Chained in the Backrooms
Skip · Multiplayer · 2025 · Early Access
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 20, under the fair line, at $2.99.
- Length
- 1.3h
- Value
- $2.30/hr
- Reviews
- 69% of 1,100 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in 5 of its last 6 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Chained in the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op, mission-based horror game. Trapped in a blurry subconscious and chained together, toy bears must solve puzzles, complete challenging missions, and survive against creatures trying to destroy them.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 4 GB VRAM, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 7 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 20 percent, about 13 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
It is cheaper than 88 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 64 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Zort ($4.00, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats SCP: Escape Together (free, scores 13).
More about Chained in the Backrooms
Of the 590 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 35 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2025 to September 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 9 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 795 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 23 have a larger share. The typical game sits near 5 in 1,000, so the score docks it. 4 of the 35 refunded reviewers were past Valve's two-hour window when they wrote the review. Inside the two-hour refund window, 64 percent of the 602 reviews written there were positive, against 69 percent overall, and those are 64 percent of everything written about it.
What players say
**4/5** - Very fun game, but the lag really ruins the experience. I also wish there were more content, like additional maps or even another game in the series. Overall, I still enjoyed it.
1 more review
terrible physics, awful controls, bad optimization and ruins friendships. but it has no microtransactions and free updates, so 1000% better than a roblox game. would recommend if you trust your friends
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Chained in the Backrooms scores 20/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3060170/chained-in-the-backroomsReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.