Backrooms with a friend

About Backrooms with a friend

Backrooms with a friend is a maze adventure set in the unsettling yellow corridors of the Backrooms. The objective is to find the door that leads out while avoiding the monsters roaming the maze. You can explore alone or share one device with another player, with separate keyboard controls for the blue and red characters.

The blue player moves with WASD, while the red player uses the arrow keys. That simple split lets both players react independently as they look for a route through the corridors. The source describes local cooperative play, but friends can also turn their escape into a rivalry by trying to find the exit first or drawing a monster toward the other player. Decide together how you want to approach the maze before setting off.

Pay attention to intersections and recognizable stretches of corridor so you do not keep returning to the same dead end. In a cooperative run, tell your partner which direction you explored and warn them when you see a monster. Avoid rushing into a corner without a way back. The challenge combines route finding, observation, and reacting to danger rather than solving a board puzzle or racing along a fixed track.

Tips to win

• Call out unexplored turns and dead ends so both players can build a clearer picture of the maze.
• Watch for monsters before entering a narrow corner, and keep an escape route in mind.