Backrooms: Escape Together

Backrooms: Escape Together is a survival horror game for one to six players. From a first-person perspective you explore endless, eerie building hallways, search for items and exits, and try to evade dangerous creatures. The yellow rooms of Level 0 kick things off.

Developer Triiodide Studios combines the Backrooms idea with shifting room sequences, puzzles, spatial sound and shared escape. An elevator mishap leaves a research team stranded in this labyrinth.

Early Access since Oct 18, 2022 on PC. The standalone versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S released on Jun 18, 2026.

The PC version is still in Early Access on Steam. There are no native game versions for PS4 and Xbox One.

Backrooms: Escape Together is available for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. On PC, the game runs through Steam. PS5 and Xbox Series have their own store versions.

The Xbox Store confirms cross-platform co-op. On PlayStation, shared online games require PlayStation Plus; on Xbox, a suitable Game Pass plan is required for console multiplayer. No separate version has been announced for PS4 or Xbox One.

Every expedition begins with searching for clues, useful items and the next exit. The rooms change from attempt to attempt. The positions of objects and encounters with creatures can shift, so memorized routes don't reliably lead to the goal.

The individual levels combine exploration, environmental puzzles and avoiding danger. Depending on the situation, you decide whether to keep investigating, hide or look for an alternative route with your team.

New rooms and challenges are being added during Early Access development. Triiodide Studios is adding explorable areas with updates to the main game.

No separate expansion is needed to escape through the levels released so far. All three platform versions include the survival horror adventure.

The PC version requires at least Windows 10 (64-bit), a Core i5-4430, 4 GB RAM and 15 GB storage. Triiodide lists the minimum graphics as a GeForce GTX 960 with 2 GB or Radeon R7 370 with 2 GB, plus DirectX 11.

Recommended are Windows 11, a Core i5-6600K or Ryzen 5 1600, 16 GB RAM and a GeForce RTX 2070 or Radeon RX 6600 XT with DirectX 12.

Up to six players can escape the Backrooms together. Alternatively, the rooms can be explored alone. Private lobbies allow games with friends, public lobbies allow play with others.

The spatial voice chat takes distance and surroundings into account: voices get quieter when group members move apart or walls lie between them. Staying together is therefore important for coordinating the search for ways out.

Eleven procedurally built levels make up the game world. They differ in room architecture, puzzles, items and dangers. Hallways, rooms and transitions are assembled differently with each new attempt.

The game uses realistic visuals with recurring, seemingly abandoned everyday locations. The uncertain sequence of rooms is part of the horror: even familiar areas can feel different on the next run.

The creatures don't all react to the same stimuli. Some encounters call for caution and observation before you find a safe route. Their different search behavior forces you to watch the environment, not just your own running speed.

Enemies, their positions and possible escape routes change along with the procedural environments. This creates new risky situations, even in familiar areas.

Unreal Engine 5 brings the Backrooms to life with realistic lighting and detailed interiors. Alongside the almost everyday building areas, spatial audio means sounds and voices hint at dangers and fellow players.

The Xbox Series version lists 4K, ray tracing and a frame rate of more than 60 FPS as supported features. Whether individual effects are available at the same time depends on settings and the console.

On PC, the game supports German on-screen text, subtitles and voice audio. Steam lists 22 supported languages in total, including English, French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese.

The PlayStation Store lists eleven on-screen languages, including German. The Xbox Store lists ten supported languages, without fully naming them in the publicly readable overview.

The PC version offers full controller support and, according to Steam, does without quick-time events. In addition, there are adjustable audio levels, options for color distinguishability and camera comfort.

On PS5 you can adjust stick sensitivity and inversion, among other things. Motion sensing, touch controls, haptic vibration and adaptive triggers are not required for basic operation.

Triiodide Studios develops and publishes Backrooms: Escape Together itself. The story picks up the online-born Backrooms idea of seemingly endless, empty interior spaces.

The game does not tell a continuous film plot. The focus is on repeated exploration and the shared search for a way out of the labyrinth.

The Xbox Series version supports cross-platform online matches. The developer announced crossplay for the console launch on Jun 18, 2026. Shared matches require current versions, online access and the relevant console subscriptions.

The in-game voice chat works with the distance between characters, so it plays an important role in communication even in mixed groups.