The Backrooms 1998 - Found Footage Survival Horror Game — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$140Kest

grossAtFullPrice $140K · promo blend

Net to developer

$90Kest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

14,061▼ 67.1%

24 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$5K4% of LTD

707 units · $7.19 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 557 reviews collected over 1.2 years; balanced multi-language audience; Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier D

D ●CBAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

91%

→ 2

Score history · 30d retention

2 (24d ago)2 (now)

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Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

84.9%cohort 71%

511 pos · 91 neg

Total reviews

602tracked

602 crawled

Velocity · all-time

0 / dayest

602 all-time

Steam-purchase rate

51.5%flat

48.5% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

20 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

55.3%33383%

TRTurkish

14.8%8990%

RURussian

6.3%3879%

ESSpanish

4.7%28100%

KOKorean

4.0%2479%

FRFrench

3.2%1974%

DEGerman

2.7%1688%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

2.5%1593%

ESLatin American Spanish

1.8%1191%

ZHSimplified Chinese

1.5%989%

ITItalian

0.8%5100%

JAJapanese

0.7%4100%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 268

87%positive

44.5% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 324

83%positive

53.8% of reviews

10-100h 10

100%positive

1.7% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 511Negative 91

1219161300

22·0622·1223·0623·1224·0624·1225·0625·1226·05

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

602 reviews

Free product

75/ 602

12.5% of total92% positive

Early access

503/ 602

83.6% of total87% positive

Key activation

217/ 602

36.0% of total91% positive

Steam Deck

2/ 602

0.3% of total100% positive

Steam purchase

310/ 602

51.5% of total85% positive

Recommended

511/ 602

84.9% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

91/ 602

15.1% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

602/ 602

100.0% of total85% positive