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Night Drive Interactive · Published by Night Drive Interactive
Content notice: This is a psychological horror experience featuring unsettling environments, hostile entities, jumpscares, blood, gore, and disturbing imagery involving human remains. Recommended for mature audiences only.
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Backrooms: The Project is an immersive first-person found footage horror adventure game. Explore the different levels of this mysterious liminal dimension known as the Backrooms, finding and utilizing items to aid you in your escape. Be careful though...you are not alone.
Free
Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation · More free games
Delve into the unsettling depths of the Backrooms in Backrooms: The Project. As an adventurer seeking escape, collect items and uncover secrets across multiple levels, all while battling the unknown lurking around every corner.
About this game
If you're not careful and noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in the Backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, and the endless background noise of fluorescent lights.
Backrooms: The Project is an immersive first-person found footage horror adventure game. Explore the different levels of this mysterious liminal dimension known as the Backrooms. With the aid of items you find scattered about the world, you must find a way to escape. Be mindful of your surroundings, you are not the only one in this maze.
REALISTIC CAMERA MOVEMENT
Camera movement has been designed to capture that true handheld found footage video feel. Each bounce of the camera is synced exactly with the player's footsteps, but at the same time still maintains the player's ability to easily orient and control the character while moving.
BODY AWARENESS
To achieve a truly immersive experience, the player has a visible shadow-casting character model. Nearly all light sources in the game cast high quality soft shadows while still maintaining optimal performance, creating a much more realistic sense of awareness within the environment.
AUTHENTIC RETRO VIDEO
Utilizing techniques such as depth of field, exposure control, and various other post-processing effects, the game achieves an authentic found footage aesthetic by simulating an actual camcorder from the 1980s-1990s.
ALMOND WATER
Backrooms: The Project has almond water. Delicious, nourishing almond water.
Backrooms: The Project is an immersive first-person found footage horror adventure game. Explore the different levels of this mysterious liminal dimension known as the Backrooms. With the aid of items you find scattered about the world, you must find a way to escape. Be mindful of your surroundings, you are not the only one in this maze.
GAMEPLAY FEATURES
REALISTIC CAMERA MOVEMENT
Camera movement has been designed to capture that true handheld found footage video feel. Each bounce of the camera is synced exactly with the player's footsteps, but at the same time still maintains the player's ability to easily orient and control the character while moving.
BODY AWARENESS
To achieve a truly immersive experience, the player has a visible shadow-casting character model. Nearly all light sources in the game cast high quality soft shadows while still maintaining optimal performance, creating a much more realistic sense of awareness within the environment.
AUTHENTIC RETRO VIDEO
Utilizing techniques such as depth of field, exposure control, and various other post-processing effects, the game achieves an authentic found footage aesthetic by simulating an actual camcorder from the 1980s-1990s.
ALMOND WATER
Backrooms: The Project has almond water. Delicious, nourishing almond water.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS: OS 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor: Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 / AMD Radeon RX 560
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 6 GB available space
Recommended
Recommended:
- OS: OS 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor: Intel CPU Core i7 4790 4 GHz
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD GPU Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 6 GB available space
Supported Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Patch v1.1
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43627589/4335ae29b331de8461351ebe1c193333ae806fe0.png Patch v1.1 offers a lot of optimizations and performance fixes as well as additional content. - added checkpoint save system - added new camera effects: VHS, True VHS, Cinematic, Cinematic Horror, 1950's Horror, Super VGA - added settings for camera bob: Off, Low, Normal - added new secret areas - added new Easter eggs - added more shadow casting lights - added a full head of hair to the player model - added more collectible rubber ducks - added a new death/ending sequence - fixed spelling/grammar mistakes on notes - fixed depth problem on examinable notes - fixed functionality of the briefcase, and the items in the briefcase, in the pool room - fixed not being able to grab the chisel while jumping on crate/box - changed video that plays on one of the TVs - modified some item descriptions in the inventory - modified design of inventory menu - revamped inventory functionality - re-encoded videos - removed all instances of shader compilation stutter - optimized graphical performance resulting in an overall increase in frames per second - tweaked audio volume levels on some sound effects - optimized audio performance to removed stuttering - general performance optimizations - general graphical fixes - added Mr. Quackers Thanks to all of you who played my demo! Your feedback really helps!Read full article on Community Announcements (Night Drive Interactive)AnnouncementsOfficial
Demo Now Live!
Backrooms: The Project demo is now live on Steam! Download today! Backrooms: The Project is an immersive first-person found footage horror adventure game. Explore the different levels of this mysterious liminal dimension known as the Backrooms, finding and utilizing items to aid you in your escape. Be careful though...you are not alone.Read full article on Community Announcements (Night Drive Interactive)AnnouncementsOfficial
Backrooms: The Project Demo Release Date
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43627589/466a3cd58b2bbea26913c8ad813cb281f6a2309b.png I am excited to announce that the demo of Backrooms: The Project is releasing on Steam next week! On Friday, February 16, 2024 (02-16-2024), players will be able to download and play the demo of the game. The demo will have multiple endings to discover, giving players more opportunities and replayability. Don't forget to Wishlist and Follow for future updates! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2294230 Once the demo is released, I will post a feedback thread in the game's Discussions for players to give their opinion. It will be great to hear from everybody!Read full article on Community Announcements (Night Drive Interactive)
