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Is Enter The Backrooms worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Psychological horror fans who want to manage sanity while exploring
- Maze-exploration players interested in finding secret areas and sub-levels
- Survival horror players who want to gather items and evade entities
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a heavily story-led experience
- Players who prioritize polished presentation
- Players looking for a game centered on crafting or base-building
Our take on Enter The Backrooms
Rather than centering its progression on a defined story, the game sends players through a large maze of levels, with discovery, sanity management, and encounters shaping the journey. Its exploration spans 34 Main Levels, 20 Secret Levels, and more than 100 Sub-Levels.
What is Enter The Backrooms?
Enter The Backrooms is a survival horror game set in an endless maze.
Its rooms affect sanity, which players restore by meditating; the psychological effects can bring unusual sights and sounds. Progress involves finding routes to new levels, avoiding entities, and collecting items and artifacts. The game includes 34 Main Levels, 20 Secret Levels, and over 100 Sub-Levels within the Main Levels, with settings ranging from tunnels to cities. Some entities are hostile, while others can assist. Journal pages offer hints, and achievements track completed levels, explored mechanics, and found secret areas. The game is described as feature-complete, with small quality-of-life updates possible.
How Enter The Backrooms plays
- 01Sanity management
- Meditation restores sanity as the maze causes psychological effects.
- 02Varied level layouts
- The 34 Main Levels include more than 100 Sub-Levels, while 20 additional Secret Levels can be found.
- 03Hostile and helpful entities
- More than a dozen entities may appear, with some offering assistance and most posing threats.
- 04Exploration rewards
- Small structures, scattered journal pages, and artifacts give players things to discover while traversing levels.
- 05Achievement tracking
- Achievements cover level completion, game mechanics, and secret-area discoveries.
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Enter The Backrooms: platforms & release
Is Enter The Backrooms worth it?
It is worth it if: psychological horror fans who want to manage sanity while exploring. Skip it if: players seeking a heavily story-led experience.
Where can I download Enter The Backrooms?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Enter The Backrooms's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Enter The Backrooms on?
Windows only.
