Genre HorrorReleased Oct 23, 2025

Escape the Backrooms

Developed by Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive · Published by Secret Mode
Estimated lifetime revenue
$16.10M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$11.58M
After Steam's 28% cut
Units sold
2.12M
≈ 13 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 168,162 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
168,162
Very Positive90% positive
Playing now
2,624
13-day peak 8,611 · low 2,312
New reviews, last 13 days
+1,095
≈ 84 a day since Oct 1

History

Oct 1 – Oct 14

168.2K167.8K167.4K167.0K
Oct 1Oct 7Oct 14

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Horror →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Horror games on Steam

Outearns 44% of them — below the group's median.

Median
$18.34M
110,408 reviews
Top 10% start at
$68.34M
This game
$16.10M
72nd pct. by reviews

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.

Developer
Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Publisher
Secret Mode
Genre
Horror
Released
Oct 23, 2025
Steam app ID
1943950
Data updated
Oct 14, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.