Games like Within the Backrooms
Looking for games like Within the Backrooms? Here are top action recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with POOLS, The Complex: Found Footage or Interior Worlds.
1 95%Game Brain Scoreatmosphere, graphicsstory, gameplay95% User Score 3,407 reviewsOne could say POOLS is like an art gallery where you look around and listen to the sounds. There are very few things to solve, practically a few mazes. Sometimes the game can challenge your navigation skills. But mostly you're just... there. Note: There are no monsters chasing you or jumping suddenly towards you, but the game can feel oppressive. POOLS plays on fears of getting lost, the dark, …
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93%Game Brain Scoregraphics, atmospherestory, optimization93% User Score 5,692 reviewsExperience 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?
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96%Game Brain Scoreatmosphere, graphicsstory, grinding96% User Score 478 reviewsInterior Worlds is an ambient first-person exploration game where you take pictures of liminal spaces.
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90%Game Brain Scoregraphics, atmospheregrinding, monetization90% User Score 372 reviewsWHAT 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.T…
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92%Game Brain Scoregraphics, atmosphereoptimization, stability92% User Score 1,559 reviewsYou play as one of MagWave's researchers, going on an expedition into the Complex. When that expedition goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the infinite maze of hallways. Otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something in there with you?
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82%Game Brain Scoreatmosphere, graphicsstability, grinding82% User Score 718 reviewsA 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.
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82%Game Brain Scorestory, atmospheregrinding, stability86% User Score 1,588 reviewsCritic Score 74%4 reviewsA retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
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96%Game Brain Scoregraphics, musicreplayability, stability96% User Score 347 reviewsMeet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.
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83%Game Brain Scoregraphics, atmospheregrinding, optimization83% User Score 800 reviewsYou work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
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83%Game Brain Scoregraphics, atmosphereoptimization, story83% User Score 368 reviewsDescend into the Depths of the UnknownA man gasps for air as he surfaces from water—only to find himself trapped in a room of white tiles and endless pools. This is Level 37, the Poolrooms, a place where the familiar dissolves into the unknown. In this surreal journey, you will explore spaces that exist between worlds—hauntingly empty, disturbingly quiet, and yet strangely familiar. As you traver…
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