Comparison

The Backrooms experience vs A

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Infinite maze exploration
  • Entity avoidance and hiding
  • Atmospheric horror sound design
  • Multiple distinct stages
  • Stealth mechanics
Features
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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!

About

A

Navigate procedurally generated mazes in a first-person perspective. Encounter atmospheric environments, mysterious presences, and ambient soundscapes. The goal is to find the exit in each unique, challenging labyrinth.

Highlights
  • First-person maze navigation
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Multiple maze sizes
  • Built-in minimap
  • Immersive ambient audio
  • Mysterious presences
Features
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Find your way out — if you can. A-Mazed is a first-person maze game wrapped in atmosphere. Every maze is procedurally generated, so no two are alike. Your only goal: find the exit. But you're not alone in there. FEATURES • First-person stone-walled corridors • Procedurally generated mazes — every game is unique • Multiple maze sizes, from a quick challenge to a sprawling labyrinth • Built-in minimap with directional marker • Immersive ambient audio with over 160 eerie sound files • Mysterious shadows and unseen presences that may find you first Free. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just the maze, the dark, and whatever else is in there with you.

Screenshots

The Backrooms experience4 screens
A2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Backrooms experience at 60% against A's 0%. The Backrooms experience also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (74 vs 1). A's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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 experience sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. A asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Backrooms experience holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Backrooms experience has 74 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of The Backrooms experience's written reviews are positive against 0% of A's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
The Backrooms experience versus A: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Backrooms experienceA
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (74 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings74 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 16 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size492 MB680 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperMilan JanssenThomas Campbell

Customer experience

The Backrooms experience

All ratings49 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral14.3%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral22.5%
Negative17.5%

A

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

A

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The Backrooms experience

One-time1
  • Remove ads$0.99
None

A

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Backrooms experience free?
The Backrooms experience is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is A free?
A is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Backrooms experience or A?
The Backrooms experience is rated higher. The Backrooms experience averages 3.9 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while A averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do The Backrooms experience or A have ads?
The Backrooms experience shows ads; A does not.

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