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Backrooms: Research

A multiplayer backrooms extraction game up to 4 players where you manage your own base and enter open, non-linear levels to complete objectives, explore unknown environments, and gather resources and items…

1 October 2026

Backrooms: Research is an adventure, released 1 October 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Backrooms: Research is

Backrooms: Research was released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A multiplayer backrooms extraction game up to 4 players where you manage your own base and enter open, non-linear levels to complete objectives, explore unknown environments, and gather resources and items needed to survive.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Backrooms: Research launched on 1 October 2026, within three weeks of Marvel's Wolverine, Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall and Star Wars: Galactic Racer.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Wolverine, Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, Star Wars: Galactic Racer.

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When did Backrooms: Research come out?
Backrooms: Research was released on 1 October 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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