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Backrooms: The Incident

Backrooms: The Incident is a cooperative horror game for 14 players. On your own or with friends, you'll explore the game world, trying to figure out what's going on, where you are, how to get out of there…

12 August 2026

Backrooms: The Incident is an adventure, released 12 August 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Backrooms: The Incident is

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

The premise, in the publisher's words

Backrooms: The Incident is a cooperative horror game for 14 players. On your own or with friends, you'll explore the game world, trying to figure out what's going on, where you are, how to get out of there, and whether it's even possible.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Backrooms: The Incident launched on 12 August 2026, within three weeks of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Mortal Shell II, Beast of Reincarnation and Star Wars Zero Company.

Released around the same time: Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Mortal Shell II, Beast of Reincarnation, Star Wars Zero Company.

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When did Backrooms: The Incident come out?
Backrooms: The Incident was released on 12 August 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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