Comparison

Backrooms vs Poolrooms

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

Poolrooms

Explore a surreal, water-filled liminal space with tiled walls and floors. Your goal is to find hidden buttons to unlock doors and escape this unsettling environment. Immerse yourself in high-quality graphics and atmospheric sound design.

Highlights
  • Liminal space exploration
  • Puzzle-based escape
  • High-quality graphics
  • Atmospheric sound design
  • Interactive environment
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Explore the Poolrooms: Wander through vast areas with ankle-deep water, surrounded by white ceramic tiles covering the walls, floors, and ceilings. Find the Exit: As the lone explorer, your mission is to escape this unsettling environment. Scattered throughout the level are buttons that, when activated, open various doors leading you closer to freedom. Can you find your way out? High-Quality Graphics: Experience the Poolrooms like never before with our high-quality graphics that bring this liminal space to life. Every detail, from the reflection of water on the tiles to the eerie silence, is designed to create an immersive experience that will captivate your senses. Immersive Experience: Lose yourself in the atmosphere of the Poolrooms. The game's sound design and visual effects work together to create a deeply immersive experience that will keep you on the edge of your seat as you explore and seek escape. Can you escape the Poolrooms? Embark on an unforgettable journey through one of the most mysterious levels of the Backrooms. ------------------------- Features: - Liminal Space Exploration: Navigate the surreal and eerie Poolrooms, a unique level of the Backrooms. - Challenging Puzzles: Activate buttons to unlock doors and find your way to the exit. - Stunning Graphics: Enjoy high-quality visuals that enhance the immersive experience. - Atmospheric Soundtrack: The ambient soundscape adds to the sense of mystery and suspense.

Screenshots

Backrooms1 screens
Poolrooms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Backrooms at 4.7 against Poolrooms's 4.3. Backrooms also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Poolrooms's advantage is ratings volume (79 vs 10). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Backrooms holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poolrooms has 79 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 77% of Poolrooms's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Backrooms versus Poolrooms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackroomsPoolrooms
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10 ratings) — better4.3 (79 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better77.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1079 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size649 MB218 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPavel PrecekJEAN MICKAEL DARIE

Customer experience

Backrooms

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

Poolrooms

All ratings75 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral5.3%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews109 reviews
Positive77.1%
Neutral14.7%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

Backrooms

No in-app purchases

None

Poolrooms

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backrooms free?
Backrooms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Poolrooms free?
Poolrooms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Backrooms or Poolrooms?
Backrooms is rated higher. Backrooms averages 4.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Poolrooms averages 4.3 from 79 ratings.

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