# The Backrooms: Survival Game — user reviews > 51 indexed App Store user reviews of The Backrooms by ELIOT ORDONEZ, rated 3.20/5 from 255 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-backrooms-survival-game/id1606617540/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-backrooms-survival-game/id1606617540.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 80 · 4★ 47 · 3★ 37 · 2★ 30 · 1★ 61 ## What do users think of The Backrooms? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👻 Creepy and scary atmosphere - 🎨 Good art style with tall wired creature design - 💡 Creative Backrooms concept implementation - 🎮 Fun and engaging gameplay experience - 📱 Works well on mobile devices - ⏱️ Reasonable ad frequency (one ad per chapter) - 😱 Effective jump scares **Cons** - 🎮 Difficult and unintuitive control system - 🎯 Slow camera/turning mechanics - 📊 Limited number of levels - 🔄 Repetitive level design - 📺 Excessive ads on menu buttons - 🐢 Monster AI too slow and passive - ⚠️ Monster spawns near exit making levels predictable - 🎪 Cartoonish graphics lack realism - 🐛 Glitchy walls and collision issues - ⚙️ Settings changes don't apply properly - 🎯 Monster detection range too limited **Commonly reported bugs** - Cannot progress past Level 2 - iPad orientation issue (requires upside-down play) - Settings sensitivity adjustments don't work - Walls glitching through geometry - Screen goes black with character disappearing - Movement acceleration/deceleration problems - Joystick control unresponsive or difficult to use - Monster doesn't move unless player is nearby - Game loops back to Level 1 after completion **Most requested features** - More levels (at least 50 suggested) - Improved control sensitivity settings - Replace joystick camera with swipe/touch controls - Landscape mode option - Running/sprinting mechanic - More diverse monsters and entities - Better graphics and visual quality - Completion screen/end game notification - More varied environments beyond Backrooms - Immersive sound effects (wet carpet footsteps) - Strategy-based gameplay elements - Faster monster movement speed - Additional objectives beyond escaping rooms - Backrooms-accurate creature placement - Roblox-style controls ## Newest reviews (12 of 51) ### 4/5 — This is hard *2023-04-22* This is a good game and all, Except how are you supposed to beat Chapter 3 Level 0? Like it is almost impossible. He comes from the corner and you gotta stay back, except when you try to corner him you get caught, Like how are you supposed to beat that? I mean HOW? 😐 ### 3/5 — Not Aweful *2022-12-08, version 2.0* For me the ads didn’t get in the way. 1 ad after every chapter wasn’t bad. I liked it for the most part. Maybe a end screen to tell the player when they completed the game? Maybe more of a variety of monsters? I understand it’s the Backrooms but maybe less levels to add more environments?The controls were not good… but then again that’s what a lot of mobile games suffer from. For what it was it wasn’t bad. ### 4/5 — Pretty good game *2022-11-27, version 2.0* I like this game, but it would be better if you could turn faster, and if there was more levels. But it looks pretty good! ### 4/5 — Scary *2022-09-29, version 2.0* So, this game is vVERY creepy and I would not recommend playing it at night. Also, there’s this glitch, or maybe this is intended, that I have to flip my iPad upside-down to play. Otherwise though, this is a great game and I would recommend it for all you spooky folks out there. You’ll probably see me in some other reviews, because I am going on a horror spree in honor of Halloween. ### 4/5 — My opinion *2022-06-24, version 1.5* I love it but the exit is in the Same place But it is fun and iLove it because the monster tried to kill you and you have to escape even though it’s so easy and chapter 5 it gets a little hard though so I hope the people download it and I say it’s a really good game ### 3/5 — Meh it’s okay *2022-06-22, version 1.5* This game is alright but uh it’s kinda easy and I think it just repeats every round? well once I started it was easy and then when I got to chapter 5 I just now noticed I was kinda doing the same thing over and over again but I don’t really know if every level is the same, the controls were hard to use I thought I had two moving pads but one controls the screen it took me some time to move around and I got stuck a lot but after all I’d still play it but I wish I could see the monster to🥲 ### 4/5 — It’s ok *2022-06-16, version 1.5* When I first played the game I realized there was something I had to move for the camera,fun game but I think it’s better to just make the game so that people can move their cameras by themselves ### 4/5 — Great game but a couple issues *2022-06-02, version 1.5* Ok so one person mentioned there was ads in the beginning and there wasn’t so that’s good. Right off the bat I realize the joystick is super hard to control. Also the map is really small not infinite. Lastly there’s no water or almond water or food and stuff like that. ### 3/5 — Good game but there could be some fixes *2022-05-22, version 1.5* So i was playing and the control to look around was so weird and you should add running and the entitie runs like a human not a howler ### 4/5 — A really good game! *2022-05-21, version 1.5* It’s a great game, but I would suggest adding more levels, such as level 3 and 4. The game could also use a graphics boost to make it more visually appealing or to change the atmosphere of dark places ### 4/5 — Just a few more levels and control sensitivity 🌙 *2022-05-12, version 1.5* Great game and super scary, but a few more levels would be a nice feature. This game has potential too, but the controls are slow and unnecessary ### 4/5 — Pretty good game but needs more levels *2022-05-09, version 1.5* This was one of the mobile games of TheBackrooms that was actually pretty good it has some ads but not that much ads in my opinion it’s a it’s a really good game the monster needs to go a little faster and I think it should add more levels ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — This game is stupid *2023-03-10, version 2.0* Because you have to use one of the things to walk which is fine but there’s another thing to look around which is stupid and hard to move so whoever made this game fix it where you just slide your finger a crossed to look around ### 1/5 — Worst Backrooms game ever *2022-11-26, version 2.0* Okay, this was very fun and interesting at first. I do like the art style of the tall wired dude. I love Backrooms and have studied it a lot, and it kind of repeats itself especially on level one. Speaking of levels IT WILL NOT LET ME ON LEVEL TWO. 