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Podarge Visions, Wojciech Gola · Published by Podarge Publishing, Wojciech Gola
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A co-op Expedition Survival game set in an open-world Backrooms universe. Expand your base, prepare expeditions, uncover the story, gather resources, and make it home alive - one bad decision can cost you everything.
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Embark on solo or co-op expeditions to uncover secrets and survive in Expedition: Backrooms. Craft your base, gather resources, and navigate the unpredictable Backrooms universe—where each decision could be your last.
About this game
Expedition: Backrooms is a co-op survival game built around an original Expedition Survival formula, set in an open-world interpretation of the Backrooms. Prepare expeditions, uncover the story, expand your base, gather resources, and make it back alive - everything you carry beyond the safe zone can be lost forever.
The entire game world exists as one continuous space connected to your base - the only relatively safe place left. Every expedition begins with a decision: what equipment to bring, how far to push forward, how much risk to take, and whether you can make it back before your supplies run out. If you die, you lose everything you had on you. The only way to recover your gear is to return to the exact place where you died.
This is not a short escape from a single Backrooms level. It’s a long-term expedition into a world that must be explored, secured, and slowly understood - step by step, zone by zone.
Behind abandoned facilities, missing research teams, and corporations hiding the truth lies the story of people who tried to control something they could not even name.
The deeper you go, the harder it becomes to separate discovery from guilt, science from obsession, and the desire to understand the world from the moment the world begins to understand you.
Beyond the main base, you can build specialized outposts that allow you to reach deeper areas - but every new position brings not only advantages, but new risks as well.
The wrong loadout can kill you faster than anything lurking ahead: not enough batteries, too little water, a damaged suit, an overloaded backpack, or a team that starts panicking at the worst possible moment.
Combat is only one part of survival. Sometimes exhaustion, pressure, and the realization that you are too far from base to safely turn back become far more dangerous than the enemy itself.
Exploration is not just about combat and gathering resources. Certain passages, anomalies, and hidden zones require observation, experimentation, and connecting clues hidden throughout the world. Knowledge gained from previous expeditions can become just as important as weapons, light sources, or spare supplies.
Resources, data, and recovered samples fuel research, technology, and upgrades that allow you to survive in increasingly unstable zones.
In co-op, planning expeditions together, sharing resources, rescuing teammates, covering retreats, and recovering equipment after failed missions all become part of the story you create yourselves.
Even small moments - rolling dice together or simply sitting beneath flickering lights after a failed expedition - offer brief moments of normality in a world that constantly tries to take it away.
Every inch of space in your backpack and storage matters. Every item has a purpose, a cost, and the potential to decide whether you make it home alive.
Do you bring more ammunition or extra batteries?
A protective suit or more room for loot?
Medical supplies, building tools, or enough water for the return trip?
The entire game world exists as one continuous space connected to your base - the only relatively safe place left. Every expedition begins with a decision: what equipment to bring, how far to push forward, how much risk to take, and whether you can make it back before your supplies run out. If you die, you lose everything you had on you. The only way to recover your gear is to return to the exact place where you died.
This is not a short escape from a single Backrooms level. It’s a long-term expedition into a world that must be explored, secured, and slowly understood - step by step, zone by zone.
THE BACKROOMS WORLD
Explore a vast, open-world Backrooms environment - an interconnected network of abandoned complexes, endless office spaces, tunnels, contaminated zones, and anomalies. These are not isolated levels, but one continuous reality where every expedition may reveal new pathways, shortcuts, and places that defy known rules.STORY
You play as a member of an Expedition sent to investigate a space that, with every step forward, feels less like a random anomaly and more like the consequence of human arrogance, fear, and obsession.Behind abandoned facilities, missing research teams, and corporations hiding the truth lies the story of people who tried to control something they could not even name.
The deeper you go, the harder it becomes to separate discovery from guilt, science from obsession, and the desire to understand the world from the moment the world begins to understand you.
BASE & OUTPOSTS
Your base physically exists within the game world and serves as the heart of the entire expedition. This is where you store resources, develop technologies, prepare equipment, and plan future operations.Beyond the main base, you can build specialized outposts that allow you to reach deeper areas - but every new position brings not only advantages, but new risks as well.
SURVIVAL
The Backrooms do not forgive poor preparation.The wrong loadout can kill you faster than anything lurking ahead: not enough batteries, too little water, a damaged suit, an overloaded backpack, or a team that starts panicking at the worst possible moment.
Combat is only one part of survival. Sometimes exhaustion, pressure, and the realization that you are too far from base to safely turn back become far more dangerous than the enemy itself.
Exploration is not just about combat and gathering resources. Certain passages, anomalies, and hidden zones require observation, experimentation, and connecting clues hidden throughout the world. Knowledge gained from previous expeditions can become just as important as weapons, light sources, or spare supplies.
Resources, data, and recovered samples fuel research, technology, and upgrades that allow you to survive in increasingly unstable zones.
CO-OP THAT CREATES ITS OWN STORIES
Survive alone or with others.In co-op, planning expeditions together, sharing resources, rescuing teammates, covering retreats, and recovering equipment after failed missions all become part of the story you create yourselves.
