The Backrooms

The Backrooms are a surreal alternate dimension entered by “no-clipping” out of reality, a glitch-like slip through weak seams in the universe. Normal reality is called the “Frontrooms.” Inside the Backrooms, physics, time, and space break down completely. Rooms shift endlessly, loops are common, and travelers may walk for miles only to return to where they started.

Level 0, “The Lobby,” is the most iconic level: an infinite maze of yellow office rooms with damp carpets, stained wallpaper, buzzing fluorescent lights, and non-Euclidean geometry. The loud humming lights often cause paranoia and migraines. Electronics fail, and wanderers cannot reliably meet each other due to the Isolation Phenomenon. Strange wall messages like “Don’t touch anything” appear throughout the halls. Rare sightings mention entities such as Dullers, Clumps, and Skin-Stealers.

Level 1, “Habitable Zone,” resembles a massive underground parking garage with concrete pillars, pipes, fog, and flickering lights. Supply crates occasionally appear. Dangerous entities include Hounds, Skin-Stealers, Smilers, Facelings, and Deathmoths.

Level 2, “Pipe Dreams,” is a claustrophobic industrial maze of rusted pipes, concrete, darkness, steam, and extreme heat. Smilers, Crawlers, Hounds, Facelings, and Skin-Stealers roam its corridors, making escape difficult.

Level 3, “Electrical Station,” consists of twisting brick corridors packed with wires, machinery, and dangerously unstable electrical systems. Temperatures can become extreme, and the layout shifts when unobserved. Common threats include Hounds, Smilers, Wretches, Clumps, Dullers, and Deathmoths.

Level 4, “Abandoned Office,” is considered one of the safest levels. It resembles a vast empty office building with broken fluorescent lights, sparse furniture, and windows leading to dangerous voids or storms. Almond Water is plentiful, and hostile entities are rare.

Level 5, “Terror Hotel,” is a seemingly luxurious 1930s-style hotel with looping hallways, chandeliers, jazz music, and endless rooms. It includes the Main Hall, Hotel Floors, and Boiler Room. Strange phenomena include self-cleaning architecture, whispering boilers, and unexplained deaths. The level is inhabited by entities such as Clumps, Skin-Stealers, Deathmoths, and the terrifying Beast of Level 5.

Level 6, “Lights Out,” is shrouded in complete darkness where no artificial light functions. Wanderers navigate by touch through moldy concrete corridors lined with leaking pipes. The level itself causes paranoia, hallucinations, and psychological collapse.

Level 7, “Thalassophobia,” is an endless ocean beneath a gray sky. Safe areas are limited to isolated bunkers or flooded structures. The deeper waters contain terrifying predators such as “The Thing on Level 7,” a colossal leviathan capable of swallowing entire structures.

Level 9, “The Suburbs,” is an endless suburban neighborhood with warped houses, abandoned streets, and severe entity infestations. Hounds, Smilers, Skin-Stealers, and unique threats like the Neighborhood Watch patrol the roads.

Level 10, “Field of Wheat,” is a calmer level consisting of endless wheat fields, barns, and dirt paths beneath an overcast sky. Food and water are abundant, though Soil Worms and occasional hostile entities remain threats.

Level 11, “The Endless City,” resembles a massive modern city with distorted architecture and empty streets. Due to the “Level 11 Effect,” most hostile entities become passive, causing Hounds and Facelings to behave almost normally.

Level 37, “The Poolrooms,” is a peaceful labyrinth of tiled swimming pools, corridors, and warm blue-green water. The quiet acoustics and relaxing atmosphere make it one of the few calming areas in the Backrooms.

Level !, “Run For Your Life!,” is an infinite hospital hallway lit by flashing red emergency lights. Wanderers must sprint through debris-filled corridors while being chased by massive hordes of entities including Hounds, Facelings, Clumps, and Partygoers.

Level Fun! resembles a corrupted children’s party center filled with balloons, cakes, party decorations, and unsettling music. Its primary inhabitants are Partygoers: smiling humanoid creatures infected by the Sanguine Festivus virus that contaminates the environment.

Finally, Level 9223372036854775807, “An Endless Ending,” is a massive spiral staircase stretching through an endless void. Floors eventually become marked only with infinity symbols. Depending on the canon, the level is either completely empty or haunted by a reality-warping entity called “The Integer.”

