Main Levels
28 Escape the Backrooms levels
Escape the Backrooms: Level 0
Welcome to the ultimate guide for Level 0: The Lobby. Whether you are a beginner or a speedrunner, this page covers everything from ladder locations to the safest way to cross the trap room.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 1
Welcome to the complete guide for Level 1: The Habitable Zone. This level introduces new mechanics like sanity management, hostile entities (Skin-Stealers), and a dark basement area where a graphics setting trick can save your life.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 2
Welcome to the complete guide for Level 2: Pipe Dreams (also known as the Abandoned Public Area). This level is a long, linear tunnel gauntlet featuring deadly steam bursts and a terrifying chase sequence with a "Smiler."
Escape the Backrooms: Level 3
Welcome to the complete guide for Level 3: The Electrical Station. This level is a dark, industrial maze filled with circuit breakers, locked gates, and the dangerous Hound entity.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 4
Welcome to the complete guide for Level 4: The Abandoned Office. This level is a quiet, eerie office complex. While it lacks aggressive monsters chasing you, it features deadly environmental hazards and memory puzzles.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 5 Terror Hotel
Welcome to the ultimate guide for Level 5: Terror Hotel. This level is a surreal, vintage hotel that tests your sanity and patience. It is divided into distinct stages, starting from a mysterious portrait hallway and ending in a creature-infested boiler room.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 5.5
Welcome to the complete guide for Level 5.5 (often referred to as Level 55 or the Beverly Room). This is a secret sub-level accessed via the elevator in Level 5. It features a looping hotel corridor, a mailbox puzzle, and a dangerous Hound guarding the hallways.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 5 The Boiler Room
Welcome to the complete guide for Level 5: The Boiler Room. This level is a maze of hot pipes and machinery, infested with deadly Death Moths. Your goal is to navigate the maze without getting caught.
Escape the Backrooms: The Pipe Run
After escaping the Level 5 Boiler Room, you find yourself back in a familiar setting: the concrete tunnels of the Pipe Nightmare. This is a short but intense transition level that leads directly to Level Fun.
Escape the Backrooms: The Party Rooms
Welcome to the complete guide for Level Fun (also known as the Party Rooms or Pleasure City). This level is a deceptively cheerful maze filled with balloons, confetti, and deadly Partygoers. Stealth is key, but glitches can make this level a cakewalk.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 37
Welcome to the complete guide for Level 37: The Poolrooms (also known as Subliminality). This is one of the most iconic and peaceful levels in the Backrooms. It features endless tiled pools and water slides, but beware of the hidden traps lurking beneath the surface.
Escape the Backrooms: Level !
The most intense level in the game. You are in a red hospital corridor and must run for your life from a horde of entities. Learn the "Second Door" trigger, the jump-crouch technique, and the safest path to survive.
Escape the Backrooms: The End (Updated)
Walkthrough for the updated "Din Library" (The End). This guide covers the major graphical updates, the "Blind Entity" bug, the table safe zone exploit, and why you no longer need to touch the computer first.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 94 (Motion)
Complete guide for Level 94 (Motion). Learn how to survive the day/night cycle, evade the "Animation" entities, utilize the van, and survive the Clown's rollercoaster puzzle in the floating castle.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 6 (Lights Out)
Guide for Level 6 (Lights Out). Master the LiDAR scanner mechanics, learn the "Right Wall" navigation strategy, stealth past the blind Wretch entities, and find the exit to Level 7.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 7 (Thalassophobia)
Walkthrough for Level 7 (Thalassophobia). Learn the critical "Shadow Quality" trick to remove fog, how to navigate the ocean safely, locate the lighthouse, and survive the underwater cave descent.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 8 (Cave System)
Walkthrough for Level 8 (Cave System). Master the stealth mechanics against Death Moths and Skinstealers, survive the Suspension Bridge, or learn the "Rock Climb" glitch to skip directly to Level 9.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 8 (Cave System)
A comprehensive guide to navigating the dark caves of Level 8. Learn how to manage airlock doors, bypass Death Moths and Skinstealers, and utilize a major glitch to skip straight to Level 9.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 9 (The Suburbs) & The Lab
Master the computer puzzle of Level 9 (The Suburbs) and navigate the complex underground laboratory. Learn how to use wall-clipping tricks, avoid the Beishi and Big Eye, and obtain the exit badge.
Escape the Backrooms Level 10 Guide: Wheat Field Shortcut to Arcade
Conquer the endless cornfields of Level 10. Learn to optimize graphics for better visibility, escape the Faceless Bell, and use the fence bug to safely reach Level 3999.
Escape the Backrooms Level 3999 Guide: Arcade Ticket Location & Code
Explore Level 3999, the neon-lit Arcade hub. Learn how to find the secret ticket code, unlock the elevator, and discover the requirements for the True Ending.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 0.2 'Ancient Path' Speed-Run & Exploit Guide
Escape the Backrooms Level 0.2 route: read the blueprint, clear the 5 lower-upper gate pairs, counter Smiling Eyes and the Skin Peeler, and use the starting fuse-box ceiling clip if needed.
Escape the Backrooms: Level '!!' (Double Exclamation) Guide
Escape the Backrooms Level !! chase route: handle solo or co-op pressure plates, trigger the Branch, take the stair-drop shortcut, and follow the exact left / right / left / right path.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 188 'Courtyard' Walkthrough & TV Skip Exploit
Escape the Backrooms Level 188 route: move TVs A, B, and C through the freight elevator path, avoid Ceiling Spider and Curtain Spirit kills, or use the 1-TV diagonal skip.
Escape the Backrooms: Level 37.2 'Poolrooms' Complete Guide & Skip Glitches
Escape the Backrooms Level 37.2 route: cross toxic water with squat-jumps, clear the 4-, 3-, and 7-valve phases, exploit the safe interaction window on Zhi Tuan, or use the F11 clip.
Escape the Backrooms Level Fun+: All Color Codes & Claw Machine FPS Hack!
A comprehensive, player-tested walkthrough for Escape the Backrooms Level Fun+ (Levian's House). Learn how to survive the Partygoers, locate every randomized key, solve the darkroom glow stick puzzle, and use an exclusive V-Sync exploit to skip the final animation.
Escape the Backrooms Level 52 Guide: School Halls & Bounty Hunter Path
Conquer Level 52 (School Halls) in Escape the Backrooms with this player-verified guide. Learn how to manage the updated Partygoer aggro ranges, synchronize with the friendly companion NPC, and use the loading-screen restart skip.
Escape the Backrooms Level 55.1 Guide: Normal Ending & "Wrong Door" Secret Ending!
Master Escape the Backrooms Level 55.1 with this comprehensive guide covering both the Normal Ending and the secret "Wrong Door" Ending. Learn critical entity photography tracking mechanics for both solo and co-op players, and find out how to safely deal with the level's supercharged Bacteria.
