The Backrooms experience vs NextBot Multiplayer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
NextBot Multiplayer
Experience a thrilling chase in this mobile game where you must outrun agile and fast NextBots. Upgrade your character's abilities to escape, or unlock and control your own NextBots. Communicate with other players via voice or text chat and enjoy interactive maps and in-game events.
- Run and escape from fast-moving NextBots
- Upgrade physical abilities like double jump and speed
- Unlock and summon your own NextBots
- Voice and text chat for multiplayer communication
- Interactive maps and in-game events
- Player interaction through punching and pushing
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NextBot Multiplayer is a mobile game that features NextBots, based on Nico's NextBots. The objective of the game is to constantly run to avoid being caught by the NextBots chasing you. These NextBots are agile and fast, and can jump and climb as well. Players can upgrade their physical abilities to escape the NextBots, such as unlocking the double jump or increasing their running speed for a limited time. In addition to playing as a human, players can also unlock and summon NextBots to add to the game's entertainment value. Voice chat and text chat are available for communication with other players. The game also features events such as summoning Senator Armstrong or Blackout, which temporarily blackens the screen. Players in NextBot Multiplayer can also interact with each other by punching or pushing each other, which adds to the game's fun and entertainment value. The game currently has four maps: Residential, Office, Parking, Flat, de_dust2, cs_office, gm_flat and Streets, with more maps planned for future updates. Be sure to join the Discord server and subscribe to the YouTube channel for updates, polls, and live streams.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NextBot Multiplayer at every 2 weeks against The Backrooms experience's every 16 months. NextBot Multiplayer also leads on ratings volume (179 vs 49). The Backrooms experience's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (60% vs 49%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and NextBot Multiplayer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
The Backrooms experience holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 179 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of The Backrooms experience's written reviews are positive against 49% of NextBot Multiplayer's.
The Backrooms experience ships an update every 16 months, NextBot Multiplayer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Backrooms experience | NextBot Multiplayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (49 ratings) — better | 3.7 (179 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 48.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 49 | 179 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 2 weeks — 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 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 492 MB | 588 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Milan Janssen | Aidyn Ilyas |
Customer experience
The Backrooms experience
NextBot Multiplayer
In-app purchases
The Backrooms experience
- Remove ads$0.99
NextBot Multiplayer
- 50k coins$1.99
- 250k coins$4.99
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