# Backrooms 97 - Retro Descent

> The Backrooms back rooms

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6452627183](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6452627183)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6452627183`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Benfont Limited
- **Category:** Adventure
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (3,326 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-01
- **First published:** 2023-08-08
- **Size:** 227 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/backrooms-97-retro-descent/id6452627183)
- **Website:** [https://cas.ai](https://cas.ai/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://benfont.com/privacy.html](https://benfont.com/privacy.html)

## Description

Backrooms 97 - Retro Descent plunges players into a maze of 1997-era liminal spaces, where survival hinges on wit and nerve as Nexbots hunt you through shifting corridors. 

With dynamically generated levels, eerie visuals, and immersive sound design, the game delivers a tense, replayable horror experience that asks how far you’ll go to escape the backrooms—and what secrets lie at their core.

## Rankings

- #32,355 — Overall

## Review summary

Players praise the game for its fun, tense gameplay and eerie vibe, along with solid visuals and varied level themes. However, common complaints include high difficulty, key visibility issues, a need for more content/levels, and several bugs (black screens, resets to LVL 00). Some players also wish for ads to be removed and for future features like multiplayer. Overall, the title is compelling but hampered by progression frustration and technical hiccups.

### Pros

- Fun and engaging gameplay
- Scary atmosphere with jump scares
- Good graphics and puzzle design
- Varied level themes (poolrooms, hotel, city) provide diverse experiences

### Cons

- Very hard progression / difficult puzzles
- Keys are invisible or hard to find
- Too short; requests for more content and levels
- Bugs causing black screens and level resets (e.g., skip level leads to black screen, restart to LVL 00)
- Ads presence / requests to remove ads

## Similar extensions and apps

- [Backrooms Descent: Horror Game](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1622822489) — 4.50 / 5
- [Retro Backrooms](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1631685704) — 4.70 / 5
- [Backrooms Escape](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6781589655) — 5.00 / 5
- [Backrooms – Lost Horror Escape](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1610139574) — 3.00 / 5
- [The back rooms - horror games](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6742751866) — 3.00 / 5
- [Backrooms: Lost in Level 0](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6739727701) — 3.90 / 5
- [The Backrooms](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6443633934) — 2.50 / 5
- [Escape from Backrooms - Horror](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6575386259) — 4.10 / 5
- [Backrooms : Movie](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6695757141) — 4.10 / 5
- [Pixel Backrooms](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6769512055) — 3.80 / 5
- [NoClip: Backrooms](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6759192736) — 4.40 / 5
- [Backrooms Scary Horror Games](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6444592204) — 1.00 / 5

---

Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6452627183)