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2025PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified89 % positive9.49 €

A co-op horror game where you wander eerily familiar, endless Backrooms levels together, solving puzzles and avoiding entities to find the exit. Each level offers its own escape route and dangers.

Dread and tension
Playing together in co-op
Co-op or multiplayer
Lots to discover

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The closest matches for Escape the Backrooms are Labyrinthine, Phasmophobia and Pacify. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Escape the Backrooms special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Labyrinthine 98% match – Dread and tension
To play together: Phasmophobia 96% match – with co-op

Best match

Labyrinthine

98 %Match

2023PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified84 % positive8.99 €

A first-person co-op horror game where you and your friends explore a dark, twisting maze, solve puzzles and evade lurking horrors. The focus is on shared tension and atmosphere.

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Phasmophobia

Dread and tension

You and your friends play ghost hunters, using EMF readers, spirit boxes and cameras to work out which kind of ghost haunts a location. Voice recognition and sudden hunts make for genuine panic and plenty of hilarious co-op moments.

Pacify

Dread and tension

A co-op horror game for up to four players: you search a creepy mansion together, gather items and must keep a frightening girl pacified as she roams the halls.

We Were Here

Puzzles and brain teasers

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Demonologist

Dread and tension

A co-op horror game for up to four players where you investigate haunted locations with ghost-hunting gear, work out what kind of demon you face, and then exorcise it. The mix of deduction and panic is the appeal.

Damned 2

Dread and tension

Four survivors team up to solve puzzles and escape, while a fifth player hunts them as an unbeatable monster. This asymmetrical 4v1 horror game thrives on teamwork and tension.

We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip

Puzzles and brain teasers

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This is a Ghost

Dread and tension

A co-op horror game where you play a ghost hunter investigating paranormal activity, solo or with friends. Tension comes from investigative work and the constant threat of supernatural entities.

We Were Here Too

Puzzles and brain teasers

A purely cooperative first-person puzzle adventure where two players are separated in a medieval castle and must solve riddles by describing what they see over a walkie-talkie. Communication and teamwork are the heart of it.

Zort

Dread and tension

Zort is a horror co-op game for up to four players, where you explore maps with friends and try to escape various creatures. In-game voice chat makes the tension feel immediate.

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