Underplayed Gems

The Backrooms: Lost Tape (2022)

The Backrooms: Lost Tape cover
Developer
Cortez Productions
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating
4.1 of 5, 1,393 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 4.3 hours
Where to get it
Steam
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How it feels

A tense, atmospheric walk through eerie liminal spaces, piecing together cryptic clues while evading lurking threats.

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What players say

Players are split: some praise the atmosphere and the strong depiction of liminal spaces, but a graphics update brought widespread performance problems and crashes, and many Chinese speakers complain about the lack of Chinese language support.

Screenshots

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