Games like Escape the Backrooms
Looking for games like Escape the Backrooms? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. Escape the Backrooms is a action game from 2025; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is PANICORE with 10,807 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.
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PANICORE
2024 · Action
10,807 reviews · 79% positive
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayer
Same: shares Horror and Online Co-Op. Different: leans more into pve.
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Phasmophobia
2020 · Action
685,954 reviews · 94% positive
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayer
Same: shares Horror and Online Co-Op. Different: leans more into supernatural.
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Lethal Company
2023 · Action
411,982 reviews · 97% positive
Online Co-OpHorrorFirst-Person
Same: shares Online Co-Op and Horror. Different: leans more into funny.
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Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
2021 · Action
65,698 reviews · 86% positive
HorrorSingleplayerSurvival Horror
Same: shares Horror and Singleplayer. Different: leans more into robots.
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Choo-Choo Charles
2022 · Action
16,528 reviews · 91% positive
Survival HorrorHorrorFirst-Person
Same: shares Survival Horror and Horror. Different: leans more into open world.
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Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer
2019 · Action
14,919 reviews · 85% positive
MultiplayerHorrorOnline Co-Op
Same: shares Multiplayer and Horror. Different: leans more into pvp.
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We Happy Few
2018 · Action
11,216 reviews · 77% positive
AdventureActionFirst-Person
Same: shares Adventure and Action. Different: leans more into open world.
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Visage
2020 · Action
8,819 reviews · 84% positive
HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival Horror
Same: shares Horror and Psychological Horror. Different: leans more into dark.
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Ale & Tale Tavern
2024 · Action
8,791 reviews · 89% positive
AdventureOnline Co-OpFirst-Person
Same: shares Adventure and Online Co-Op. Different: leans more into simulation.
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The Headliners
2025 · Action
8,598 reviews · 86% positive
Online Co-OpHorrorCo-op
Same: shares Online Co-Op and Horror. Different: leans more into funny.
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Slender: The Arrival
2013 · Action
7,944 reviews · 88% positive
HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-Person
Same: shares Horror and Survival Horror. Different: leans more into dark.
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Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
2014 · Action
6,375 reviews · 89% positive
HorrorIndieAdventure
Same: shares Horror and Indie. Different: leans more into atmospheric.
Frequently asked questions
- What games are like Escape the Backrooms?
- indielist matches 12 indie games to Escape the Backrooms by shared genre and Steam tags, led by PANICORE (10,807 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
- How are "games like Escape the Backrooms" chosen?
- By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with Escape the Backrooms, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.