Would You Survive the Backrooms?

Our would you survive the Backrooms quiz starts in a clinic waiting room, right before you lean back and fall through the wall. From there it’s damp carpet, mono-yellow wallpaper and the endless hum-buzz of fluorescent lights. Make ten choices and find out whether you’d noclip back out, map the halls or become part of them.

How to use it

Answer each question with your gut, not your best movie-hero instincts. Every choice nudges you toward one of five fates, from escaping back to the waiting room to becoming the footsteps someone else hears. The scenarios follow the version of the legend on our The Backrooms page, including the clinic, the lone blue chair and the debate over levels, so fans will spot the details. Finished? Try another doomed setting with our Kisaragi Station story, or retake the quiz and answer the opposite way.

Frequently asked questions

What are the Backrooms?

An internet legend about an endless maze of empty, yellow-walled office rooms that you can accidentally “noclip” into from the real world, with something wandering the halls.

How many endings does the quiz have?

Five: escaping, mapping the halls, barely making it out, getting heard by something and becoming part of the Backrooms.

Is the quiz scary?

It’s eerie and suspenseful but has no gore, so it suits most teen horror fans.