🤬 it was so fun at first getting into the scary levels and then it just got boring and kind of kills your enjoyment. Plz fix dis. ### 1/5 — How do you even consider this a game *2022-05-29, version 1.5* First of all when I first started there’s like five ads so I was sitting there for like a whole two minutes when it finally put me in the home screen and press the play button and it What is impossible treasonous I can move but I cannot turn my head my head was in the same spot but then I figured it out that you can move your head but why is it so slow and so hard when you fix it in settings it’s the same thing it does not change anything in every button I press if I go onto the settings and exit out there’s like a ad it’s either pause for two seconds and turned me around and it’s so stupid ### 1/5 — Why bro- *2022-05-07, version 1.5* Well, this game was fun at first (ig) but then while i was on level 0 there was the monster, I have looked at what monsters or creatures are at each level, and it said there is no harm less monster and or creatures that are on level 0, if you wanna make the game more realistic and or how the backrooms work that would make it more fun. Also the quality of this game was pretty bad ngl, and y’all have to fix how you move, like there is no joystick to move you camera you just move it with you finger and or keyboard if you are playing on computer if you can, if I were to rate this 1 out of 10 i would rate it 3.🥹 ### 2/5 — Bruh *2022-08-10, version 1.9* Not very good. I looked everywhere for the monster I wanted to see him waddle so bad I couldn’t find him 😭 but on a real note the movement mechanics are bad and the levels are super easy. Also too many ads ### 2/5 — Boring. *2022-07-14, version 1.5* I saw this game and thought, hmm, looks creepy and interesting, so I downloaded it. I look at the top of my screen, which says ‘OBJEcTION: ESCAPE BACKROOMS’ which is an obvious objection. So I run around the maze, mostly looking for the SCP, but I found the exit fairly quickly. Level 2: I got killed by uhh siren head? I don’t know what the heck the SCP is- anyway, it’s really easy, and it takes forever for the SCP to find you. Also, all you really have is a joystick and a move screen button, which doesn’t even work. Terrible, boring game. I hate it. 🤬. ### 2/5 — Alright *2022-05-16, version 1.5* I love the ambience and feel of the game, but the gameplay is boring. The creature is easy to avoid, especially since it only detects you if you are about 5 steps away from it. The maze could have been more complex and a third level would be cool, but it’s a free game after all. ### 2/5 — A good start *2022-05-14, version 1.5* I like this game. Its a nice mobile backrooms game. There are a few things that do need an upgrade though. For starters, the movement system needs a redo. The turning is way to slow and setting do not work. Also, the monster will not move unless you get near it. Lastly, it just needs more levels! I think this has potential, and I would like to see it grow. ### 2/5 — I love this game *2022-05-02, version 1.5* I love the game but I would love to see more of the monsters in the game so it’s more challenging I only saw one he was a big black stick man, I loved the game great jump scare when the stick man come behind you or in front of you while he chases you, one thing that I did not like was the walls glitching, over all I loved this game and is one of my favorite horrer games ### 2/5 — Not good 😔✋ *2022-04-28, version 1.5* This game was boring, you can barley move your screen and when you do it’s extremely slow, and if you walk they don’t come at you which their supposed to, the jumpscare was super stupid also. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Just like the back rooms *2023-01-16, version 2.0* It has the monster I’m eight years old and I think it’s great and the levels are easy so make it harder OK and make it even bigger the levels so how do you can challenge everyone I think the game is great make it a better and the quality better so I think it’s great just improve it a little bit ### 5/5 — Needs work but fun! *2022-08-31, version 1.9* All of the reviews on this game seem to have ignored the part of the game where it says it is a “work in progress.” Yes more levels need to be added, maybe a little bit more objectives than just leave rooms, but other than that I think it’s a great concept for a game and it has a lot of potential. ### 5/5 — Backrooms *2022-07-14, version 1.5* This game is very creative! I had a lot of fun exploring the gam!!! I passed all the levels and made it to the exit! Woohoo for me! Golden star!!! ### 5/5 — The monster keeps sneaking up on me *2022-06-24, version 1.5* The monster keeps sticking on me when I’m at a level three and I’m trying to get out away from him but he can’t ### 5/5 — It is a great game *2022-06-09, version 1.5* I’m on Chapter 3 and I am still on level 0 when do you get to level 1. ### 5/5 — No *2022-06-04, version 1.5* Crap controls deleted app within 30 seconds😐 ### 5/5 — Needs updates *2022-05-09, version 1.5* Ok this game needs and new update pls add level 2 thank you ### 5/5 — Great Game *2022-05-06, version 1.5* The game is fun, but you know it is kinda boring because the entities always stand in front of the door so, if you see an entity the door is right there. Also there is a lack of levels, and the controls are ok, but they need to kinda be like Roblox controls. But the game is good and I cannot wait till the next update! ### 5/5 — Gg *2022-04-26, version 1.5* So this is a scary game and really fun i like scary things but i would like it to be more realistic cause the monster usually only attacks when you move and it looks to cartoony so can you pls make it more realistic other than that i recommend getting this game also devs please reply ### 5/5 — Monster is to slow(but a cool game) *2022-04-22, version 1.5* Make the monster as fast as sonic --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*