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 Backrooms: Extractions with 693 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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Backrooms: Extractions
2025 · Action
693 reviews · 73% positive
MultiplayerHorrorOnline Co-Op
Same: shares Multiplayer and Horror. Different: leans more into pve.
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PANICORE
2024 · Action
12,658 reviews · 79% positive
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayer
Same: shares Horror and Online Co-Op. Different: leans more into pve.
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The Other Side
2025 · Action
1,075 reviews · 94% positive
ActionAction-Adventure3D
Same: shares Action and Action-Adventure. Different: leans more into fps.
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The Anomaly Project
2024 · Action
614 reviews · 81% positive
AdventureOnline Co-OpCasual
Same: shares Adventure and Online Co-Op. Different: leans more into walking simulator.
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Phasmophobia
2020 · Action
676,875 reviews · 95% positive
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayer
Same: shares Horror and Online Co-Op. Different: leans more into supernatural.
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Lethal Company
2023 · Action
409,614 reviews · 97% positive
Online Co-OpHorrorFirst-Person
Same: shares Online Co-Op and Horror. Different: leans more into funny.
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The Blackout Club
2019 · Action
2,878 reviews · 77% positive
HorrorCo-opIndie
Same: shares Horror and Co-op. Different: leans more into simulation.
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Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
2021 · Action
64,363 reviews · 86% positive
HorrorSingleplayerSurvival Horror
Same: shares Horror and Singleplayer. Different: leans more into robots.
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We Happy Few
2018 · Action
13,699 reviews · 77% positive
AdventureActionFirst-Person
Same: shares Adventure and Action. Different: leans more into open world.
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Visage
2020 · Action
10,737 reviews · 84% positive
HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival Horror
Same: shares Horror and Psychological Horror. Different: leans more into dark.
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The Headliners
2025 · Action
10,113 reviews · 86% positive
Online Co-OpHorrorCo-op
Same: shares Online Co-Op and Horror. Different: leans more into funny.
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Ale & Tale Tavern
2024 · Action
9,779 reviews · 89% positive
AdventureOnline Co-OpFirst-Person
Same: shares Adventure and Online Co-Op. Different: leans more into simulation.
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 Backrooms: Extractions (693 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.