killer in us vs The Backrooms experience
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
killer in us
Engage in a thrilling game of deception and survival. Innocent players complete tasks while hidden killers attempt to eliminate them. Uncover the killers before it's too late.
- Innocents complete tasks
- Killers eliminate innocents
- Innocents investigate killers
- 3D gameplay
- Multiplayer deception
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Innocents do tasks, killers kill innocents, innocents check killers.
The Backrooms experience
Navigate an infinite, terrifying maze filled with lurking entities and unsettling sounds. Your goal is to escape this nightmarish world by hiding from dangers and solving puzzles. Experience true horror as you try to find a way out of the endless, monotone environment.
- Infinite maze exploration
- Entity avoidance and hiding
- Atmospheric horror sound design
- Multiple distinct stages
- Stealth mechanics
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This infinite maze like world can make you insane and no one has ever been able to escape the Backrooms. Can a super average dude escape this maze what they call "The Backrooms". In The Backrooms Experience you go through the true horror people go through when they end up in The Backrooms and are desperate to find a way out! Hide from the so called "Smilers" and try to run from unknown entities that haven' t been discovered yet. Go through many different stages, from the endless maze, with the buzzing sound and yellow monotone colours, to Swimming pools where something is lurking in the water. If you hear anything lurking near you, you better don't make any sound or you will be as good as dead! The mono-yellow, endless background noise of fluorescent lights constantly buzzing, may drive you insane but always watch your back, you don't know what's wandering around!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: killer in us at none against The Backrooms experience's 1. killer in us also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 16 months). The Backrooms experience's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 3.6). On price, review sentiment, 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. The Backrooms experience sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. killer in us asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Backrooms experience holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 79 and 74 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of killer in us's written reviews are positive against 60% of The Backrooms experience's.
killer in us ships an update monthly, The Backrooms experience every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | killer in us | The Backrooms experience |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (79 ratings) | 3.9 (74 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.2% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 74 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 16 months |
| 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 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 492 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 先恩 蒋 | Milan Janssen |
Customer experience
killer in us
The Backrooms experience
Bugs and requests
killer in us
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The Backrooms experience
Reported bugs
12 issues- Joystick for turning is bad
- Cannot turn around in some levels
- Smilers in level ! are in the ground
- Joystick on the right is super slow
- Joystick for turning is not sensitive enough
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- Codes not working in poolrooms
- Color code not working in poolrooms
- Entities make the same default sound
- Wallpaper on level 0 looks weird
- Level 0 leads to exit
- Joystick thing for turning
- Cannot get away from smilers when they are in front
Requested features
17 requests- Add more levels
- Add a story line
- Add more monsters
- Improve graphics
- Add a volume off button
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- Add a jump button
- Add randomization
- Make Level ! more challenging with smilers chasing
- Add more monsters in the backrooms
- Make monsters chase you
- Add more levels, like level 188
- Update the 'look around' feature
- Add a sensitivity slider
- Add more monster variety
- Make entities have unique sounds
- Make puzzles clearer (e.g., hospital level cubes)
- Add more variety to levels, avoid repeats
In-app purchases
killer in us
No in-app purchases
The Backrooms experience
- Remove ads$0.99
Questions
Is killer in us free?
Is The Backrooms experience free?
Which has better reviews, killer in us or The Backrooms experience?
Do killer in us or The Backrooms experience have ads?
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