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Spray paint on walls to mark your paths, breath slowly (because the enemy can hear you from your microphone) and decent into the backrooms.

You can play the full game right now on steam by clicking here.

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Story:
A first-person found footage psychological survival horror 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 or it will hear you. Mind your footsteps, if you step on glass it will hear you. If you knock over objects, it might hear you. Everything comes at a consequences.

This game have a microphone input system which can hear you in the game. Players have the option to disable it from the settings menu.

Search for supplies, tools and items to help in your escape. Such tools as a spray gun which can help you to mark your path so you don't get lost in The Backrooms. Things you may see in the shadows, are sometimes not shadows. Something or someone may be lurking in there with you. Use your stamina only when needed, and tread carefully. Hiding in crawl spaces, under tables or inside lockers if you see something unusual can be a good idea.

Controls:
- WASD to move
- Mouse to look around
- Tab to open Inventory
- F to spray-paint on walls
- E to interact and pickup

Please note:
The Backrooms: 1998 is a survival horror game being worked on by one developer, the premise of the game is an "escape room" type of game - where you have to collect clues, find supplies to help you in The Backrooms and try to escape them. It is currently in Early Access and I will try my best to update the game frequently to give you the best enjoyable experience. Please do submit your feedbacks and suggestions as it really helps out with the development!

Please also note this is only a demo version of the game, a small taste. The full game can be downloaded either on itch.io or on steam. Thank you and enjoy!


StatusReleased
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(1,363 total ratings)
AuthorSteelkrill Studio
GenreAdventure
Made withUnity
TagsFirst-Person, Horror, Indie, Monsters, Psychological Horror, scary, Short, Spooky, Unity
Average sessionAbout an hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Xbox controller
AccessibilitySubtitles, Textless
LinksSteam

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never gonna play this game ever again D: pooped my pants while playing


I enjoyed this game a lot, here's my gameplay!

I honestly tried to play this demo, but I can't do it. Every time I press TAB, something happens to the game and it no longer responds to any of the buttons. I can only look around and go to the menu...

I got this as part of an offer made on keymailer but I can't play it because it wants me to connect a controller after I'd launched it with a controller connected.

I tried relaunching without a controller hooked up but it still wants me to play with a controller,  anything else I can do?  location for the game settings files so I can delete them and get KB/M support back?

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Great game

ive seen Gura's live stream of this its pretty scary ion know if I wanna play it 

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Hey friends! Hope you enjoy the video as much as I enjoyed the game!

really enjoyed this game, had me on the edge of my seat throughout the whole playthrough, very scary game and love the quality used for it. 


Thanks for making this awesome game!

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Great scares! Great atmosphere! 

Really delivers that unsettling vibe. If I wasn't so poor, I would've bought the Steam version! You should definitely play this game!

But I'm a bit disappointed that this demo has no use of the microphone mechanic...

I felt a fear all the times while playing this game. It  was so scary atmosphere and the concept was very interesting!! Thanks a lot!

this game was great with its horrific atmosphere great job and one part of the demo really got me reached a new octave

I didn't record the demo. But I recorded full official released - The portuguese title says in Part 1(P1): The Best Backrooms. Really? The last part I'll release tonight, then I bring here. The major enemy is not the "Parasite Entity" that controls Timmy, for me at least, and (but yes I mean) the Orange Man (ghost) who lure Timmy for you and unveil your hidden spot. hahahaha Nice game, I wish more like that buddy! Congratulations, each cents paid in this game pays itself at playing through, tho :

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Hey I really enjoyed this! Definitely wanna check out the full release on Steam.

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good asf, hella high quaity! It actually felt like actualt footage, and the anticipation to horror was nice too, and i like the microphone feature as well, encouraging you to be quiet IRL.

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Nope still hunts me

Honestly scared the hell out of me!!

UN JUEGAZOO !!! con una historia que puede causarte pesadillass !!! 

Creepy game. I can't wait to see more of it. Keep it up!

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part2

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Someone disliking all my post! THNX 4 THINKING OF ME

Backroom are the best games ever
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Scariest game I have played up to now and it was only a demo wow

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I got too needing to find a key, is that as far as you can go? Also, if I purchase the game will I be able to pick up where I left off? Free version doesn't let you load and whenever I go to click new game it warns if I start I'll lose my progress

Very scary!

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I will play this, then scream into my microphone as loud as possible

Damn this was such a scary game! I'm 100% going to be buying the full game! 
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ohmygosh i didn't realize there was a mic off setting lol. honestly there aren't many games that scare me enough to not finish- actually i can only name one other game: visage. the scare factor within this game is absolutely bonkers and being able to mark walls is such a great concept. maybe one day i'll have enough strength within me to get through the full game :''''') 

Really cool game and I love it. Kudos to the developers 👍

This is nice horror game.

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Really very nice game. I like this game

beautiful game. Extraordinary platform, no crash. game with a super top graphic.

I really like this game. 

This is such a good game i play everyday with friends W game fr

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This game is perfect for me...

Love u for introduce this game 👍👍👍

Is there or will there be multiplayer

Dude it scared me a lot! I thought i would not scare for indie game but you got me.

I really like it

The Backrooms MONSTER can hear my MICROPHONE! | The Backrooms 1998 | Indie Horror Game - YouTube

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Played it yesterday. very cool game. the camera idea makes me think about the Spanish movie [REC]

pls check out our game Another Island by PurplePanzer (itch.io)

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