Comparison

SCP Runner vs Pixel Backrooms

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

Head to head
About

SCP Runner

Experience a terrifying endless runner as you escape the relentless SCP-096 after a lab containment breach. Sprint through dark tunnels, dodge obstacles, and outrun the "Shy Guy" in a desperate race for survival where every second counts.

Highlights
  • Endless runner gameplay
  • Escape from SCP-096
  • Dodge obstacles
  • Sprint, leap, and slide mechanics
  • Atmospheric underground lab setting
Features
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SCP Runner is a terrifying endless runner where you play as a lone test subject fleeing from the unstoppable SCP-096. After a containment breach in a secret underground lab, you accidentally glimpse the face of the “Shy Guy” — triggering a deadly chase. Sprint through dark, abandoned train tunnels, dodge debris, leap over wreckage, and slide under fallen beams. But no matter how fast you run, you can always hear it… screaming, closing in. Every second counts. One mistake — and SCP-096 will catch you.

About

Pixel Backrooms

Explore endless, unsettling liminal spaces in this 2D pixel art horror game. Venture alone or with friends, using live chat to strategize and survive against lurking enemies. Discover unique anomalies and artifacts in a procedurally generated, atmospheric experience.

Highlights
  • 2D pixel art exploration
  • Endless liminal spaces
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Live in-game chat
  • Discover anomalies and artifacts
  • Atmospheric audiovisual horror
Features
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When you noclip out of reality, you end up in the Backrooms. Pixel Backrooms is the first ever 2D pixel Backrooms exploration game, inspired by liminal spaces, analog horror, and the original internet phenomenon. Explore endless hallways, eerie rooms, and unsettling spaces hidden beneath reality. Enter alone, or play multiplayer and explore the Backrooms with friends. Stay together, split up, get lost, or find out what’s waiting in the dark. Use live chat to stay connected with your friends, call out what you see, and work together to eliminate enemies before they eliminate you. Discover rare anomalies, strange artifacts, mysterious rooms, and creepy phenomena that make every run scarier than the last. Built as an immersive audiovisual horror experience, Pixel Backrooms combines atmospheric sound, pixel art, and unsettling liminal horror inspired by the infamous Backrooms lore. The deeper you go, the stranger it becomes.

Screenshots

SCP Runner4 screens
Pixel Backrooms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pixel Backrooms at none against SCP Runner's shown. Pixel Backrooms also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). SCP Runner's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SCP Runner sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Pixel Backrooms sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel Backrooms holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SCP Runner versus Pixel Backrooms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSCP RunnerPixel Backrooms
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB29 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperSynthify IncRedesign the World LLC

Customer experience

SCP Runner

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pixel Backrooms

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

SCP Runner

One-time6
  • 100 Energy$0.99
  • 100 Hoverboard$0.99
  • 500 Energy$1.99
Show 3 more
  • 500 Hoverboard$1.99
  • 10000 coin$2.99
  • No Ads$6.99
5 purchases

Pixel Backrooms

One-time5
  • Lime Hazmat$1.99
  • Red Hazmat$1.99
  • Blue Hazmat$1.99
Show 2 more
  • Rainbow Hazmat$4.99
  • Supporter Bundle$9.99

Questions

Is SCP Runner free?
SCP Runner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Backrooms free?
Pixel Backrooms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SCP Runner or Pixel Backrooms?
Pixel Backrooms is rated higher. SCP Runner averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Pixel Backrooms averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SCP Runner or Pixel Backrooms have ads?
SCP Runner shows ads; Pixel Backrooms does not.

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