Comparison

The Backrooms vs Mimic Nights

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

Head to head
About

The Backrooms

Embark on a surreal 2D point-and-click adventure through an endless, reality-defying space. Solve puzzles and discover hidden areas as you try to escape this eerie environment. Uncover lost media clips and find your way back to reality.

Highlights
  • Explore surreal Backrooms environments
  • Solve challenging puzzles
  • Play retro arcade mini-games
  • Discover lost media clips
  • Point-and-click adventure gameplay
Features
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Have you ever found yourself wandering through a liminal space and thought, ‘Am I in the Backrooms?’. In this immersive 2D point-and-click adventure, you may have glitched your way into the Backrooms, a surreal, endless space that defies reality. Explore surreal, and sometimes eerie environments to find your way back out. Each step feels like you’re escaping – or sinking deeper – into the unknown. Glitch or not, you’re here now. Will you find your way out, or will you become lost in the Backrooms forever? Features: • Explore The Backrooms: Navigate surreal spaces in the Backrooms. • Challenging Puzzles: Engage in various puzzles and retro style arcade mini-games to uncover hidden areas within the Backrooms. • Lost Media: Discover and watch short clips of surreal Backrooms lost media.

About

Mimic Nights

Survive seven nights in a dark cabin haunted by shape-shifting monsters. Observe your surroundings carefully when the light is on, as mimics only move in the dark. Use your limited matches and bullets wisely to outsmart the creatures.

Highlights
  • Survive seven nights
  • Mimic monsters disguise as objects
  • Observe surroundings in light
  • Limited matches and bullets
  • Chilling atmosphere
  • Increasing difficulty
Features
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Mimic Nights is a game where you must survive seven nights in a dark cabin filled with mimic monsters! Each night, the mimic tries to reach you. Every night, the monster chooses a new object to disguise itself as. Mimics only act in the dark. They move their chosen object when the light goes out, so you must carefully observe the surroundings in the cabin while your match is lit. You have only four matches and two bullets each night to shoot the mimic. Game Features: - Chilling atmosphere - Engaging gameplay that gets harder with each passing night - Two languages available (EN/RU) - Free to play with no ads or in-app purchases

Screenshots

Mimic Nights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mimic Nights at 100% against The Backrooms's 50%. Mimic Nights also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). The Backrooms's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 7). On price, ads 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. The Backrooms sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mimic Nights asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mimic Nights holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of The Backrooms's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mimic Nights's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
The Backrooms versus Mimic Nights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe BackroomsMimic Nights
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (21 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.0 GB193 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperPaul FemiakAlik Okroyan

Customer experience

The Backrooms

All ratings19 ratings
Positive36.8%
Neutral10.5%
Negative52.6%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Mimic Nights

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The Backrooms

One-time1
  • Full Game$0.99
None

Mimic Nights

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Backrooms free?
The Backrooms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mimic Nights free?
Mimic Nights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Backrooms or Mimic Nights?
Mimic Nights is rated higher. The Backrooms averages 2.5 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Mimic Nights averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do The Backrooms or Mimic Nights have ads?
Neither The Backrooms nor Mimic Nights shows ads.

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