BACK*SPACE

Played it with 5x speed with cheat engine becaue I can't stand slow ass movement and the game became really enjoyable

Refund. No basic options like changing resolution. I have two screens - one is 21:9 and the other one 16:9 4k - game has no 21:9 support BUT after switching screens it runs still in broken 21:9 (reinstall doesnt help). Menu is broken I can't do anything

Loving this game so far! The vibes are immaculate and there is tons to explore. However, I do have one major complaint: the sound effects are kinda terrible. This is especially true with the water effects, as they're so low quality that it's genuinely immersion breaking. It's the only thing keeping this from being one of the best of the best liminal experiences.

It's a neat game with a lot of content and a focus on exploring and existing in these spaces, which is exactly what I want in a liminal space game. No entities, just an unsettling psychological mood. But I have a couple of major gripes with it. First, the level design makes most of these spaces feel like large, but self-contained, mazes as opposed to sprawling, endless spaces that the player is caught in, which somewhat diminishes the liminal feel. And you have to start learning your way around them in order to get out, even moreso to collect all tapes, which diminishes that even more. It's a hard balance to strike, but I think this game leans a bit too much into the haphazard style of too many choices in any given moment, making me simultaneously always struggle to remember where I am, and keep seeing the same few rooms over and over. There are almost too many points of reference. And the fact that this carries through every level I've visited so far makes them all feel somewhat samey, despite having quite a bit of variety in setting and architecture. The second, going along with this, is the nature of the goals in this game. Your goal is to find a tape in each level and get out. The tapes are in randomized locations. This turns every level into a needle in a haystack search where you end up learning the ins and outs of every part of a level, thereby diminishing the feeling of scale, and it gets rather tedious by the end. You can be wandering in one level for an hour and still not find its tape. But it's also hard to feel any sense of progress because it's hard to keep track of which paths you've checked and which you haven't. And along with both of these points, adding these goals creates extrinsic motivation that I felt kind of diminishes enjoyment of just wandering and taking in the atmosphere. If you're scouring for a tape, every random empty room you find that doesn't have it just feels like wasted time. Without that, it would be a lot easier to just enjoy the spaces for what they are. Also, by requiring finding cassettes rather than just the exit, when you reach the exit without a tape it feels disheartening. You either have a choice to leave and return later, or continue searching and hope you can get back there later without too much trouble. Apart from these issues, I think it's a really solid game and one of the best liminal space games out there so far, so I'd still definitely recommend it if you're into that.

This game is a pretty good liminal space explorer. I'd say it is most comparable to Dreamcore but does lack some of the soundness and flow in level design. I haven't completed the entire game but have really enjoyed what I have played so far. Considering it was made by a single guy and is such an expansive project for so cheap, I'd give this a 7/10. Recommended if you enjoy Dreamcore and you want something similar with a bit less polish.

This is the best backrooms walking simulator game out there. Amazing levels, interesting rooms, novel architecture, and large areas to explore. Really feels like you're getting lost in a surreal dreamy buildings. Good game design with optional objectives to give you something to work towards.

Very good liminal space game. It has big and nicely designed levels with good lighting. No monster chases, just exploration. I did not mind finding the tapes since the sound cues to find them made it easy. My only comment to the developer is that the game's sounds could be improved, the footstep sound is rather low-fidelity and there are not enough ambient sounds. Other than that, great work and I am enjoying it a lot.

Absolutamente sublime, una maravilla, y más teniendo en cuenta que está hecho por una sola persona. En el top 5 de mis juegos liminales / Backrooms favoritos. 10/10.

BACK*SPACE is one of the best liminal space games in terms of quality and content both. The only game that has better quality is POOLS but POOLS has much less content. With 16 unique levels, 8 pools, 8 not pools it has you playing much longer and seeing much more. I love the bright neon areas and how wonderfully unique the areas are and many of them are simply stunning and gorgeous. I really enjoyed that you had a home base within the backrooms that had different paths to enter the different levels instead of just a menu to pick from. looking for the VHS was a great addition to the exploring because it kept you looking in smaller places and i was never confused at the objective, just explore and keep an eye out for it. I love the way each VHS looked. Im not a fan of the invisible walls but after i got used to them it bothered me less. I find that the high number of levels really adds to the replayability and im enjoying additional runs to revisit all of my fav places. The only reason this isnt my favorite over POOLS is because I love sitting in chairs to soak in the environment. If this game adds the ability to sit in chairs then it would be hands down the best one to me.