Welcome To The Backrooms (2022)

Developer: Brickmade Productions
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Free To Play
Rating: 2.4 of 5, 149 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 25 minutes
Where to get it: Steam

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

You navigate endless procedurally generated hallways, scavenging for resources and building shelters while tense silence is punctuated by unsettling sounds.

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What players say

Players describe it as abandoned by the developer, with janky controls and no inventory UI. The game is considered boring and half the time is spent waiting out the night cycle because it's too dark.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.