Appearance: The Backrooms are a surreal alternate dimension entered by “no-clipping” out of reality, a glitch-like slip through weak seams in the universe. Normal reality is called the “Frontrooms.” Inside the Backrooms, physics, time, and space break down completely. Rooms shift endlessly, loops are common, and travelers may walk for miles only to return to where they started.

Level 0, “The Lobby,” is the most iconic level: an infinite maze of yellow office rooms with damp carpets, stained wallpaper, buzzing fluorescent lights, and non-Euclidean geometry. The loud humming lights often cause paranoia and migraines. Electronics fail, and wanderers cannot reliably meet each other due to the Isolation Phenomenon. Strange wall messages like “Don’t touch anything” appear throughout the halls. Rare sightings mention entities such as Dullers, Clumps, and Skin-Stealers.

Level 1, “Habitable Zone,” resembles a massive underground parking garage with concrete pillars, pipes, fog, and flickering lights. Supply crates occasionally appear. Dangerous entities include Hounds, Skin-Stealers, Smilers, Facelings, and Deathmoths.

Level 2, “Pipe Dreams,” is a claustrophobic industrial maze of rusted pipes, concrete, darkness, steam, and extreme heat. Smilers, Crawlers, Hounds, Facelings, and Skin-Stealers roam its corridors, making escape difficult.

Level 3, “Electrical Station,” consists of twisting brick corridors packed with wires, machinery, and dangerously unstable electrical systems. Temperatures can become extreme, and the layout shifts when unobserved. Common threats include Hounds, Smilers, Wretches, Clumps, Dullers, and Deathmoths.

Level 4, “Abandoned Office,” is considered one of the safest levels. It resembles a vast empty office building with broken fluorescent lights, sparse furniture, and windows leading to dangerous voids or storms. Almond Water is plentiful, and hostile entities are rare.

Level 5, “Terror Hotel,” is a seemingly luxurious 1930s-style hotel with looping hallways, chandeliers, jazz music, and endless rooms. It includes the Main Hall, Hotel Floors, and Boiler Room. Strange phenomena include self-cleaning architecture, whispering boilers, and unexplained deaths. The level is inhabited by entities such as Clumps, Skin-Stealers, Deathmoths, and the terrifying Beast of Level 5.

Level 6, “Lights Out,” is shrouded in complete darkness where no artificial light functions. Wanderers navigate by touch through moldy concrete corridors lined with leaking pipes. The level itself causes paranoia, hallucinations, and psychological collapse.

Level 7, “Thalassophobia,” is an endless ocean beneath a gray sky. Safe areas are limited to isolated bunkers or flooded structures. The deeper waters contain terrifying predators such as “The Thing on Level 7,” a colossal leviathan capable of swallowing entire structures.

Level 9, “The Suburbs,” is an endless suburban neighborhood with warped houses, abandoned streets, and severe entity infestations. Hounds, Smilers, Skin-Stealers, and unique threats like the Neighborhood Watch patrol the roads.

Level 10, “Field of Wheat,” is a calmer level consisting of endless wheat fields, barns, and dirt paths beneath an overcast sky. Food and water are abundant, though Soil Worms and occasional hostile entities remain threats.

Level 11, “The Endless City,” resembles a massive modern city with distorted architecture and empty streets. Due to the “Level 11 Effect,” most hostile entities become passive, causing Hounds and Facelings to behave almost normally.

Level 37, “The Poolrooms,” is a peaceful labyrinth of tiled swimming pools, corridors, and warm blue-green water. The quiet acoustics and relaxing atmosphere make it one of the few calming areas in the Backrooms.

Level !, “Run For Your Life!,” is an infinite hospital hallway lit by flashing red emergency lights. Wanderers must sprint through debris-filled corridors while being chased by massive hordes of entities including Hounds, Facelings, Clumps, and Partygoers.

Level Fun! resembles a corrupted children’s party center filled with balloons, cakes, party decorations, and unsettling music. Its primary inhabitants are Partygoers: smiling humanoid creatures infected by the Sanguine Festivus virus that contaminates the environment.

Finally, Level 9223372036854775807, “An Endless Ending,” is a massive spiral staircase stretching through an endless void. Floors eventually become marked only with infinity symbols. Depending on the canon, the level is either completely empty or haunted by a reality-warping entity called “The Integer.” no entities can talk and entities cannot travel between levels