A Push Square reviewer has given a positive verdict on Escape the Backrooms for PS5, describing it as a surprisingly expansive and enjoyable four-player co-op horror game. Initially dismissed as a cheap cash-in priced at just £10, the game won the writer and their friends over, becoming a genuinely fun and frightening experience that far exceeded their modest expectations.

Based on the internet "Backrooms" horror concept, the game drops players into varied themed levels — from classic yellow offices to liminal pools — where they must explore, solve simple puzzles and escape while avoiding monsters. The reviewer praises the constant variety across a campaign lasting over ten hours, the balance of humour and horror (comparing it to Lethal Company and Content Warning), and atmospheric touches like proximity chat. Criticisms include clumsy movement in tight corridors, rough animations, finicky object interaction and a frame rate that clearly falls short of 60fps, though these are excused as the limits of a smaller-budget title.