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Backrooms: Escape Together

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Get through the Backrooms with up to five friends, one level at a time.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
Stores: Steam
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (89% of 50,476 reviews); 4.35 of 5 on the PlayStation Store (2,414 ratings)
Length: about 3 hours for the main levels (HowLongToBeat)
Players: 1 to 6 (online)
Made by: Triiodide Studios
Released: 2022

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What frightens You and up to five others wander the endless yellow halls of the Backrooms and the stranger levels below, with layouts that change every attempt. Entities stalk the halls, each hunting in its own way, and you have to learn what they react to while the hum of the lights and empty, lifelike spaces wear on you.
Content: uses your microphone (proximity voice chat), monsters, player deaths, violence (esrb teen), online interaction with other players.

Backrooms: Escape Together is a co-op horror game for one to six players set in the Backrooms, the internet legend of endless yellow office rooms. You work through procedurally generated levels with their own puzzles, items and entities, using proximity voice chat to stay together. Each entity hunts differently, and learning how to survive them is the game.

About Backrooms: Escape Together

Backrooms: Escape Together is a co-op horror game by Triiodide Studios, released into Early Access on Steam on 18 October 2022 and still in Early Access there. It came to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on 18 June 2026, with cross-play between platforms.

You play alone or with up to five others, in a private lobby with friends or through public matchmaking with strangers, dressed in yellow hazmat suits. The game starts in the yellow halls of Level 0, the room from the original Backrooms story, and every level after it has its own setting, mechanics and threats: tiled pool rooms, an abandoned shop, a party hall of bouncy castles and car parks among them. The Steam page describes eleven levels and the official site now counts twelve, with eight entities, and the studio says new levels keep coming during Early Access. Layouts, item spawns and entity encounters change on every attempt, so runs do not repeat.

Each level is a small puzzle to solve. You search for items, carry what you need in a small inventory, watch your sanity and stamina, and work out how to open the way down. Entities from Backrooms lore roam the levels, each with its own behaviour and way of hunting, and part of the game is learning what they react to and how to get past them.

It is built in Unreal Engine 5 and aims for a lifelike look. Voice chat uses spatial audio that changes with walls and distance, and you hear teammates only when they are near, so a scream from down the hall tells you something has found them. The store page leans into the funny side of watching friends die. It suits groups who liked Escape the Backrooms or Lethal Company and want a Backrooms game built around puzzles and level-by-level progress.

On Steam it costs 9,75€ in Europe, and the Early Access notes say the price will go up step by step as content is added. On PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S it is $19.99, and online play there needs PS Plus or Game Pass Essential or higher. HowLongToBeat puts the main levels at about three hours and everything at about six.

How to play Backrooms: Escape Together

Buy Backrooms: Escape Together on Steam for PC, or on PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S.
Host or join a lobby of up to six players, or play alone.
Explore each level, searching for items and the clues to its puzzles.
Learn how each entity hunts and stay out of its way while you work.
Find the exit to go deeper into the Backrooms, level by level.

Screenshots

Two hazmat-suited players face a tall black entity made of tendrils in the yellow halls of Level 0, by an EXIT sign over a dark doorway

Three hazmat-suited players walk through the empty yellow rooms of Level 0 under fluorescent ceiling lights

A party hall of bouncy castles and party tables on a bright foam floor, with a tall orange humanoid entity standing among them

Flooded white-tiled pool rooms with pillars and still teal water

A player in a hazmat suit by a party table with pizza on paper plates and a red balloon, on a checkered floor behind a white picket fence

An abandoned shop with empty shelves, Store Closing Sale signs and a red digital clock on the wall

The character menu with objectives to find VHS tapes, sanity and stamina bars, an inventory and a camcorder equipped

Tips

Stay within voice range of your team; proximity chat is how you warn each other.
When a new entity appears, watch how it moves and what draws it before taking risks.
Check what items a level offers before splitting up; layouts and spawns change every run.
Keep an eye on sanity and stamina in the character menu.
On console, solo play works without a subscription, but joining friends online needs PS Plus or Game Pass.

Questions

How many players can play Backrooms: Escape Together?

One to six, online. Steam lists single-player and online co-op.

Is Backrooms: Escape Together on PS5 and Xbox?

Yes. It came to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on 18 June 2026, with cross-play.

Is it the same game as Escape the Backrooms?

No. Escape the Backrooms is a different Backrooms co-op game by Fancy Games; Backrooms: Escape Together is by Triiodide Studios.

Is it finished?

No. On Steam it is still in Early Access, with levels added over time, and the studio says the price will rise gradually as more content arrives.

How long is Backrooms: Escape Together?

HowLongToBeat players put the main levels at about 3 hours, 5 hours with side content and about 6 hours to do everything. Layouts and entity encounters change each run, so groups often play again.

Do I need PS Plus or Game Pass to play online on console?

Yes. The PlayStation Store lists PS Plus as required for online play, and the Xbox store says online multiplayer on console needs a Game Pass Essential or higher tier. Playing alone needs neither.