The Backrooms 1998
The Backrooms 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely…
The Backrooms 1998 is an adventure developed by Steelkrill Studio, released 20 February 2025 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What The Backrooms 1998 is
The Backrooms 1998 is an adventure game developed by Steelkrill Studio and released in 2025. It was published by Feardemic. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Backrooms 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
The Backrooms 1998 launched on 20 February 2025, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Split Fiction and Monster Hunter Wilds. 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: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Split Fiction, Monster Hunter Wilds.
Official trailer
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