    36% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    "If you're not careful and noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in the backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of flourescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented rooms to be trapped in."About the GameIn Backrooms - Surrealit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms - Surreality.

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  2. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    94% User Score Based on 108 reviews

    An unsettling adventure set in a procedural terror labyrinth. A video game Inspired by the chilling urban legends of the Backrooms. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transliminal.

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  3. Experience the Backrooms like never before.There are no obvious monsters. There are no clear explanations. Only spaces that seem to watch you… and a constant feeling that you should not be here. Backrooms: The Levels is a psychological horror and liminal exploration experience, designed for players seeking deep immersion, constant tension, and the unsettling nostalgia of places that feel as if… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms The Levels.

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  4. 16%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    25% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    You can always go further. The question is whether you should. Welcome to the Infinite Backrooms. An endless, procedurally generated maze where every step can lead somewhere new. Rooms, corridors, dead ends, and entire areas are generated from a seed as you explore, meaning every game can unfold differently. There is no map to memorize.... There is no safe route.... and you never know what is w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infinite Backrooms.

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  5. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay
    96% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    A unique take on the popular "Backrooms" creepypasta lore, with a focus on dynamic experiences, with procedural levels, non-linear level progression, complex entities, and engaging puzzles to keep the game fresh and replayable over time. "If you're not careful and you noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in the Backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: Wit's End.

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  6. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 1,020 reviews

    Description. Dreamcore is a psychological horror game that immerses players in the eerie atmosphere of liminal spaces. Offering a one-of-a-kind experience, the game enables players to freely explore expansive, non-linear worlds for extended gameplay sessions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreamcore.

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  7. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 456 reviews

    Make your way through disturbing and eeire levels from the backrooms lore. Each level has unique objectives, optional objectives and resources. Bring whatever you get your hands on back to Traders Keep in The Hub or use your resources to craft new gear and equipment. Procedural Generation The Metro brings explorers to random unknown levels with unknown threats. The possibilities are nearly endles… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Society.

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  8. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics
    75% User Score Based on 57 reviews

    The Backrooms: Found Footage is a psychological horror game where you "no-clip" through reality and into the Backrooms. Explore 600 million miles of randomly generated office space, contend with entities, collect unique and useful lore, and attempt to maintain your sanity as you try to escape. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms: Found Footage.

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  9. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    80% User Score Based on 897 reviews

    A short atmospheric terror game about liminal spaces. Escape the grasps of an underground neighborhood that is equal parts comforting and disturbing. If you've explored a dead mall, a foreclosed pool, or a school at night, you might already know what it's like to be in Anemoiapolis. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1.

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  10. Anomaly Archives is a first-person psychological horror and anomaly-detection game set across eerie, looping environments. Trapped inside shifting liminal locations, from an uncanny art museum to endless yellow halls, damp tiled poolrooms, and abandoned underground subways, your only way out is through razor-sharp observation and memory. Every subtle distortion matters, and trusting your instinct… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anomaly Archives.

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  11. Solitary You wake up in a silent, white room. No clues. No instructions. No color. Only a chair, a bed, a table — and a voice that doesn’t seem too concerned with your confusion. Solitary is a short first-person psychological experience about isolation, routine, and the slow unraveling of reality. Designed with minimal UI and ambient storytelling, the game leads you through a series of surreal s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solitary.

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  12. The best dreams are to be forgotten, for they will destroy if not.  This game is based on nothing, the nothing that was something, now unthinkable. Because of this, no description would be adequate.  However, I must try: A game heavily centered on its scenery and artistic nature. A game that is enigmatic, cryptic, and remembered. First person adventure game Navigate through liminal … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forgotten Dreams.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    94% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    You have found yourself in a space that reminds you of nothing, and everything. A space of rooms, that are both comfortingly familiar, yet strangely unknown. A space of quiet and loneliness. You have found the BACK*SPACE. You aren't sure if you are alone. You aren't sure if you want to leave. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BACK*SPACE.

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  14. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    67% User Score Based on 161 reviews

    From the developer:We are not trying to invent something fundamentally new; we simply love the dreamcore aesthetic. However, it seemed to us that existing games often emphasize the unsettling side of liminal spaces, which usually evoke feelings of anxiety and loneliness. So we decided to create a softer, dreamier, and less frightening interpretation. We hope it gives you that very feeling of anemo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    83% User Score Based on 155 reviews

    A unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LIMINAL SHIFT.

