Back rooms: The old Watcher (2025)

Developer: TanuTanuGameStudio
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
Rating: 2.5 of 5, 6 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 21 minutes
Where to get it: Steam

How it feels

You carefully navigate liminal, backroom-like spaces, scanning for subtle anomalies that dictate whether your chosen path leads forward or to a dead end.

surrealeerieexplorationobservation-basedunsettlingatmospherictensepuzzle-like

What players say

Players agree the default screen effect is painful, but some note you can turn it off by walking backward at the start, though the setting does not save. The game is a short anomaly-hunting experience, taking about 45 minutes, with bugs like repeated anomalies and inaccurate progress tracking.

Screenshots

Back rooms: The old Watcher screenshot 1

Back rooms: The old Watcher screenshot 2

Back rooms: The old Watcher screenshot 3

Back rooms: The old Watcher screenshot 4

Back rooms: The old Watcher screenshot 5

Back rooms: The old Watcher screenshot 6

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