Comparison

Backrooms vs Nextbots Online

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

Head to head
About

Backrooms

Navigate through mysterious, multi-level environments to find an escape route. Explore the infamous backrooms and test your survival skills.

Highlights
  • Explore multiple levels
  • Escape the backrooms
  • Survival gameplay
  • Mysterious environments
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You are lost in Backrooms. Will you find a way out? Explore multiple levels and try to escape the infamous backrooms.

About

Nextbots Online

Experience a thrilling chase game where you're hunted by terrifying monsters. Explore diverse maps, play solo or with friends in multiplayer, and even create your own levels in a sandbox mode.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer chase game
  • Single player mode
  • Custom map editor
  • Voice and text chat
  • Diverse maps (Backrooms, Construct)
  • Community-created maps
Features
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Nextbots Online is both a scary and fun game, Nextbot is a monster that will hunt you down. The game has many different modes and maps where you can play in single player mode or together with friends in multiplayer. There are such popular maps as Backrooms, Construct, as well as many custom maps created by the community. In "Map Editor" (Sandbox) you can create your own map and share it with your friends. This mode is similar to "Garry's Mod" (often abbreviated as "gmod"). You will be haunted by such Nextbots as: Obunga, Gigachad, Armstrong and many others. In multiplayer, there is voice and text chat for communication. Run away, survive, have fun, build, I'm sure you'll find something to do in this diverse game!

Screenshots

Backrooms1 screens
Nextbots Online4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Backrooms at none against Nextbots Online's 16. Backrooms also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Nextbots Online's advantage is ratings volume (776 vs 10). On price and device support 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. Nextbots Online sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Backrooms asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Backrooms holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nextbots Online has 776 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Backrooms's written reviews are positive against 75% of Nextbots Online's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Backrooms versus Nextbots Online: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackroomsNextbots Online
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10 ratings) — better4.2 (776 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10776 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size649 MB481 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperPavel PrecekMAKSIM NAZARENKO

Customer experience

Backrooms

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Nextbots Online

All ratings776 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.4%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews312 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral10.9%
Negative14.1%

Bugs and requests

Backrooms

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Nextbots Online

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Nextbots getting stuck in objects
  • Inability to save custom Nextbot creations
  • Multiplayer matchmaking issues and connection problems
  • Game freezing or crashing during play

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more Nextbot characters and skins
  • Improve the map editor with more customization options
  • Implement a way to share custom Nextbots with other players
  • Add new game modes like survival or cooperative play
  • Reduce the frequency of ads or allow players to disable them

In-app purchases

None

Backrooms

No in-app purchases

16 purchases

Nextbots Online

One-time16
  • 1000 Gold$0.99
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • VIP - 1 week$1.99
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  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • 5000 Gold$3.99
  • 500 Gems$3.99
  • VIP - 1 month$4.99
  • Premium season pass$4.99
  • Golden skin$4.99
  • 10000 Gold$7.99
  • 1000 Gems$7.99
  • All items pack$9.99
  • VIP$29.99
  • 5000 Gems$34.99
  • 50000 Gold$36.99
  • 10000 Gems$59.99

Questions

Is Backrooms free?
Backrooms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nextbots Online free?
Nextbots Online is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Backrooms or Nextbots Online?
Backrooms is rated higher. Backrooms averages 4.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Nextbots Online averages 4.2 from 776 ratings.

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