Lethal Company Meets the Backrooms in This New Korean Co-op Horror Game

If you’ve ever wondered what Lethal Company would feel like inside the Backrooms, then the aptly named Backroom Company is the game for you.

This Early Access title blends the eerie, liminal spaces of the Backrooms with the co-operative, quota-driven structure of Lethal Company. The result is a tense team-based experience where documenting horror is just as important as surviving it.

Developed by South Korean studio Hypercent, it offers a familiar yet fresh take on multiplayer horror, focusing on investigation, coordination, and the unsettling unknown.

Inside the Game

Players take on the role of contracted research assistants for the shady “Async Corporation.” Their mission is to venture into iconic, procedurally generated Backrooms environments, ranging from endless hotel corridors to cold, damp parking garages. These spaces constantly shift and change, making each playthrough unpredictable.

Up to seven players can team up using proximity chat, emphasizing teamwork and communication as essential survival tools.

Armed with limited gear like handheld camcorders, players document anomalies and hostile entities. They scavenge for vital resources and work together to meet their quota before time runs out.

The gameplay loop echoes Lethal Company with escalating threats and tight resource management, but instead of scavenging materials, the goal is to record. You are collecting data, gathering footage, and trying to survive long enough to extract while feeling the pressure of an ever-watchful corporate overseer.

Overseeing your missions is “Blagos,” a disturbingly chipper corporate middle manager who monitors your progress and, perhaps, something more. As players dig deeper into the Backrooms and uncover the strange phenomena within, it becomes clear they are part of a larger, controlled experiment and not just researchers.

Meet the Developer

Behind Backroom Company is Hypercent, a South Korean indie studio founded in January 2024 by a team of young, passionate developers with a shared love for innovative game design.

While this is their debut release, the team is already shaping up to be a creative force in the horror co-op space. Hypercent is also working on Backrooms Cleaner, a third-person roguelike action game set in the same universe.

Where Backroom Company focuses on slow-burn tension, strategy, and tight teamwork in co-op survival, Backrooms Cleaner leans into fast-paced combat, letting players fight back against the entities lurking in the Backrooms.

What’s Next

The full release is planned for late July 2025, and Hypercent has confirmed a major update will drop at launch.

This update will include new maps, including a Sewers biome, additional creature types with new behaviors, and more narrative content that digs deeper into the truth behind Async Corporation.

There will also be hidden easter eggs and secrets, many still undiscovered by the community.

Final Thoughts

Despite what its name might suggest, Backroom Company is more than just a Lethal Company clone set in a creepy liminal office.

Its procedurally generated environments, focus on teamwork with up to seven players, and emphasis on investigation and documentation should hopefully deliver a smart, layered horror experience.

And with Backrooms Cleaner on the horizon, Hypercent seems poised to expand the Backrooms universe in multiple ways.

Check out Backroom Company on Steam