Slender vs Backrooms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slender
Experience a chilling survival horror game based on the Slender-Man urban legend. Navigate dark environments with only a flashlight and your wits to evade the terrifying entity. Collect hidden tapes to uncover the mystery before it's too late.
- Survival horror gameplay
- Slender-Man urban legend theme
- Flashlight navigation
- Collect hidden tapes
- Evade the Slender Man
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Slender-Man is the original survival horror game for mobile based upon the Slender-Man urban legend and "Der Großmann" myth. See how long you can survive before Slender Man gets you, with only your wits and a flashlight to aid you! Can you find all eight hidden tapes before Slenderman gets you?
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 review sentiment: Backrooms at 70% against Slender's 33%. Backrooms also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Slender's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Slender sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Backrooms sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Backrooms holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 316 and 478 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Slender's written reviews are positive against 70% of Backrooms's.
Slender ships an update monthly, Backrooms weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slender | Backrooms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (316 ratings) | 4.3 (478 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.2% of reviews | 69.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 316 | 478 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 348 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ammonite Design Studios Ltd | IndieFist SRL |
Customer experience
Slender
Backrooms
Bugs and requests
Slender
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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
In-app purchases
Slender
- Remove Ads$6.99
Backrooms
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Unlock Mark$3.99