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    67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    A short exploration game set in the abandoned offices of productivity analysis. Discover its past, purpose, and secrets!// FEATURES //INVESTIGATE ANOMALIES: An abandoned productivity facility still hums with power. Your task is to inspect and contain the remaining “anomalies” - strange rooms that defy logic and design. Each anomaly has its own visual theme and behavior, forming a self-contained m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THE OFFICE ROOMS.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 70 reviews

    [WELCOME]In this weirdcore 1-4 player game, survive the endless mall that is randomly generated with every playthrough. Encounter a range of strange and unique entities that inhabit this place, each offering unique mechanics and dangers that will test your senses. Death is your best guide in learning how to exist in this place. Don't expect too get far in your first existence...  Sanity is yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DON'T EXIST.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    85% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    You are trapped in an endless stairway with no end in sight. Solve twisted puzzles and maybe you will escape your fate. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ENDLOOP.

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  19. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 1,108 reviews

    Enter The Backrooms is a survival horror game that takes place in an infinite maze of rooms known as The Backrooms. Throughout the game, The Backrooms gnaws away at your sanity, resulting in unexplainable sights, sounds, and experiences. In order to survive, you must meditate to regain your sanity before you succumb to the psychological effects of The Backrooms. As you wander the endless expanse o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Enter The Backrooms.

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  20. Break in. Find the parts. Get out. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Heist.

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  21. TAPE GLITCH is a first-person psychological horror game where players explore flooded liminal spaces, uncover corrupted VHS memories, and survive what hides inside them. Play a Tape. Enter the Memory.Scattered throughout the flooded halls are VHS tapes. Find one, and you'll be pulled inside a recording of a place that once was. Each one gives you only a short time to find what was left behind bef… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TAPE GLITCH.

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  22. You are trapped in a repeating street. Observe your surroundings carefully. Look for anything that feels wrong. If you notice an anomaly, choose correctly. If nothing is wrong, move forward. Every detail matters. The Exit Project: Backstreets is a first-person psychological horror walking experience where you are trapped in an endlessly repeating urban street. This short, atmospheric h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Exit Project: Backstreets.

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    29%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    46% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Embark on a procedural liminal journey filled with eerie, unfriendly faces. Walk, explore, and descend to the first floor to escape. No monsters will chase you, but they can watch and appear when you aren't looking. This can evoke a fear of an endless labyrinth and create a sense of anxiety. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FLOORS.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    63% User Score Based on 83 reviews

    Liminal Universe is a solo first-person adventure game that takes you deep into Liminal Space. In this experience, you focus not on the story but on understanding the world around you and the atmosphere it creates. The game starts on an entirely empty snowy map, and then continues with a pool and ocean. Although the game sometimes tells you what to do, it leaves it unclear what exactly you sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Universe.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, story
    70% User Score Based on 61 reviews

    Empty streets between soulless buildings… Structures that feel familiar yet alien… And the feeling that something is constantly watching you… Liminal City is an exploration-focused psychological horror and liminal space experience in the ultra-realistic VHS style, developed with Unreal Engine 5. As you navigate the relatively "safe" streets of Backrooms Level 11, reality can sudde… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal City.

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  26. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, gameplay
    83% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    STORYIn Backrooms Missing Persons, you explore the fates of the lost through a collection of unsettling VHS tapes. Experience their final moments through the warped lens of an old camcorder, piecing together the fate of the lost. Explore yellow halls, hear the hum of flickering lights, and uncover fragments of stories that were never meant to be found. Avalialbe Tapes Office … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: Missing Persons.

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  27. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    77% User Score Based on 109 reviews

    You are the exploration team from company Async, you arrive to reported anomaly place and searching for anomalies, but what would you find? Prepare yourself for a gripping and heart-pounding adventure in EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS, where every step could be your last. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    73% User Score Based on 79 reviews

    Step into an uncanny building trapped in endless loops. Use the elevator, uncover unsettling anomalies, and evade the Entity lurking behind you. Liminal Exit, an immersive walking simulator inspired by liminal spaces. Can you escape, or will you remain forever trapped? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Exit.

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  29. 40%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    52% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    Instead of a traditional flashlight, a camera flash – a brief, flickering, blinding light that reveals dark secrets and leaves you in total darkness when it fades. Every step is a fight for survival, and the use of the flash completely redefines the way you explore dark locations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HorrorCore: Maze and Pools of Horror.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    95% User Score Based on 40 reviews

    A psychological horror game where you enter the Greenhouse at your own risk to uncover the truth behind the friendly façade. Change the environment and weather to progress, hoping to get out. Switch off the entities to enjoy eerie serenity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Greenhouse.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    95% User Score Based on 3,407 reviews

    Explore, admire and listen in this pensive artistic experience in PS VR2. Buy Pools at PlayStation Store. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to POOLS.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    73% User Score Based on 529 reviews

    Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Rec..

