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Level 0, The Backrooms – 28 May 2026: Grab your camcorder and pack some almond water – the Backrooms await. Viral co-op horror sensation Escape the Backrooms is now available on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation®5 (PS5™), with cross-platform play available to all future wanderers, priced at an SRP of $12.99/£9.99/€12.99. It is also available on Xbox Game Pass Essential, Game Pass Premium, Game Pass Ultimate, and PC Game Pass.

No-clip beyond the bounds of reality and explore haunting liminal spaces, from iconic yellow hallways and echoing pool rooms to horrific hotels and bone-chilling birthday parties. Wander solo or with up to three friends in online co-op, hunting for exits to help you descend further into the Backrooms. Run and hide from the terrifying entities that stalk your every move and hear your every conversation. Maintain your sanity by quickly finding exits and drinking tasty almond water or succumb to smiling visions that will never let you leave.

The Backrooms are only seemingly endless… right? Find out for yourself by returning to the Backrooms to uncover secret levels and unlock new endings. Test yourself in Nightmare Mode, where a single death leads to a full restart. The horrors don’t end just because you’ve escaped…

The console releases of Escape the Backrooms feature full cross-platform play with each other and PC, as well as containing all the content released for the PC edition since it first launched in Early Access in 2022. This includes the Winter Wanderer and Chinese New Year cosmetic items to add some frivolity to your fear-fueled adventures, with more content to be added in the future.

About Escape the Backrooms

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.

Escape the Backrooms is available now on Xbox Series X|S and PS5 priced at an SRP of $12.99/£9.99/€12.99. It is also available on PC via Steam.

Escape the Backrooms is available with all tiers of Xbox Game Pass.

About Secret Mode
Secret Mode is an independent publisher and the winner of the MCV/Develop Indie Publisher of the Year 2025 award, Ukie Best UK Publisher 2024 award, and the Debug Indie Game Best Influencer Marketing 2025 award. In March 2025 Emona Capital LLP, a financial investor with deep expertise in the gaming industry, partnered with CEO Ed Blincoe and CPO James Schall in the successful buyout of Secret Mode. Published titles include triple-BAFTA-winner Still Wakes the Deep, A Little to the Left, Wobbledogs, Loddlenaut, and Escape the Backrooms.

For more information visit: wearesecretmode.com

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About Fancy Games

Fancy Games is the developer of Escape the Backrooms, which launched in Early Access in 2022 and quickly became one of the most popular Backrooms games of all time.

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