In-game event7 Apr 2026Update 7.5This update makes improvements to the entity AI as well as some quality-of-life improvements like passages to the other parts of the map being exposed in the start area. We've also refined the door mechanics to make it more responsive: This is the last update before we push a major overhaul of the entire game. I understand updates have been slow but with the next major update we'll able to shar…
Dear Employees, This is a small patch addressing bugs and quality of life improvements. I figured I'd also unlock the current state of The Hallways for testing. In this patch: · Intro to The Hallways. This is a tricky area that's easy to get mixed up in. · Quality to life improvements which gives you a way to quickly get to different areas on the map if you die. · Bug fix where inverting the co…
Major Update Dear Employees, We Apologize for the delay in communications. Please be aware: · The area you're tasked with may have drastically increased in size. · New rooms have been reported to us by numerous other employees and we are no longer accepting complaints. · Fortunately, these seems to have decreased entity aggression. Additionally, we've adjusted our algorithms to recognize intera…
I want to break character for a moment and address a harsh but fair criticism we received claiming this game is an asset flip. This is actually a very real problem on Steam and a lot of good developers can get pushed into obscurity by the volume of games getting released daily. This however is not an asset flip I'd like to take a moment to explain some of the work I've done, why it matters, and…
Major Update Dear Employees, We are pleased to announce your adherence to company policy have led to a decrease in creature caused incidents. Please continue to perform your duties with the utmost professionalism while we continue our work alleviating the current housing issues. Your future work will include mapping out a tunnel system we expect wil allow us to transfer goods all around the wor…
Major Update All Employees, We understand from our daily incident reports that the liminal spaces have become slightly more dangerous to our employees. As a company and a family we've decided to invest in our employee preparedness training. Going forward please enjoy these features: · A Heads-Up-Display or HUD that reads your biometric vitals. · An A.L.I.C.E. system outfitted on your biohazard…
Central Employees, We understand your frustration with the current power outages and we assure you we're taking every step to bring our people home. But... let's not forget the importance of the work we're doing here. Lastly, we want to remind you that the work you're do is propriety and not to be discussed with any government employees you encounter while working. Update 3 · We have worked tir…
All Central Employees, While we continue to make incredible progress in our efforts, we understand The Backrooms have gotten a little... unsettling... lately. Regardless, I want to remind all our employees to follow our procedures to the letter or face immediate termination … upon your recovery. As for our weekly update: · We are proud to announce we have increased our comms network to a massiv…
Welcome to The Backrooms! Thank you everyone for giving this game a chance. The latest update addresses a number on bugs and optimizations including: · Lighting complexity on intro environment - apparently some of the equipment was causing the breakers to overload. This normally isn’t a problem but since the door to the real world unexpectedly shut we need to make sure everyone on our end it wo…
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