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New Game Confirmation and Performance Fixes
A few changes in this one: Added a confirmation screen before starting a new game when a Continue save is available. Improved pacing in Hard mode. Improved texture streaming on lower-memory graphics cards and when using…
Announcement3 changesGameplayPerformance - BACKROOMS ANOMALY
Launch-day patch: Hard mode, achievements and fixes
We pushed a follow-up to the launch build, focused on Hard mode, balance and a few visual fixes. Hard mode and achievements The difficulty menu now shows the size of each anomaly pool: 30 in Normal and 50 in Hard. After…
Patch notes8 changesFixBalance - BACKROOMS ANOMALY
Backrooms Anomaly is out now, 30% off
It's finally here. Backrooms Anomaly is out now! To celebrate launch, it's 30% off for a limited time. It's a horror game about hunting anomalies. You work your way through the levels watching for anything that looks of…
Store1 change - BACKROOMS ANOMALY
Backrooms Anomaly is Steam Deck Verified
Backrooms Anomaly is officially Steam Deck Verified. Valve has confirmed that the full game works great with Steam Deck's built-in controls and display. The game launches July 24 with a 30% launch discount. Add it to yo…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - BACKROOMS ANOMALY
Demo update: localization, onboarding, and more polish
We pushed another demo update. Like the last few batches, most of it comes directly from player reports: translation gaps, menu edge cases, and presentation issues on lower-end machines. A few highlights: Added missing…
Store10 changesFixGameplay - BACKROOMS ANOMALY
Demo update: small patch for older machines and a language fix
A small follow-up to yesterday's batch. Three things: On low graphics settings the game skips real-time shadows to keep the framerate up, which left the warden with no shadow at all, floating over the carpet. He has one…
Announcement3 changesFixUI/audio - BACKROOMS ANOMALY
Demo update: the second batch of polish before July 24
Here's the second batch of the polish work we promised. Most of it is one thing: we tore out the old settings menu and built a new one from scratch. The rest is smaller fixes all over the demo. A new settings menu We re…
Patch notes16 changesFixUI/audio - BACKROOMS ANOMALY
Demo update: the first batch of polish before July 24
When we moved the launch to July 24, we said we'd use the extra time for optimization and polish. The first batch of that work is live in the demo now. Here's what changed, plus a quick note on the full game. New player…
Patch notes17 changesFixPerformance - BACKROOMS ANOMALY
Backrooms Anomaly now launches July 24
Quick update: Backrooms Anomaly is now releasing on July 24 instead of June 29. We're taking a little extra time for performance optimization and polish, to make sure every aspect of the game meets our standards before…
Announcement2 changesPerformanceGameplay - BACKROOMS ANOMALY
Backrooms Anomaly launches July 24 with 30% off
Hey everyone! We're almost there, and we want to thank everyone who's followed and wishlisted so far. Backrooms Anomaly is our latest descent into the Backrooms, and it launches July 24 with a 30% launch discount. It's…
Store1 change - BACKROOMS ANOMALY
Demo update: a new settings menu and a pile of fixes
We pushed a new version of the demo. Most of it comes straight from what people reported. Stuff players kept running into: no way to turn down the motion blur or the VHS filter mouse sensitivity was fixed, and there was…
Announcement8 changesFixGameplay - BACKROOMS ANOMALY
Huge demo update
The demo, rebuilt. A few of you hit the same handful of problems with the old demo: a separate launcher window that opened a new copy of the game every time you clicked Play; "Could not find the Webview2 runtime" on Ste…
Patch notes4 changesGameplayCompatibility - BACKROOMS ANOMALY
We’re Live at Steam Next Fest
Attention explorers, dreamers, and thrill-seekers! Backrooms Anomaly is now part of Steam Next Fest. Step into the looping fluorescent-lit corridors of your worst liminal nightmare and see if you can perceive the distor…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - BACKROOMS ANOMALY
Backrooms Anomaly demo is out!
Backrooms Anomaly Demo Hello Backrooms lovers! I'm excited to share Backrooms Anomaly, an anomaly hunting game set in the Backrooms, now has a demo on steam! What's the game about? You're trapped in a looping corridor w…
Announcement3 changesGameplayUI/audio
