When does Backrooms: Escape Together get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 7h it's 1 in 15 (7%). Fully opens up by hour 7.

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Backrooms: Escape Together

Oct 18, 2022 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 82% of owners

Steam reviews 89% positive of 50,436

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 7h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
Fully opens up by hour 7.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
82% of owners got the first achievement.

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 51,095 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 7.2h for positive, 4.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (82.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (22)

story milestone ending side

The Beginning Find an escape in Level 0. 100%
Covenant of Thieves Find an escape in Level 1. 86%
Rust and Rend Find an escape in Level 2. 78%
Clerical Desolation Find an escape in Level 4. 77%
A Tranquil Sojourn Find an escape in Level 37. 67%
Abyssal Echoes Find an escape in Level 6. 67%
Footsteps in Limbo Find an escape in Level !. 66%
Circuit Breaker Find an escape in Level 3. 56%
Confetti and Carnage Find an Escape in Level FUN. 42%
Boundless Provender Find an escape in Level 232 18%
Antique Hospitium Find an escape in Level -1 18%
The Commencement Escape Level 0 in Purgatory difficulty. 8.4%
Level 1 (Purgatory) Escape Level 1 in Purgatory difficulty. 5.9%
Level 2 (Purgatory) Escape Level 2 in Purgatory difficulty. 3.0%
Level 4 (Purgatory) Escape Level 4 in Purgatory difficulty. 2.9%
Level 3 (Purgatory) Escape Level 3 in Purgatory difficulty. 2.7%
Level 37 (Purgatory) Escape Level 37 in Purgatory difficulty. 2.2%
Level 6 (Purgatory) Escape Level 6 in Purgatory difficulty. 2.1%
Level -1 (Purgatory) Escape Level -1 in Purgatory difficulty. 1.6%
Level ! (Purgatory) Escape Level ! in Purgatory difficulty. 1.6%
Level FUN (Purgatory) Escape Level FUN in Purgatory difficulty. 1.2%
Level 232 (Purgatory) Escape Level 232 in Purgatory difficulty 0.6%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.