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Backrooms Media
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 82% of owners
Steam reviews 40% positive of 650
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (67%); after 3h it's 1 in 2 (64%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 94% of games we track.
- 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 663 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 285 reviews: 2.5h for positive, 1.4h 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 (81.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (15)
- END OF TAPE Die in the backrooms 100%
- Research Laboratory Find an exit in the Research Laboratory 91%
- Level0 Find an exit in Level0 68%
- Black Sludge Step into one of the toxic sludges at the Electrical Station 61%
- Deep in Level0 Find an exit when Deep in Level0 60%
- Parking Hub Find an exit in the Parking Hub 57%
- PipeDreams Find an exit in the Pipe Dreams 54%
- Electrical Station Find an exit in the Electrical Station 50%
- Everything comes to an End... Find an ending 34%
- Sewer Find an exit in the Sewer 31%
- Office Find an exit in the Office 31%
- Poolrooms Find an exit in the Poolrooms 29%
- Bunker Find an exit in Bunker 27%
- DeepestWoods Find the exit in the Deepest Woods 17%
- Kitty's House Find the exit from Kitty's House 8.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.