Now that you have a little more context about where the Backrooms came from, you really ought to keep searching for an escape back to reality. Structural elements of the Backrooms, with crowdsourced levels and monsters, are the product of a culture fascinated by video games en masse and searching for additional creative outlets. The Backrooms are having a similar impact on video games with a free title on Steam and dedicated Roblox experiences, but this creepypasta has video game culture woven into its core lore. Dan Erickson, creator and showrunner on the workplace thriller Severance, told Input that the Backrooms were one of many sources of inspiration for his television series.ĭuring the height of Slendermania, the creepypasta affected video game culture with YouTubers like Markiplier playing through Slender: The Eight Pages around Halloween in 2012. Pent-up feelings from a multi-year pandemic that incentivized social isolation likely contributed to the public’s fascination.
You could try to run for help if pursued by Slender Man, but you’re cut off from society and face monsters alone in the Backrooms. The Slender Man was a towering figure of the imagination layered on top of the real world. A person no-clips into the Backrooms, fully severed from reality, and they’re all alone. The expression of alienation is more complete.
What sets the Backrooms apart from Slender Man and other previously popular creepypasta is what I call the lonely gamer effect.
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