Even small moments - rolling dice together or simply sitting beneath flickering lights after a failed expedition - offer brief moments of normality in a world that constantly tries to take it away.
EQUIPMENT
A hybrid inventory system based on the physical size of items turns preparation into a meaningful decision rather than a formality.Every inch of space in your backpack and storage matters. Every item has a purpose, a cost, and the potential to decide whether you make it home alive.
Do you bring more ammunition or extra batteries?
A protective suit or more room for loot?
Medical supplies, building tools, or enough water for the return trip?
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 / 11 - 64 bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 6300 HQ | AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 4GB | AMD RX 550 Mobile 4GB
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 18 GB available space
- Sound Card: Any
Recommended
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 / 11 - 64 bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 8500 | AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | AMD RX 480 8GB
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 24 GB available space
- Sound Card: Any
Supported Languages
English*, Polish*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Spanish - Latin America, Dutch, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Romanian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Hungarian, Hindi
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Expedition: Backrooms - A New Vision of Survival in the Backrooms
Over the past few months, we have been reading your thoughts on the previous version of the project very carefully. Your feedback has been crucial for us - it showed us what works, what needs to be rebuilt, and what should be created from scratch. That is why we do not see this as just a regular update. This is a deeply rebuilt version of the project, shaped by your feedback and by our own vision of what Backrooms should be. Expedition: Backrooms is not just another simple “entity runner.” It is not a game built only around jumpscares or running through yellow corridors. Expedition: Backrooms is our original vision of Expedition Survival - a combination of hardcore survival, open-world exploration, psychological horror, and narrative co-op, set within the endless world of the Backrooms. Players take on the role of members of a scientific expedition who, after a catastrophic portal experiment, become trapped inside the Backrooms - a place that is not a world, a dimension, or a game level. It is a distorted reality built from memories, errors, and things that have “gone missing” between worlds. The entire experience focuses on survival, organizing expeditions, and slowly uncovering the mystery of this place. So, you may be asking: what’s new?In the new version, you will find a vast, interconnected world filled with anomalies, contaminated zones, and locations that break the rules of reality. Key locations are essential for both technological and story progression, and some of them can be developed and defended against the entities inhabiting the Backrooms. The resource management system has been designed to work perfectly with hardcore survival - together, they create gameplay that does not forgive mistakes. Every bullet, every bite of food, and every minute of light has real value. Here, survival depends on how well you manage what you have, not on what you wish you had. The inventory system has been redesigned from the ground up. A hybrid grid inventory lets you man...Read full article on Community Announcements (Noctem)AnnouncementsOfficial
Expedition: Backrooms Press Kit is now available
We have prepared an official Press Kit for Expedition: Backrooms, containing key information about the game, its world, core mechanics, visual materials, and the direction in which we are developing the project.If you are a creator, journalist, or simply want to learn more about Expedition: Backrooms, you can find everything in one place here:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y3ajjNj03gR1CEXtp_kkkAilr4m7GKmqThank you for being part of the expeditionRead full article on Community Announcements (Noctem)AnnouncementsOfficial
Level Unknown: Backrooms Demo Released!
Hi everyone, We are excited to announce that the demo for Level Unknown: Backrooms is now available on Steam! This is early access. In this demo, you will get a taste of what to expect in the full game. You will explore for example the Level 0 lobby of the Backrooms, a mysterious and unsettling place where reality seems to have broken down. You will need to use your wits and courage to survive in this hostile environment. The demo includes: A large and detailed 2 levels to explore A variety of puzzles to solve A tense and atmospheric experience We hope you enjoy the demo! Please let us know what you think in the comments below. If you find any bugs, please report them on the game's Discord. https://discord.gg/3xESYcYTSQ?event=1182020868373762069 Steam Demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2700560/Level_Unknown_Backrooms/ Tags: #levelunknownbackrooms #backrooms #demo #indiegame #horror #puzzleRead full article on Community Announcements (Thompson)Patch NotesOfficial
#CHANGELOG v0.32.0 (DEMO)
#CHANGELOG v0.32.0 (DEMO) Game mechanics: - Added the ability to change keybinds Improvements: The appearance of the Lobby (Level 2) has been significantly improved - The size of the key on the tree has been increased - The game's intuitiveness has been improved - The vacuum cleaner is quieter - Footstep sounds are quieter - Animations in the inventory have been sped up - Improved dynamic lighting in the hospital Bugs: - The levitating battery was moved - Fixed backshroom collision - Radio sounds are now quieter - Fixed numerous fatal errors - Fixed sanity effects - Fixed first person camera animations - jumping - climbing - crouching - hit - Fixed double credits - Fixed numerous crashes Game balance: - Entity in construction deals more damageRead full article on Community Announcements (Thompson)AnnouncementsOfficial
Official Gameplay Level Unknown: Backrooms
Are you ready? We present the first gameplay from the game Level Unknown: Backrooms. It includes an introduction to the graphics and mechanics that will be featured in the game. Soon, additional gameplay elements will be showcased. We look forward to your feedback. Gameplay FootageRead full article on Community Announcements (Thompson)
