Backrooms: Realm of Shadows

Backrooms: Realm of Shadows

Cyprus Games · July 11, 2023 · Adventure, Action, Action-Adventure, Puzzle, Multiplayer

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About Backrooms: Realm of Shadows

Backrooms: Realm of Shadows is a horror game that takes place in a seemingly endless maze of interconnected rooms and hallways, known as the Backrooms. The game is based on the popular internet creepypasta about a mysterious place that exists between the walls and floors of buildings, a place where people can become trapped and lost for days, weeks, or even years.

In the game, you play as a person who has become trapped in the Backrooms, and your goal is to find a way out before the endless maze drives you insane. The Backrooms are a surreal and unsettling place, filled with strange noises, flickering lights, and mysterious creatures that seem to be watching you from the shadows.

As you explore the Backrooms, you'll need to find keys, solve puzzles, and avoid dangerous traps and obstacles. You'll also encounter other lost souls who are trying to escape, but not all of them can be trusted. The deeper you go, the more unsettling the Backrooms become, and the harder it is to tell what's real and what's just a figment of your imagination.

Backrooms: Realm of Shadows is designed to be a tense and atmospheric horror experience, with a focus on exploration, puzzle-solving, and survival. It's a game that will keep you on edge from start to finish, as you try to find your way out of this terrifying and otherworldly place.

UNIQUE LEVELS



In The Backrooms: Realm of Shadows, there are different levels or layers of the Backrooms, each with its own unique characteristics and challenges.

THE ENTITIES



In The Backrooms: Realm of Shadows, there are several entities that the player can encounter throughout the various levels of the Backrooms. These entities are typically hostile and dangerous, and encountering them can be deadly.
Encountering any of these entities can be a terrifying and deadly experience, and players must exercise caution and use stealth to avoid them.

Backrooms: Realm of Shadows — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Backrooms: Realm of Shadows is a horror puzzle game with multiple escape scenarios, entity encounters, and various modes that players find conceptually interesting, but it suffers from significant technical issues that undermine the experience. Common complaints include poor tutorial instruction, freezing when using certain keys, progress not saving between sessions, settings resetting without player input, and lack of proper menu navigation options. Players suggest waiting for patches before purchasing, as the current state has too many bugs to recommend even at a discount.

Not recommended Aug 12, 2026
The tutorial level doesn't teach you the controls, and the levels are small, easy to get caught.
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Recommended Sep 21, 2026
What an Awesome horror Puzzle game to play, there are many different levels you need to escape, solve puzzles and there are monsters (entities) you need to avoid, there are realm of shadows and eternal shadows modes. There are extras including showcase maps where you see all kind of monsters (entities) and Mission tapes you find tapes and don't get killed by Monsters (entities). There are Sub-Layer levels which are secret levels.The Graphics are decent but I need to keep them on low settings. There are a few problems that you had no option to quit to main menu when playing. Also when I hit Esc on keyboard, I can't go to back to game playing and have no option to change settings there. If I put them on low, I go leave and then back to game, the settings reset entirely to ultra I did nothing to it. When I play tapes mission it doesn't let m I have two suggestions, You should make a tutorial on how to play this game in a future update and add a new entity Hound which is a dog like creature spawns in level 3 Electrical station. At least it doesn't cost money to download. Rating 8 out of 10. Would recommend.
Recommended Sep 1, 2026
This is so funny. The entities are so cute. I don't know what's going on or what I'm supposed to do. Playing this one with the big smile
Not recommended Jul 29, 2026
Game would be fun if it didn't freeze every time I hit Esc or the M key and delete my progress whenever I quit the game. I've completed around 6 levels and got the achievements for them but when I loaded the game back up the only level available was Tutorial and Tutorial 2 in the bonus levels. All the levels I completed are greyed out again as if uncompleted. Tested it again by completing Tutorial 2 and Level 7 then quit and relaunched to find my progress gone once again and only the tutorial levels available.
Not recommended Jul 15, 2026
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Not recommended Jul 11, 2026
I tried to be positive about this game but the game itself doesn't let me

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