Open now · By request
Backrooms: Liminal Tether playtest
by A Darker Forestry
Explore the seemingly endless shifting expanse of the Backrooms in this isometric pixel-style liminal horror game. Discover and research anomalies, and upgrade your tether to delve deeper into the unknown.
It's free to ask. The developer chooses who gets in.
- Access
- By request
- Planned release
- To be announced
- Developer
- A Darker Forestry
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English
How to join the Backrooms: Liminal Tether playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Request access button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Request access to the Backrooms: Liminal Tether playtest there. It's free and doesn't commit you to anything.
- The developer lets players in, often in batches, so it can take a while. Steam emails you when you're in, and the playtest appears in your library.
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About Backrooms: Liminal Tether
The T.E.T.H.E.R. Institute welcomes you to The Backrooms.
In this isometric pixel-style exploration game, you are a researcher for the shadowy T.E.T.H.E.R. Institute, tasked with exploring the eerie, expansive liminal space known only as the Backrooms.
Your Tether Is Your Lifeline
things will not stay as you left them for long in this dark and ever-shifting labyrinth, and there may always be something lurking just out of sight.
Use your Tether to light your path, retain your memories, and hold off the corruption of the void as you push further into the unknown.
Explore The Backrooms
Survey vast interconnected maps based on 10+ iconic Backrooms Levels and other liminal spaces.
Take notes, document your findings, and name your discoveries.
Research Anomalies
Discover and research dozens of artifacts, anomalies, and entities.
Use your findings to research and purchase upgrades.
Upgrade Your Tether
- Extend your Tether's Length to travel further
- Increase Vision to see more
- Improve Recall to stabilize areas you've explored and keep them the way you remember them
- Choose from a 7+ augmentations to further alter your abilities
Hand-Crafted And Procedurally-Generated
Featuring a mix of hand-crafted and procedural-generation to ensure every playthrough is different.
From the game's Steam page.
