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Released Sep 25, 2026 Early Access $9.99 Mixed Counts toward your Steam games

Backrooms: Code Yellow

By GameMechanic

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Reviews 480 Mixed
Players now 0 Peak today 0
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About Backrooms: Code Yellow

Backrooms: Code Yellow is a game tagged Action, Adventure and Multiplayer by GameMechanic, released Sep 25, 2026. It has 480 Steam reviews (Mixed). The Steam games most like it include PONE, Backrooms: Escape Together and BACKROOMS: NO RETURN.

An online 1-6 player co-op game about investigating and collecting data in the infinitely massive Backrooms with your fellow employees.  Explore. Do your job. Return alive.
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Backrooms: Code Yellow · record updated 1 day ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID4694270
Release dateSep 25, 2026
Last change number39984404
Last record update1 day ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
GameMechanic
Publisher
GameMechanic
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 22 hours ago

Platforms

Windows
Steam Deck
Playable

Features

5
Single-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline co-opFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$9.99
On sale0 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$9.99Oct 23, 2026
Checked10 minutes agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Patch notes

19
  1. Oct 2, 2026 Patch #18 Main Menu Settings Bug Fix

    -Fixed main menu applied settings leaving you with no UI

  2. Sep 30, 2026 Patch #17 Settings menu updates

    -Expanded the settings menu. Further expansion coming. -Added Push to talk setting -Added FPS Limit setting -Added Mouse Sensitivity setting

  3. Sep 29, 2026 Patch #16 Lost Employee pathing stability and other fixes

    -heavily increased stability of Lost Employee pathing -disabled unintended punching while grabbed by entity -fixed pressing ESC menu causing camera overlay to get stuck on screen

  4. Sep 29, 2026 Patch #15 Entity Speed and Temp FPS Limit

    -slightly reduced entity speed -temporary fps limit of 144 until added fps limiter in settings to avoid extremely high fps

  5. Sep 28, 2026 Patch #14 Entity run speed increase

    -increased entity run speed

  6. Sep 28, 2026 Patch #13 Carboard cutout and Lost Employee Lab Location fix

    -cardboard cutout no longer clips through walls/floors -hazmat employee now exits the lab through the spawn when reaching the lab

  7. Sep 28, 2026 Patch #12 Tape disappearing and Research Data save bug

    -fixed directional tape disappearing on clients bug -fixed research data not visually saving and loading bug

  8. Sep 28, 2026 Patch #11 Save/Load Item dupe bug fix

    -Fixes certain items duplicating after a save and load -This could also fix some lag caused by the dupe

  9. Sep 28, 2026 Patch #10 Lost Employee and Infinite Funds Bug Fix

    -Fixed hazmat employee not spawning after new day -Fixed hazmat employee spawning in the wall -Fixed "end day" button infinite money glitch -Slightly increased starting funds

  10. Sep 26, 2026 Patch #9 Removed Joining in-Session

    -Removed joining games already in session as this causes problems with multiplayer replication If you want to invite a new player you'll need to save the game, exit to menu, create lobby, load from save, and then invite them

  11. Sep 26, 2026 Patch #8 Tape Interaction bug

    -Fixed "Remove Tape" getting stuck on screen stopping player from interacting with other objects Note: Tape not showing up for other players occasionally is actively being looked at

  12. Sep 26, 2026 Patch #7 Tripod Camera

    -Fixed tripod camera not getting destroyed on pick-up -Better optimized tripod camera model

Builds

1
BuildBranchUpdated
25686600publicOct 2, 2026

Depots

Depots

3
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
228989 — shared from 228980 Windows — — —
228990 — shared from 228980 Windows — — —
4694271 — All 787.1 MB 638.9 MB 4060115667624353729

Branches

1
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 25686600 Oct 2, 2026 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Backrooms Code Yellow

Launch options

1
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
GrungyGame.exe All

News

  1. Oct 10, 2026 · Community Announcements Outpost/Base Building in Development

    Just wanted to briefly talk about the current development happening in Backrooms: Code Yellow. Outpost/Base building is in the works. This will serve as a way to get more immersed in the backrooms an…

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