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Escape the Backrooms
Released Oct 23, 2025
Rating 70/100
Playtime ~4h
Escape the Backrooms is an indie first-person game released in October 2025 for PC and macOS, built around navigating surreal, liminal spaces. Since launch, the game has gained traction as a Game Pass title, though it's among a batch of Xbox releases currently affected by broken achievement systems. More positively, publisher Secret Mode has established a new internal studio in Sheffield specifically to develop support for the game alongside other titles in its catalogue, signaling confidence in the property's ongoing potential despite its early technical hiccups.
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via Gamesindustry
Secret Mode opens new Sheffield studio to support internal titles, starting with Escape the Backrooms and Chained Together
Indie publisher Secret Mode has set up a new internal development studio in Sheffield to support the label's line-up of games, starting with recent hit Escape the Backrooms and Chained Together, which Secret Mode acquired in June . At launch the venture is just three people stron…
via TrueAchievements
Xbox sales have 50 broken achievement lists, including Game Pass hit Escape the Backrooms
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