# Backrooms 97 - Retro Descent — user reviews

> 81 indexed App Store user reviews of Backrooms 97 by Benfont Limited, rated 4.50/5 from 3,115 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/backrooms-97-retro-descent/id6452627183/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/backrooms-97-retro-descent/id6452627183.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,382 · 4★ 295 · 3★ 152 · 2★ 97 · 1★ 189

## What do users think of Backrooms 97?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Great gameplay
- 👍 Fun and entertaining
- 👍 Interesting and ominous levels
- 👍 Enjoyable backrooms experience

**Cons**

- 🐛 Difficult to escape certain levels (e.g., poolrooms)
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs (e.g., black screen, level reset)
- 🤔 Game may be too scary for younger players

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crashes and freezes
- Inconsistent level progression
- Issues with in-app purchases and ads

**Most requested features**

- Add more levels and environments
- Implement multiplayer mode
- Improve realism and difficulty progression
- Allow level selection or difficulty options

## Newest reviews (14 of 81)

### 4/5 — I finally got out of the pool room

*2026-08-29, version 2.0.2*

And the game is actually very good

### 4/5 — Backrooms

*2026-08-24, version 2.0.2*

Dieses spiel, ist ein sehr tolles spiel, aber leider gibt es, viel werbung

### 4/5 — Good

*2026-08-22, version 2.0.2*

It’s good and I love it but please can you get rid of the ads

### 4/5 — Cool aber

*2026-05-29, version 2.0.2*

Ein cooles Game aber ich finde zu wenige Levels bitte mehr Leveln

### 3/5 — What do I even do !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*2026-05-23, version 2.0.2*

This brand needs to. Tell the freaking instructions

### 3/5 — What?

*2026-05-17, version 2.0.2*

Also ich weiß nicht ob ich komplett blind bin aber ich schaffe das erste Level nicht wo ist diese verdammte rote Tür

### 4/5 — Ich kann nicht ein Level mit Werbung überspringen

*2026-02-13, version 2.0.1*

Cool aber ich kann nicht ein Level mit Werbung überspringen

### 3/5 — Well uhhhh cool?

*2026-01-24, version 2.0.1*

I got past the first few levels, but the second part of level 0 (or whatever that was), where you need the keys, is driving to insane. It’s been 2 months and I can’t get past it! Otherwise pretty cool game <3

### 2/5 — Ich bin mir nicht sicher

*2026-01-09, version 2.0.0*

Ich bin mir nicht sicher, was ich von dem Spiel halten soll. Obwohl ich viel gut finde gibt es viele Dinge, die ich schlechter fand z.B.: sind die Rätsel zum Anfang hin so einfach, und die Map ist zu klein, wobei ich mir nicht sicher bin, was man von einem Handyspiel anderes erwarten soll .Außerdem sollte im roten Raum nicht durchgängig der Alarm piepen. Da dieser viel zu laut zum durchgängig Leuten ist. Außerdem wurde die Map einfach kopiert und rot eingefärbt. Außerdem könnte man an Animationen von den Monstern besser machen wenn man geschnapp wird
Vielleicht kann mir der Entwickler sagen, ob die FPS oder so anders gemacht ist als bei Standard spielen, denn irgendwie fühle ich mich beim Spielen jedes Mal nicht gut und krank

### 5/5 — Good game

*2026-01-08, version 2.0.0*

Yeah, I like the game. It’s really good I used to play it a lot a while ago, but the thing is I just started a new run, but for some reason when I get to the pool rooms, I checked every triangle and there was no key so I don’t know if it’s a glitch or if I’m not looking in the right places but still 10/10

### 5/5 — …

*2025-12-31, version 2.0.0*

Did you guys make it to be whenever you fail like get past an hour you restart? Cause I Whanna play your game again

### 5/5 — Keys

*2025-12-28, version 2.0.0*

The keys are invisible and people need to see the keys and more good graphics and a jump scare

### 5/5 — So scary I love it

*2025-12-12, version 2.0.0*

I love the game and it’s so scary but it is a little bit too scary but I love it at the same time

### 3/5 — Bruh

*2025-12-03, version 2.0.0*

I love but then I clicked skip level I'm on a black screen

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — This game said it’s designed for 9+ but then when I played it, I was like what

*2026-06-23, version 2.0.2*

Exactly what I said up there this game is 9+ but when I played it, I was like what this shouldn’t exist for 9+ this was way too scary for a 9+ category. I know since I’m an adult it wasn’t very scary at all but if a nine year-old play, this he would be sobbing and chills would’ve been all over him. This definitely should be changed.

### 1/5 — Some players

*2026-06-22, version 2.0.2*

Can you know a little bit of multiplayer?

### 1/5 — ads suck

*2026-06-20, version 2.0.2*

stop the ads

### 1/5 — Can’t see level zero

*2026-06-08, version 2.0.2*

It’s annoying I can’t see and I can’t play the game anymore because level is zero you

### 1/5 — Scam

*2026-06-07, version 2.0.2*

Why is this game have soooooo much ads and more ads

### 1/5 — Meh

*2026-03-05, version 2.0.1*

Meh

### 1/5 — ummmm

*2025-05-16, version 1.0.14*

questionable

### 1/5 — What

*2025-04-17, version 1.0.14*

THE GAME PUT ME BACK ON LVL 00

### 1/5 — The most horrific game

*2025-04-06, version 1.0.13*

How for 4 years old horibel i have deleted it all ready I hated this game I’m still crying 😭

### 1/5 — The poolroom is impossible

*2025-02-25, version 1.0.13*

The smiler has enough of IQ to make the poolroom impossible

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Good game

*2026-08-11, version 2.0.2*

Perfect game the levels never got boring and it was spooky the only bad thing was the controls were a little weird but this game was perfect.

### 5/5 — Bueno

*2026-06-12, version 2.0.2*

Es muy bueno

### 5/5 — Help!!!

*2026-05-06, version 2.0.2*

I complete city map and then I enter backrooms and I found the escape door but it says where is your key!? And I can’t find it can you give me a hint?

### 5/5 — So amazing

*2026-04-27, version 2.0.1*

So i love this game to do, i want to keep playing it forever 
The Backrooms back rooms

### 5/5 — Good game

*2026-04-26, version 2.0.1*

So when your in the yellow room you have to get into the red room it’s really hard because bacteria I there but it is a fun game

### 5/5 — Great but…

*2026-04-25, version 2.0.1*

I LOVE this game but please could you add more content I’ve beaten the game in 6m it’s way to short maybe add some levels where instead of just find the key and go through the door add levels that are just hard instead of a puzzle like level ! (Level run for your life) where you just have to keep moving perfectly straight or they will catch up

### 5/5 — 很好玩

*2026-04-25, version 2.0.1*

但是钥匙在哪啊！！！

### 5/5 — e

*2026-03-02*

I will steal the liver of the random six year old who thinks this game with half the textures missing is scary.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the detailed report. You weren’t missing anything — that was a bug in version 2.0.0 where the pool rooms key could fail to spawn.

This has been fixed in version 2.0.1 and later. Please update and you should be able to continue normally.

Appreciate you playing and the 10/10 rating.

### 5/5 — Hygg

*2026-02-11, version 2.0.1*

H can you scary and good?

### 5/5 — Awesome game but one thing

*2026-01-19, version 2.0.1*

This game is really fun I enjoy playing it if you are reading this then what are you doing get the game anyways super fun.         

For developer I recommend adding the ability to go back to a previous level pls anyways BYE (:

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