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3RD BOOK · Published by DORE
Mostly Positive — 76% positive (148 reviews)
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
2027, a solar flare will wipe out all satellites in 16 days. A sole nerd flies drones into the stratosphere to backup the internet. Your activity is criminal & illegal. Become the most hated man in 2027, without breaking up with your girlfriend.
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Action, Indie, Early Access · 2021 · More £5 - £15 games
Fly drones into the stratosphere as BACK OF SPACE’s protagonist, racing against time to save the internet before a solar flare wipes out all satellites in 2027. Early access lets you shape this action-packed indie adventure alongside 3RD BOOK developers.
About this game
From the creator of OLDTV, comes a unique sequel.
Produced with love and an undying will.
Features:
Backup the internet with an incredible soundtrack.
Unlock hidden characters.
Gain weird skills & abilities.
Don't break up with your girlfriend.
Discover Secrets.
BACKOFSPACE is the spiritual sequel to OLDTV.
OLDTV introduced a new game idea, and now we're building a game that lights that idea on fire.
NAUSEA, VERTIGO, COLORBLINDNESS:
This game is not recommended for people who suffer from neurological issues such as sensitivity to developing nausea or if you have an underlying issue such as vertigo or colorblindess.
USE OF AI:
The game product uses AI generated art in it's background per region. You can read more about the terms of usage here:
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7 or Higher
- Processor: Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 960 or Higher
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 332 MB available space
Recommended
- OS *: Windows 7 or Higher
- Processor: Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 960 or Higher
- Storage: 332 MB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
THE SCREAMING MACHINE
We're back.UPDATE 0.6Added THE SCREAMING MACHINE region.Added 12 Lore bits in TerminalFixed bugs from previous patch.JOIN THE SERVER: https://discord.gg/7D3pPU9CksThis region is by far the greatest thing I've made for BACKOFSPACE, hope ya'll enjoy.Also happy birthday Bloodwing, and thank you for testing this region and making sure it runs smoothly.See ya'll on the next update, which will be full launch.Read full article on Community Announcements (River Halden)AnnouncementsOfficial
THE KARMAN VIRUS VER.2
UPDATE 0.5THE KARMAN VIRUSAdded THE KARMAN VIRUS VER.2Added additional animations/sfx in settingsFixed bugs from update 0.5 thanks to EA reportsUpdate Video: JOIN THE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/7D3pPU9CksRead full article on Community Announcements (Fromfame)AnnouncementsOfficial
BACK OF SPACE IS BACK
ESCAPISMAdded ESCAPISM VER.3 RegionNew Animations & New TrackAdded Additional LoreMinor Bug FixesNever thought I'd see this day again - but here we are again. Stronger than ever.JOIN THE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/7D3pPU9CksRead full article on Community Announcements (Fromfame)AnnouncementsOfficial
August 22 2025
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Releasing in Summer 2025
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41004214/0f6a6810dfaf835effb462fc98cd85bf87a685e5.png Skip to the bottom if you just want news. THE BIRTH OF BACKOFSPACE: Hey Folks, We've started this journey in July 2021, as a means of me trying to make quick money after leaving the games industry in 2018 bc I felt like social apps were objectifying, depressing, and did not provide real social opportunity. I have this hilarious 'hero' complex which puts me in funny situations. The birth of BACKOFSPACE came about in June 2021 during the development of dore.app (the solution to social apps). I was told by an excitable and talented ex-colleague in 2021, in the middle of DORE's development, to quickly release an OLDTV DLC get some funding to fund our social app. So I loaded up the old OLDTV project, and while I was being inventive, I found something. There was a level I made, all lower case, from 2017. Called 'back of space'. Which was supposed to be the second dlc after COLDTV. Suddenly I remembered technical ideas I had from 2017, and quickly realized I couldn't do this as a DLC to graphically impress people nowadays, so I hit new project, and BACKOFSPACE began with a whole new lore. You guys know me and I generally don't like doing Early Access, so this was an odd, odd, exception. What started off as an attempt at just making money quickly, progressively became a way for me to express my feelings about the state of the world. Throughout my whole career I was holding off making any techy games bc I felt like that theme would be too natural for me. I wanted to challenge myself, but my perfectionism disabled me for 7 years (since oldtv) and I was lacking income, so I went ahead and made my first real 'techy' game. And boy was this a marriage I should've explored long ago. It became easy to create outstanding animations and sequences in this theme. I began to project myself into this story and conceived of star and his lore. People outside the server don't know this, but many of the lines in the gam...Read full article on Community Announcements (Fromfame)
