Comparison

Backrooms vs Lethal Contract

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Endless maze exploration
  • Scary levels with difficulties
  • Creepy monsters and entities
  • Survival horror gameplay
  • Stealth mechanics
  • Items to aid escape
Features
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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.

About

Lethal Contract

A cooperative horror game where players scavenge abandoned locations for scrap to sell. Team up with friends or go solo, but be wary of lurking dangers and unpredictable enemies. Stealth and resource management are crucial for survival and fulfilling your contract.

Highlights
  • Co-op scavenging for up to 4 players
  • Dynamic AI enemies
  • Resource management
  • Atmospheric sound design
  • Replayable abandoned locations
Features
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A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned places to sell scrap to the company Enter the unsettling world of Lethal Contract: Horror Online, a spine-chilling cooperative horror game where survival is only half the mission. Step into the shoes of a daring scavenger, sent by a shady company to explore eerie, abandoned locations and collect valuable scrap to sell. Team up with friends or brave it solo, but beware—each site is fraught with hidden dangers and entities lurking in the shadows, waiting to thwart your every move. As you delve deeper into abandoned factories, desolate hospitals, and ghost towns, you'll uncover that these locations are not as empty as they seem. Haunting presences roam the dark halls, triggered by the slightest sounds or disturbances. Stealth and teamwork are key to escaping unscathed while collecting high-value scrap to fulfill your "lethal contract." Key Features: Terrifying Co-op Experience: Work together with up to 4 players in real-time to scavenge and survive. Dynamic AI Enemies: Each abandoned place harbors unique, unpredictable horrors that adapt to your actions. Resource Management: Limited gear, restricted time, and unpredictable dangers mean you must make every choice count. Chilling Sound Design: The atmospheric sounds and unsettling noises keep players on edge. Replayable Levels: Explore a variety of abandoned locations, each with its own set of challenges and terrors. Survive the night and fulfill your contract… or face the wrath of what lies within.

Screenshots

Backrooms4 screens
Lethal Contract4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lethal Contract at none against Backrooms's 2. Lethal Contract also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Backrooms's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 47%) and ratings volume (478 vs 48). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Backrooms sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Lethal Contract asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Backrooms against 4.3 for Lethal Contract. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backrooms has 478 ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Backrooms's written reviews are positive against 47% of Lethal Contract's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Backrooms versus Lethal Contract: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackroomsLethal Contract
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (478 ratings)4.3 (48 ratings)
Positive reviews70.2% of reviews — better46.7% of reviews
Number of ratings478 — better48
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size348 MB782 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperIndieFist SRLSibi Chakravarthy

Customer experience

Backrooms

All ratings478 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews104 reviews
Positive70.2%
Neutral12.5%
Negative17.3%

Lethal Contract

All ratings48 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral23.3%
Negative30.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Lethal Contract

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Backrooms

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Unlock Mark$3.99
None

Lethal Contract

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backrooms free?
Backrooms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lethal Contract free?
Lethal Contract is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Backrooms or Lethal Contract?
Backrooms and Lethal Contract are both rated 4.3 out of 5 on the App Store, from 478 and 48 ratings respectively.
Do Backrooms or Lethal Contract have ads?
Both Backrooms and Lethal Contract show ads.

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