Why Early Access?

The Backrooms: 1998 is a horror game being made by one developer. The game focus on messing with the player's mind and psychological horror. You are allowed to freely roam, mark your path, find clues, find supplies and unravel the story of The Backrooms. I have so many planned futures but as always, I wish to involve the community in the development as well. I will be taking serious feedback's and suggestions coming from our players and update the game based on their suggestions. I want feel like the players are actually a part of the game's development.

The Early Access version is for those who are interested in supporting the project and are ready to accept the change of the balance within the game. We are still shaping the experience into what we vision it to be, and with your help we can.

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

Early access is going to take few months or maybe a couple of years - however this may change depending on features that we will be adding in the game and how the game will progress through early access. Please note, this game is being developed only by one developer and I will try to do my best in this to get the game released early, and with your help and support I can do just that!

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

For the moment, we want to make sure the game is in a playable state and we wish to fix any bugs in the game and then move on to upgrading the game. We have so many planned futures for The Backrooms: 1998 - such as randomized environment, randomized scares, randomized clues and even CO-OP at a later date. We have many plans to make the game uniquely scary that really mess with their player's mind, such as random encounter each time you play the game.

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

Status of Early Access for now contains the game in a 'almost' ready-state with all the features ready as it is - so the game is playable from start till end with all the features listed in the description. For all the features, you can refer and check out "About This" for all the list.

Some things will be changed based on your suggestions. Also, there may still be some bugs, optimizations and a couple of things to fix. The game can be played from start to finish but you can encounter some of these bugs, glitches and such.

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

The price will not be changed during this early access however the price may increase in the final release.