The Backrooms 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game which tells the story of a young individual who accidentally falls into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try to unravel the story - however you are not alone. Every move you make brings with it the threat that, whatever else is down there with you, will discover you are lurking around their domain...

The rooms and corridors are never ending

You're thrust into the maze of the backrooms and your goal is to get out safely. But that's easier said than done. The rooms and corridors are never ending, and everything looks so similar. You see everything through a VHS style lens. As this is found footage, the idea is that you recorded everything as you experienced it.

The game is the work of a sole developer... and for that alone this game deserves to be seen. It's incredibly impressive considering its development. The horror element comes more from creepy, unsettling imagery... and the threat that "the creature" is lurking in the shadows... possibly watching your every move. It's also rather disorientating wandering around similar rooms in your bid to escape.

Fans of psychological horror should give this one some serious consideration. It might just scratch that itch.

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Nick Smithson