Backrooms: The Descent
Backrooms: The Descent is an indie horror exploration/survival game that adapts the lore of the Backrooms Wiki/Fandom, featuring nostalgic and eerie liminal spaces where you navigate your way through for any sign of human life.
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7 itemsAbout the Game
Narrative
Set in 1985, you take on the role of a member of the M.E.G. (Major Explorer Group) a faction formed within the Backrooms to explore uncharted levels and make them safer for them and any other human wanderers.
During an expedition, you unknowingly stumble into one of the most dangerous levels known: Level !. There’s no time to think. You have but one objective from there:
Run for your life.
Overview
Backrooms: The Descent is an indie horror exploration/survival game that adapts the lore of the Backrooms Wiki/Fandom, featuring nostalgic and eerie liminal spaces where you navigate your way through for any sign of human life.
Features
Lore accurate levels with variation and difficulty
Resource management
Puzzle elements
Checkpoints/ saved progress
