Return the Backrooms

Return the Backrooms

Skmaestro · November 11, 2022 · Exploration, FPS, Puzzle, PvE, First-Person

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lowest tracked $1.19
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Return the Backrooms price by region

Return the Backrooms costs £3.39 in the United Kingdom, $3.99 in the United States, €3.99 in Europe (EUR), $3.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$4.99 in Canada, A$5.95 in Australia, NZ$5.99 in New Zealand, R$13.79 in Brazil and zł17.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Return the Backrooms offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £3.39 £3.39 — 1
United Statesyour region $3.99 $3.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €3.99 €3.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $3.99 $3.99 — 1
Canada CA$4.99 CA$4.99 — 1
Australia A$5.95 A$5.95 — 1
New Zealand NZ$5.99 NZ$5.99 — 1
Brazil R$13.79 R$13.79 — 1
Poland zł17.99 zł17.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Return the Backrooms

✦ AI summary

Explore nightmarish Backrooms with up to 3 friends, solving puzzles and gathering items while evading terrifying entities in an intentionally confusing maze designed to disorient you. This creepypasta-inspired co-op horror demands teamwork, resource management, and strategy as you hunt for pieces of your soul to escape the endless corridors.

Return the Backrooms is a co-op horror game with support for up to 4 players, where you and your friends have to find a way out, very complex and confusing corridors that will drive you crazy, and even more so filled with various creatures.
this game contains elements of legendary creepypasta.

You will be forced to explore all the rooms and the maze itself to find the necessary items to unlock new locations and pass the game, some things like the first aid kit will help you in times of trouble, but you can't carry a lot of them.

Online Co-Op


Support for up to 4 players at the same time

Confusing game map


The game's map is designed in such a way that you wander around a lot to make it seem like you know where you're going, when in fact you don't, you're just wandering around in circles.

Entities


In the game, you can meet several types of entities and ordinary creatures.

Rooms


both simple rooms to wander and find items, and unique ones where you have to complete a mini-puzzle

Lockers


in them, you can hide from enemies, and in some of them you can find items

Difficulty


which affects most aspects of gameplay

Experience and level


for each successful or unsuccessful game, you will gain experience and increase your game level, starting with some levels you will unlock new levels of difficulty.

Chat


For communication and system messages.

Piece of soul


is a key item to get out of the backrooms, it attracts its owner and other entities

Chalk


For drawing on the ground for better orientation.
Own and other people's arrows are of different colors

Medkit


It will help in difficult cases when you or your teammate are injured.

Flashlight


Useful in the dark when there is no other light.

Return the Backrooms — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player, Online co-op
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

Return the Backrooms receives mixed reactions from players: some praise its atmospheric design and tension, finding it genuinely scary and well-crafted, though they note it works best as a multiplayer experience. However, many players criticize it heavily for its massive, confusing maps with minimal navigation aids, tedious walking mechanics, and overall poor execution, with several recommending avoiding it entirely or only considering it on a steep discount if interested in the concept.

Recommended Jul 16, 2024
best backrooms game ever made. achievements dont work, walking sim 3.0, fell asleep multiple times. 10/10
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Recommended Aug 24, 2026
Before you play this you need to know there is no map, no navigation systyem other than chalk, and the maps are absolutely exspansive to the point where you will get lost after about 1 minute. Is it good? YES its scary, its tense, and very well designed i reccomend it but only as a friends game. DO NOT PLAY ALONE!
Recommended Jun 24, 2026
its fun
Not recommended Jul 14, 2024
most mindnumbing and awful experience ive had thusfar
Not recommended Mar 22, 2024
bought just to request a refaund under less then twenty mins, dont waste your time
Not recommended Mar 22, 2024
first of all the game is garbage like literately pure garbage i wont recommend even to toddler

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