Shifting To The Backrooms overview

Overview

Shifting To The Backrooms comes from Oopsome Games and is published by Oopsome Games. It arrived on Steam on Mar 13, 2026, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Shifting To The Backrooms's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 12:31:08 UTC, with a tracked peak near 13. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 87% positive across 75 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Shifting To The Backrooms is available in 4 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Shifting To The Backrooms has sold up to 1,507 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $9,480. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Shifting To The Backrooms overview details

Shifting To The Backrooms combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

STTB is a light horror game with a minimal amount of jump scares, focusing on story, the atmosphere of liminal spaces and puzzles. Unlike most Backrooms co-op adventures, our game focuses on a single-player story campaign . We understand that multiplayer is fun. but we aim to deliver something fresh : A deep plot with actual characters. No clichéd "yellow corridors" — we’ve reimagined Backrooms. Explore various atmospheric liminal spaces: from comfortable to eerie and find your way out of the nightmare. Game Description "Shifting To The Backrooms" is a mix of psychological horror and drama game where the protagonist, Will, grappling with family tragedies, discovers the method of "shifting" enabling him to enter dream liminal worlds and escape from his grim reality. However, the dream turns into a nightmare from which Will cannot wake up. The game will feature : More than 15 liminal spaces Unique and abstract levels never seen before in Backrooms games Complex puzzles, Non-Euclidean spaces An intriguing story about shifting and parallel universes Gameplay A walking simulator with exploration of liminal spaces and puzzle-solving: Travel through non-Euclidean spaces Solve abstract and engaging puzzles Find your way out — avoid and hide from entity monsters Story The core of the game is Will’s personal journey , not the "spaces." Liminality and Backrooms are just the stage. Will, a 15-year-old, battles family turmoil tied to his father, mother, sister, and mother's new friend (all revealed in-game). He seeks peace by "shifting" to safe levels, but dreams morph i…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Shifting To The Backrooms is listed as a game with $8.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 12:31:08 UTC, a tracked peak of 13, and 87% positive reviews.

Content descriptors

The game will contain obscene language: swearing and cursing, as well as elements of psychological horror: screamers, scary monsters, tension. Suggestion or insinuation of minors engaged in nonconsensual situations of sexual activity and regardless of the age of any other characters involved in the situation.

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