Backrooms: Escape Together

The game is fun... the first time. Once you’ve played each level once (there are 11 levels, btw) in 1-2 runs you’ve seen them all. It just becomes "more of the same". I finished the game in literally 2 sessions with friends. HUGE PROBLEMS: 1. Death = Waiting Simulator Once you die, you’re literally put in a time-out. You have nothing to do and you must wait for your friends to complete the level. Every time someone died, they just started doing something else: playing another game, doing IRL stuff... To make it worse: if your friends don’t see you dying, they have no way to tell if they have to wait for you or not, except by completing the level. Peak game design. 2. Stamina Bar The stamina bar is only visible in the tab menu. There’s literally no reason for that. You can’t manage your stamina without tabbing, which is a really bad design choice. 3. SOFTLOCKS I managed to get softlocked in the pool rooms. I got separated from the team by a closing door — no spoilers — and my team had to complete the puzzle without me. Problem: once they completed it, I was cut out and we couldn’t finish the level except by kicking me out of the lobby. 4. ITEMS Most items are just a bunch of + and -. But they all end up feeling the same: "Does this thing refill my stamina?" Everything else is just useless stuff 99% of the time. 5. OPTIMIZATION Despite the (relatively) low pc req, the game transforms your PC in a Jet Engine if you don't lower the video settings The game could genuinely become something cool, but in its current state it’s an overpriced 3-hour game with 0 replayability. If you’re looking for something similar but with MUCH MORE depth and love, I’d suggest Kletka.