Paranormal vs Backrooms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paranormal
Experience intense survival horror in a haunted office. Solve puzzles with friends in first-person mode to escape a terrifying entity. Play solo or with up to four players online.
- Multiplayer horror gameplay
- Single player offline mode
- Online co-op with up to 4 survivors
- Solve complex riddles
- First-person perspective
- In-game chat with friends
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Play scary survival horror game and experience the phobia of escaping from the ghost. Paranormal Multiplayer Horror is an exciting game with complex riddles in a office haunted by the ghost. It will let you experience the thrill of horror films and you can play it in first person mode!. You and your friends are in the office working at night shift. Suddenly lights go out and a terrifying entity haunts the building. You must solve the puzzles wit your friends and escape from the ghost in this crazy survival action game. Game Features: - Play either Single Player offline or Multiplayer game mode - Online game mode with up to 4 survivors. - Play with friends. - Chat with your friends. Enjoy this classic horror environment. Connect with random friends or invite your friends and share exciting adventures. Install now!.
Backrooms
Navigate an endless maze of empty rooms in this survival horror game inspired by a popular creepypasta. Avoid terrifying entities, use items to your advantage, and stealthily find your way back home from this nightmarish dimension.
- Endless maze exploration
- Scary levels with difficulties
- Creepy monsters and entities
- Survival horror gameplay
- Stealth mechanics
- Items to aid escape
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NEW: FORTUNE WHEEL Spin every day for prizes: characters, batteries, almond milk and the new royal jelly. 19 NEW CHARACTERS Only obtainable from the wheel. NEW MECHANICS · Smilers flee from light — hold your flashlight on them. · Crouch and the PartyGoers won't see you. · Find the notes scattered around: they tell you how to survive. ALSO · New elevator puzzle. · You can now hear your teammates' footsteps. · Improved enemy AI and stability fixes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Paranormal at none against Backrooms's 2. Paranormal also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Backrooms's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (70% vs 43%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Backrooms sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Paranormal asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Paranormal against 4.3 for Backrooms. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 879 and 478 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of Paranormal's written reviews are positive against 70% of Backrooms's.
Paranormal ships an update every 5 months, Backrooms weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paranormal | Backrooms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (879 ratings) | 4.3 (478 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.2% of reviews | 70.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 879 — better | 478 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 304 MB | 348 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sibi Chakravarthy | IndieFist SRL |
Customer experience
Paranormal
Backrooms
User reviews
Paranormal
From 879 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Fun and engaging gameplay
- 👍 Multiplayer functionality
- 😂 Humorous user experiences
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
- 💸 Excessive advertisements
- 🕹️ Unresponsive controls
- 🕰️ Long loading times
Backrooms
From 478 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Very fun game
- 🚀 Nicely done, looks realistic
- 🚀 Great game, captures the feel of the Backrooms
Room to improve
- 🐛 Confusing, weird monster sounds
- 🐛 Multiplayer not working, no people to play with
- 🔋 Too many ads, ads every 15 seconds
- 🐛 Can't save progress, have to restart from beginning
- 🐛 Glitches, game freezes or crashes
Bugs and requests
Paranormal
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to join private games
- Crashes when switching between maps
- Stuck in loading screens
Requested features
4 requests- More map variety
- Improved character customization
- Better optimization for older devices
- Multiplayer voice chat
Backrooms
Reported bugs
4 issues- Can't get past the party level, game is rigged
- Can't use the flashlight, don't know where it is
- Can't enter codes correctly, door won't open
- Game restarts from the beginning when exiting
Requested features
5 requests- Add more levels, levels are too short
- Add a peaceful mode with no entities
- Improve audio and graphics
- Add more Backrooms monsters and entities
- Implement a save feature to continue progress
In-app purchases
Paranormal
No in-app purchases
Backrooms
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Unlock Mark$3.99
Questions
Is Paranormal free?
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Which has better reviews, Paranormal or Backrooms?
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