Backrooms: Lost Tape

PERPETUAL
PS5Backrooms: Lost Tape
Average rating 3.72 stars out of five stars from 126 ratings
  • 1 player
  • PS5 cloud streaming supported only with Premium subscription
  • PS5 Version
    Vibration function supported (DualSense wireless controller)
Blood, Language, Violence
  • 1 player
  • PS5 cloud streaming supported only with Premium subscription
  • PS5 Version
    Vibration function supported (DualSense wireless controller)

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SmackedPickle
3 stars out of 5
Rated 7/5/2026
Backrooms: Lost Tape
Better than it was upon release, but needs more work.

Originally gave this one star, citing incredibly terrible performance(no more than 20fps at any point) and visual quality for a port of what is a really good looking and well running PC game. After about a month I attempted to play it again last night. Now I don't know if there was an update, if there was I didn't see it, but I also cleared my PS5s cache before trying this game again(for those who don't know, power down your PS5 completely, then press and hold the physical power button on your console for around 7 seconds, until you hear your PS5 make a second beep, and it will take you to a menu where you can clear your cache.). After clearing my cache and booting up the game, I was pleasantly surprised to see the game running smoothly, it held 60fps throughout my session, only dropping frames once or twice to maybe 50-55fps for a few seconds. Big success, no complaints there. However there are still some issues that need fixed before I can honestly give this game a higher rating. There are still no settings outside of audio, no way to apply the typical VHS filters and 4:3 aspect ratio players are accustomed to in Backrooms games, especially for a game leaning so heavily into the found-footage genre, and no performance vs. quality option, there's not even a list of controls, not the biggest problem but things like these are so simple to implement that it's baffling why they aren't. On the topic of audio, some of it seems broken, there's an enemy creature at one point in the game that is known to make near deafening sounds as it chases you, yet in my playthrough it was barely audible even when it was right behind me. And given the only available adjustable setting is audio, I checked and sure enough, all audio settings were at 100%. So all that said, it's definitely improved since its release, and since this is the only game I've ever left a review for, it didn't feel right to leave it with one star, but I can't in good faith give it more than three, not until the rest of these issues are addressed. If you've read this to the end, thanks, I hope it was both helpful and insightful.

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Step out of the movies and straight into the nightmare. Inspired by the yellow-hued, reality-bending phenomenon that has caught the imagination of horror fans, and is crushing the global box office, The Backrooms: Lost Tape invites you to experience the crushing dread of the internet's most infamous urban legend firsthand.

In this hyper-immersive psychological survival horror, you won't just watch the infinite, hum-buzzing labyrinth - you will be trapped in it. Navigate an endless web of liminal spaces across distinct, disjointed Chapters presented as recovered VHS Tapes, where reality decays and the deeper you go, the less the universe remembers.

THE TAPES
• The Tape of Josh (The Usher): You play as an unsuspecting cinema usher who, while working a normal shift, slips through a tear in reality. Plunged into the sickeningly yellow, fluorescent-lit maze, you must decipher the cryptic rules of this endless dimension to escape. But you are not alone. Hostile, unpredictable entities patrol the halls, and they’ve smelled your panic.

• The Tape of Nikolas (The Search Party): The mission is clear, but entirely un-sanctioned: descend into the abyss to find Josh after his sudden disappearance. Armed with a video camera, you’ll dive even deeper into the eerie lore, uncovering the dark remnants of research experiments and braving claustrophobic new levels that will completely unravel your grip on reality.

KEY FEATURES
• Pure Found-Footage Horror: A deeply atmospheric, visceral experience that captures the exact aesthetic, dread, and icily disturbing tone driving the modern cinematic horror.
• Total Immersion (No HUD): No health bars. No inventory screens. No crosshairs. Just you, your camera lens, and the suffocating isolation of the rooms.
• Photorealistic Next-Gen Graphics: Uncompromising, stunningly eerie visual design that brings the damp carpets, peeling wallpaper, and clinical lighting of the liminal mythos to life.
• Intricate Environmental Puzzles: Use your wits to decode the surreal layouts of the rooms before the environment shifts around you.
• A Growing Anthology of Terror: Multiple tapes feature unique perspectives, terrifying entity encounters, and an expanding, deep narrative web.

Are you ready to experience the most faithful, bone-chilling representation of the Backrooms ever developed? The portal is open.

Platform:
PS5
Release:
6/5/2026
Publisher:
PERPETUAL
Genres:
Horror
Voice:
English
Screen Languages:
English, Portuguese (Brazil)
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