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Backrooms: Exploration

Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, which takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.

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May 2, 2025
1 year and 92 days ago
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Backrooms: Exploration is a single-player horror game, that takes place in 2020. Two friends have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, but they still have to bring food to the table. After a failed heist, one of them ends up in the Backrooms. Now your only mission is to survive.

In Backrooms: Exploration, you have to find your way out of the Backrooms. Everything is viewed through a Bodycam which is mounted on your head. Backrooms: Exploration is an atmospheric experience, that entertains everyone who enjoys the Backrooms. 

  • Explore the many levels of Backrooms in the most realistic way.

  • Experience this unique story about the Backrooms.

Some parts of this game are heavily inspired by Kane Pixels' work.