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  33. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    49% User Score Based on 173 reviews

    Backrooms Media is a 1-4 player co-op horror that plunges you into unsettling, hyper-realistic liminal spaces. Navigate eerie environments filled with lurking horrors. Group up with your friends to face the terror of the endless backrooms together and... try to escape. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Media.

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  34. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 6,321 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 4 reviews

    You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Take a good look around and find a way to escape. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Exit 8.

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  35. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics
    76% User Score Based on 58 reviews

    Nextbots are mysterious and very dangerous entities that inhabit endless mazes of backrooms. Once you were unlucky enough to fall from your reality into their otherworldly world. Such accidents sometimes happen and now it has happened to you. From now on you have only one job - to survive and find your way out! Remember, each level of Backrooms is dangerous in its own way and you will constantly h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nextbots In The Backrooms.

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  37. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, stability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    59% User Score Based on 37 reviews

    Based on the creepypasta. Enter the Backrooms: a realistic walking simulator through millions of monotonous empty hallways. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms Simulator.

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  38. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 13,375 reviews

    A visually lifelike 1-6 player co-op survival horror made in Unreal Engine 5. Explore procedurally generated levels that host liminal environments, puzzles, and entities with new levels and content added regularly. You are at the mercy of what's lurking and must do whatever it takes to escape. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: Escape Together.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    90% User Score Based on 372 reviews

    WHAT IS A LIMINAL SPACE?: Liminal spaces are those strange, evocative, and occasionally unsettling locations that appear to be the entrance to another realm. When someone enters a space that is outside of typical space and time, they are said to be in a condition of liminality. These people straddle the boundaries set by law, custom, and convention for the typical roles, behaviors, and positions. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DREAM LOGIC.

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  40. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    93% User Score Based on 5,692 reviews

    Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Complex: Found Footage.

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  41. Experience liminal horror like never before. Inspired by the Backrooms, FailRooms traps you in an endless world of absurd architecture, broken spaces, and things that should never have been built. Laugh while you can. Can you escape a place that was never designed to make sense? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FailRooms.

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  42. 电梯 Elevator is a first-person psychology horror puzzle game. You woke up in an malfunctioned elevator and found yourself trapped in the floors of a different era. Find your way to escape. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 电梯 Elevator.

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  43. Based on a true story. Navigate through ever-changing pools where the path can never be memorized. Solve puzzles with physics-based interactions and survive the entity on your trail. Experience the grim consequences of phone addiction. Can you solve the mystery of that fateful day? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to POOLSIDE VIGIL.

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  44. The Transitions is a psychological horror game set in the eerie Backrooms universe. Explore unsettling liminal spaces, solve mind-bending puzzles, and evade the horrors lurking within. As you delve deeper, reality begins to blur—will you escape, or lose yourself forever? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Transitions.

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  45. A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tape 101: Liminal Descent.

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  46. The Ward is a first-person narrative horror game where nothing is as it seems. Explore a world that looks familiar at first glance but reveals grotesque truths the deeper you wander. Investigate shifting alleys, abandoned corridors, and surreal spaces that twist between the mundane and the nightmarish. Along the way, you’ll encounter unsettling characters—some who offer guidance, others who conce… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Ward : Hollow Deeds.

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  47. My Liminal Nightmare is a short first-person horror experience where you wander through a surreal labyrinth shrouded in the dark, in the search of ancient masks while being hunted down by an evil presence; Explore, survive, and face a creature that plays with your fear when the lights are out. Will you escape the labyrinth of your own nightmare? "There once was a saying in the great myths o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Liminal Nightmare.

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  48. A routine spacewalk procedure traps you in an endless loop. Observe the spaceship carefully, detect anomalies, and choose the right path to reach the airlock and escape. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Apollogies.

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  49. Welcome to the Backrooms, where reality ends, and terror begins. In this survival-horror experience, you’re trapped in the unsettling liminal spaces of the Backrooms, armed with only your bodycam and your wits. Explore a procedurally shifting maze of endless halls, decaying rooms, and dark corridors, each more unsettling than the last. But beware, something is always watching. Survival Is Key:… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms.

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  50. 46%Game Brain Score
    46% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    Liminal Leap: A Descent into the Unfamiliar ____________________ Liminal Leap is a heart-pounding escape room challenge set in the unsettling world of the Backrooms. Reality warps, familiar spaces twist, and you're trapped in a labyrinthine facility – a distorted reflection of the everyday. Your mission: Escape. Uncover the secrets of this insidious place and find your way back to reality. F… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Leap.

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