Backrooms: Partygoers

Very slow and clunky mechanics, annoying loud noise jump scares that pop up every 30-60 secs that are the exact same every time, unsatisfying gameplay overall. Reminds me of old Roblox horror games

Worst game I've ever had the displeasure of playing I wish I could get my money back. Do not buy this game at the price it is at, It is at least worth a penny or free. The game has to many bugs that break the game to the point you cant progress. Do not believe the positive reviews, they just got friends to help them with the reviews.

kafama silah dayandığı için oynamak zorunda kaldım aşırı korkunçtu her yerde jumpscare var ve görüntüdeki istenilerek yapılmış bozulmalar hoşuma gitmedi backrooms korku oyunları sevenler bakabilir his olarak daha çok Slenderman oyunları gibiydi.

Моя кураторская страница "Достойные или нет херроры" - https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43715729/ Backrooms: Partygoers — небольшой хоррор, действие которого происходит на нулевом уровне бекрумов. Ваша задача — найти восемь артефактов с помощью сканера и не попасться монстрам, бродящим по этим запутанным жёлтым коридорам. Сюжета практически нет — вы сотрудник исследовательского центра, отправленный найти артефакты и выяснить, что произошло с предыдущей командой. По пути найдёте пару записок о скрытых ужасах этих жёлтых стен и том, что видели исследователи, но большего не ждите. Записки добавляют немного атмосферы, но не двигают историю. Геймплей типичен для собиралок: нужно бродить по лабиринтоподобным коридорам, искать восемь ящиков и стараться не умереть, ведь после смерти придётся начинать сначала. Монстры нестрашные — их топот легко слышно, а если вас заметят, убежать не составит труда, потому что интеллект у них невысок. Вас пугают рандомными джампскейрами в случайных местах, что, видимо, должно поддерживать напряжение. Графика и звуковой дизайн в порядке, но ничего выдающегося. Сканер пикает, когда поблизости артефакт, но его звук может привлечь монстров. В целом, это неплохой хоррор в стиле "найди и собери" в запутанной локации, избегая монстров, чтобы не начинать заново. Определиться, подходит ли игра именно вам, непросто: если хорошо ориентируетесь, пройдёте за 20 минут, если нет — можете застрять на часы. Если вам нравится такой геймплей, тема бекрумов и челлендж одного прохождения, берите, но лучше по скидке. А если ищете что-то более глубокое и сюжетное — проходите мимо.

