Escape the Backrooms
Right now
Steam players since we started tracking · updated 23:15 UTCPlayers over time
- Latest
- 1,956 players
- Peak · 48h
- 8,371 players
- Average · 48h
- 2,970 players
- Lowest · 48h
- 1,659 players
Oct 27, 2026, 11:15 PM: 1,956 players
- +10%Players since 00:00 UTC, our first reading in the last 24 hours.
- 16Twitch viewers for every 100 players on Steam.
- 8,371Today’s peak was 328% above the current count.
Highest monthly peak on record, in Oct 2025. The most we have counted ourselves since Oct 26, 2026 is 8,371.
Month by month
Average: how many were playing at the same time at an average moment of the month. Peak: the most at once. Steam players since mid-2012, or since the game came out.
| Month | Average players | Change from the month before | Peak players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | |||
| Octoberfrom Oct 26, 2026 | 2,790 | -38%-1,732 | 8,371 |
| September | 4,522 | -32%-2,148 | 12,899 |
| August | 6,670 | -21%-1,796 | 18,288 |
| July | 8,466 | -27%-3,156 | 19,507 |
| Junebest month | 11,622 | +238%+8,181 | 26,254 |
| May | 3,441 | -5.4%-197 | 14,972 |
| April | 3,638 | +7.2%+244 | 13,155 |
| March | 3,394 | +1.9%+63 | 11,779 |
| February | 3,331 | -2.7%-92 | 9,965 |
| January | 3,423 | -21%-921 | 13,160 |
| 2025 | |||
| December | 4,344 | -25%-1,479 | 17,929 |
| November | 5,823 | +11%+560 | 32,639 |
Show all 51 months
| Month | Average players | Change from the month before | Peak players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | |||
| October | 5,263 | +168%+3,301 | 48,097 |
| September | 1,962 | -0.1%-1 | 7,423 |
| August | 1,963 | -6%-125 | 4,732 |
| July | 2,088 | +5.1%+102 | 5,127 |
| June | 1,986 | +18%+299 | 6,241 |
| May | 1,687 | -4.1%-72 | 6,003 |
| April | 1,759 | -25%-591 | 7,226 |
| March | 2,350 | -24%-744 | 8,830 |
| February | 3,094 | +8.5%+241 | 9,817 |
| January | 2,853 | +3%+83 | 7,494 |
| 2024 | |||
| December | 2,770 | +13%+319 | 8,992 |
| November | 2,451 | +4.3%+100 | 9,128 |
| October | 2,351 | -5.5%-138 | 7,064 |
| September | 2,489 | +1.4%+35 | 7,911 |
| August | 2,454 | -12%-319 | 5,529 |
| July | 2,773 | +14%+340 | 6,699 |
| June | 2,433 | +8.1%+182 | 5,971 |
| May | 2,251 | -23%-675 | 6,308 |
| April | 2,926 | -9.7%-314 | 10,021 |
| March | 3,240 | -27%-1,179 | 9,189 |
| February | 4,419 | +50%+1,480 | 11,970 |
| January | 2,939 | +77%+1,277 | 16,380 |
| 2023 | |||
| December | 1,662 | -18%-374 | 4,338 |
| November | 2,036 | +1%+21 | 5,253 |
| October | 2,015 | +7.2%+135 | 5,767 |
| September | 1,880 | -22%-515 | 6,049 |
| August | 2,395 | -28%-944 | 5,698 |
| July | 3,339 | +22%+593 | 7,984 |
| June | 2,746 | +149%+1,643 | 10,580 |
| May | 1,103 | +1%+11 | 2,790 |
| April | 1,092 | -4.3%-49 | 2,251 |
| March | 1,141 | -26%-407 | 2,877 |
| February | 1,548 | +27%+327 | 2,948 |
| January | 1,221 | +1,085%+1,118 | 3,285 |
| 2022 | |||
| December | 103 | -18%-23 | 267 |
| November | 126 | -0.8%-1 | 310 |
| October | 127 | -47%-114 | 353 |
| September | 241 | -37%-143 | 660 |
| August | 384 | — | 910 |
Players since 2022
Each bar is one month: how many people were playing at the same time, on average. The line above is the month’s peak, the most at once.
- Busiest month
- 11,622 players on average
- June 2026
- All-time peak
- 48,097 players at once
- October 2025
- Last 12 months
- +134.1%
- 5,328 players on average, against 2,276 the year before
September 2026: 4,522 players on average, peak 12,899 · Point at a bar for its numbers.
- average players (bars)
- peak players (line)
Average and peak concurrent Steam players per month. The month in progress is in the table above.
- #105 most played on Steam in June 2026
- Launched in August 2022: up to 384 players on average in its first three months · 2,395 a year later: 624% of its launch crowd
Prices
EUR · checked 21:52 UTC · IsThereAnyDeal · GG.dealsThe best official price, €6.44, is 58% above the lowest ever (€4.07). Key shops are €1.39 cheaper.
- Lowest ever €4.07
- Key shops €5.05
- Best official €6.44
- Steam €9.56
Price data: IsThereAnyDeal · GG.deals
On Twitch
Live viewers and channels, hourly averages in the last 24 hours
Videos
From YouTubeNo YouTube videos yet. YouTube’s daily quota limits how many games we refresh each day; videos appear after a later update.
About the game
- Release date
- Oct 23, 2025
- Early access
- Aug 11, 2022
- All-time peak reached
- Oct 2025 · 48,097
- Tracked by PixelKrypt since
- Oct 26, 2026
- Steam app id
- 1943950
