Escape the Backrooms is an adventure developed by Blackbird Interactive, released 23 October 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Escape the Backrooms is
Escape the Backrooms is an adventure game developed by Blackbird Interactive and released in 2025. It was published by Secret Mode. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Escape the Backrooms is a cooperative horror video game developed by Fancy Games and Blackbird Interactive and published by Secret Mode. It was officially released on 23 October 2025, for Windows, after an early access version released on 11 August 2022. The game was released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series on 28 May 2026, and on 7 July 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2.
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. There are 34 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Escape the Backrooms holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 51 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 13 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Quad-core Intel or AMD 2.5 GHz or superior, 8 GB RAM and Any DirectX 11 or 12 compatible card. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: India is the cheapest region we track at ₹449.00 (about $4.71), while Germany pays €9.49 — 2.3 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 5 on Steam, which is about $4.99.
What it launched against
Escape the Backrooms launched on 23 October 2025, within three weeks of Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 and ARC Raiders. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 6, Ghost of Yotei, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Escape the Backrooms yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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