Hi there! I've just played through this game and thought I'd give my two cents to it. TL;DR: Rather unpolished (and partly buggy) Slenderman (find the eight "X") clone. I hoped for something more but that's basically it. Beware: This review contains some spoilers but there isn't much to say honestly. The Backrooms. A internet phenomenon/creepypasta like Slenderman or The Rake. Maybe you have seen those great videos by Kane Pixels or one of the many found footage videos on YT. Lots of those at least partly feature what is called "Level 0"; long corridors full of yellowish walls, humming ceiling lights and brownish carpet. This is the style you see in this game too (with some balloons, cake and few other things to mention). You're obviously one of the people who got lost in the backrooms (judging by your biosuit, you seem to be an Async employee/"scientist"). Your goal? Survive, get out. You've got some tools at your disposal (a "scanner" which emits loud beeps once you're near one of the "anomaly boxes" you got to find). And you get a flashlight which I found to be very redundant; there are some dark spots but nothing so black that I ever felt compelled to whip out the flashlight. You have to find batteries once your flashlight runs out of power. You also can find water to heal yourself up after a run in with the enemies. So... Let's talk a bit about the graphics and visual representation: The models: the flashlight, cake and some other things used were released under a Creative Commons license and look okay. No complaints about the floor/carpet or the walls as this is the typical "backrooms look". The scientists/scientist suit look ok. But the "monsters"... they are borked. Things around the waist of the creatures (there's only one type of creature featured in this game) shift around. Something belonging to the monster model is also floating in the air. The body is clipping into itself while the enemies are walking. Meh. You've also got some "VHS"-like effects going on which you're used to if you've played other Backrooms games or watched some of the online videos. There aren't too many graphics settings you can tweak in the options but at least there's an options menu; other similar titles more often than not are missing any kind of options. You can change the resolution, scale the antialising and switch the texture & shadow quality (+ shadow distance). To me parts of the game looked a bit different than the screenshots on the steam store. The "blood" looked more black to me than red and in the video at around the tenth second you see a ball pool which I didn't see in the two rounds I've played. What about sound & music? Of course you'll have the familiar backrooms light fixture hum. On top of that you've got some spooky music playing in the background and some loud SFX & ambient track (I assume) once a monster sees you. Oh and some laughs from "Jack in the Boxes" which get triggered when you walk near them and attract the creatures (there's two of them as far as I can tell). Also - probably to increase the tension - you can hear heartbeats. The AI: The monsters roam around and start coming after you once they've spotted you. They react to loud noises (think of those "jack in the box" things I mentioned earlier). If you are good at navigating the rather confined space and watch for your stamina you can lose them again. Or you just get into one of the lockers/closets you're supposed to hide in (which doesn't always work like expected, read more below). Even if one of the entities was directly behind you, it seemingly won't be able to get you once you're inside on of the lockers. I've had one staring directly at me through the "blinds", but when the "aaahh monster is attacking"-music stops it turned away and continued its patrol. Playing & some oddities: From time to time you're getting some loud noises, shifted field of view and some "spooky" images flashing up, showing the creatures or parts of the level. The first instances of these "jumpscares" seem timed, others seem to trigger after you've found one of the eight "anomaly boxes". It's more annoying than scary. SPOILER: The ending is also a lame jumpscare. Other things that come to mind: While playing my first run, I was pretty good at avoiding the creatures. I had 7 of 8 boxes. A creature picked up my trail so I ran and dashed into closet - as you're supposed to do to hide from the entities. The creature stood in front of the closet (they can't open it as it seems), but it glitched me out to a position next to the closet. I was still hidden obviously, as the creature lost interest. But I couldn't move anymore, no leaving the closet which I was "transported" out of. Thus ending my first run. Yeah. The backrooms are full of lore nowadays compared to their humble beginnings. But the dev somehow missed the opportunity to call the water (used to heal up; although one hit by the monsters takes away a bit more than half your HP) "almond water", which would've been in accordance with some backrooms lore. The game somehow has a "save game" feature which triggers close to the beginning of a run but then - never again. You can't load the save from the menu (at least I found no way to do so), your only option is to start again which overwrites the save. You can't (quick)save on your own. So I guess this "feature" is redundant. Walking/Running: You're very slow. This games "running" still feels slow. Fortunately for the player the creatures aren't too fast. EDIT: There is at least one instance of a short walkway with a ceiling lower than the creatures height. So I was like: "Hmmm... it surely couldn't follow me through here, could it?". Yeah well, the head of the creature just clipped through the level/the ceiling as it followed me through that "tight spot". The pricing. Holy hell. You can play through this in 30 minutes or less if you're good at avoiding the monsters and finding your way. 11,79 € as the normal price for this is WAAAAAAAY to high, especially if you're looking how fast the game can be completed. What can I say? Unfortunately the game was too short and had too many shortcomings for me to be able to recommend it. Maybe with a lot more polish and a lower price. There's so much lore about the backrooms and this game was released at the end of 2024, so dear dev if you're reading this, you could expand the game simply by adding some of it. Put some additional levels in this, maybe even add other objectives than "find those 8 things" and this could move in a better direction. Yeah I know, the "Partygoers"-scenario maybe isn't very cut out for more diverse design but I think it would help the game greatly if there was just ... more. And more polish of course. EDIT: I've read up a bit on the partygoers lore and actually there's a lot more that could be put into a game, like "Level Fun" (AKA Level-26 / The SS Fun), Partygoer Zero or the - which admittedly would be rather graphic - creation of the partygoers cakes/foodstuffs. So unfortunately I can't recommend the game. Thanks for reading!

A pretty cool horror game. The game runs perfectly. If u spend some time in the closet, the window start to go down, i dont know if this is intencional or not... and the game should have load game. If you quit in the middle of the game, when you want to play again you have to start from scratch... Overall it's a good horror game.

It's been a looong time since I've been THIS scared in a horror game! You could tell from the first minutes that it's going to be a diaper changing experience. The immersion is at another level, every detail that contributes to the atmosphere it's there: the creepy music, the echo of your footsteps, the perfectly adjusted light and the terrific sound of the monster coming (at some point you can hear two of them!). The game runs smoothie from the beginning. I really recommend it, the game really manages to play with your mind! Here's the full gameplay: https://youtu.be/TFsxKvjdFAA

A really well made horror experience. after playing the game for 30 minutes, I have come to see that it provides a great experience, an eerie vibe. Game mechanics from the movement to animations seems smooth, minor bugs and glitches, some improvements in accessibility would be great like, option to turn off chromic aberration, option to change the game's aspect ratio. A glitch I noticed is that I couldn't pick up the anomaly crate at first, had to restart the game Overall game seems quite interesting, hope the developers pay attention as It has a lot of potential

I just wrapped up my play through of this game, and wow, what a wild ride! . The random sound effect jump scares were spot-on—they really had me jumping out of my seat. Plus, those scare boxes? Genius! They added an extra layer of tension that kept me second-guessing everything. When I ran into not one but two monsters at the same time, my heart raced! It made the gameplay super intense and kept me on my toes. However, I have to admit, finding those anomalies got pretty tricky as I progressed. It felt like I was chasing shadows at times, which was a bit frustrating. Overall, though, I had a blast playing. If the developers add more content or tweak the anomaly-finding aspect, I’d love to update my review. Definitely worth checking out if you're into horror games that keep you guessing!