Novels like The Backrooms: You’ve Been Here Before
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- 1 I Become an Explorer in the Backrooms 我在后室成为探索者 Lin Rui unexpectedly transmigrated one day to a parallel world filled with mysteries and strange phenomena. Urban legends flourished there, especially tales of the "Backrooms," which filled countless people with dread. Lin Rui discovered that the world seemed to conceal some kind of illogical bug, and that bug was the key to exploring the unknown and embarking on an adventure. After making careful preparations, Lin Rui successfully found the world's bug and used it as an entrance to step into th 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 I Died in the Backrooms from the Start, but I Have the Phoenix Project! 开局死在后室，但我有凤凰计划！ [A Desperate Start] The pale cycle of Level 483 reduced Luo Wu to ashes. Luckily, the Phoenix Project activated and helped him be reborn across dimensions! [A Backrooms Journey] There are dozens of Kalanzi with huge eyes and long tentacles on Level 9. Could you please stop chasing me? I was wrong! U.E.C., releasing poison gas? I’ll go straight to your hometown and release “abstract dance powder,” making you dance to the Pure Land of Bliss for 365 days! A little Backrooms doctor tells you: Grin, 33Reads—Score314d adds
- 3 Beyond the Antechamber 前室以外 Based on the Backrooms, a “reality bug” from an online community devoted to bizarre fantasies, this book tells various fictional stories about “wanderers” in the Backrooms. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Fallen Into the Backrooms: A Girl’s Protection From the Start 跌落后室：开局受到少女庇护 [The Backrooms]+ [Beautiful Girls]+ [Pure Romance]+ [Level Fan Fiction]+ [Growing Protagonist]+ [Dark Monsters]+ [Easy to Read] The ambitious young Harley enters another world after one brief misstep. Strange phenomena, perilous surroundings, and vicious monsters come at him one after another, all brimming with malice. One level after another, each a bizarre and uncanny world: this is the Backrooms. Fortunately, he has brought the beautiful girl who should exist only in his dreams into reality. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Transmigrate into the Backrooms: I Became a Level Explorer 穿越后室：我成为层级探索者 Main characters: Wang Jia and Gu Yan [Ensemble cast] + [Original power hierarchy] + [No System] + [Carefully plotted] + [No characters acting foolishly] When space begins to shatter, the only way to survive is to uncover the lies. The legacy of ancient gods, the council's merciless experiments, eerie whispers from the spatial rifts… Just as everyone is willing to pay any price to uncover the truth, Wang Jia realizes that what they call salvation is nothing more than a desperate gamble with their 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Backrooms: A Record from the Rooms Backrooms后室实录 When Zhang Xiao yawned in the stairwell of his office building at two in the morning, he had no idea he was falling into humanity's oldest nightmare: the Backrooms. This infinite space, caught in a crack in reality, stretches on without end, its six hundred million square miles of yellow wallpaper never stopping. The fluorescent lights' incessant buzzing gnaws at your sanity, while beneath the damp carpet lurk secrets more terrifying than death. Level 0 is only the beginning. In the mold-scented 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Backrooms: I Have a Livestream! 后室：我有一个直播间！ In two whole years' worth of emails sent to Luo Chen, was the only thing they explained this bizarre concept called the Backrooms, something he'd never even heard of? Did searching it on Baidu only bring up a bunch of garbled text? Did he suddenly fall into this place as soon as the emails stopped? While everyone else was struggling to survive in the Backrooms, Luo Chen merely smiled and said, "What have I got to worry about? I've got a System!" (I'm in eighth grade. Please don't flame me if my —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Backrooms: Known Boundaries 后室：已知边界 Lin Qi thought he knew everything there was to know about the Backrooms, until he actually fell into them. The descriptions on the forums and the notes left by survivors became his only lifeline. But beneath the humming fluorescent lights, as the yellow walls stretched on without end and the "rules" he knew began to behave in strange, unexpected ways, he realized that the maze he had entered might be far more unfathomable than the legends suggested. The first "whisper" he encounters: does it poi 2Reads—Score214d adds
- 9 My Backrooms Are Just a Little Different 我的后室有亿点点不一样 [Backrooms exploration + Infinite Flow + original entities and levels] An endless series of levels lies in the cracks between worlds. An unknown presence has thrown the mysterious Backrooms into chaos, turning them into a never-ending escape game =) Countless people have stumbled into this place, yet almost no one has ever escaped... Ning Qi wanders into this mysterious realm, only to discover that it's just a tiny bit different from the Backrooms he knows so well? 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Backrooms: A Road to Survival Thebackroom求生之路 [The Backrooms] + [No Female Lead] + [The Backrooms] + [Not Overpowered] + [No System] + [Survival] + [Slow Burn] + [Ensemble Cast] When you noclip out of reality's errors or through a hole in space, you should understand that there's no going back. You'll see monotonous yellow wallpaper, a carpet reeking of rot, buzzing fluorescent lights, and endless corridors that seem to repeat forever, with faint sounds coming from far away. This is the Backrooms, a place where chaos and order, distortion a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Lost in the Backrooms, but It’s Arknights 误入后室但是方舟 An ordinary young man, a wildly popular game, and a fantastical urban legend. What unexpected things will happen when fate brings the three together… 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The New Backrooms, Changed by Me 因我而变的新后室 [Backrooms] [Everyone is smart] [High-level difficulty] [Organizations and internal conflicts] [Connections between Entities] The Backrooms are our wondrous homeland. Here, we welcome everything new. This is our second home. The protagonist, “I,” is a wanderer who accidentally stumbled into this place. As soon as I arrive in the Backrooms, I hit the jackpot and end up in Level 598, followed by a series of high-difficulty levels. The View, False Levels, Barren Skies, Mourning, Crystal Caverns Bon 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Backrooms: Infinite Rebirths, Hunted by Horrors Again and Again 后室：无限重生，诡怪杀我千百次 Zhang Xi longs to explore the meaning of life. Then she encounters a strange figure in white that can send you back to the past, and the mysterious otherworld known as the Backrooms... What kind of extraordinary reaction will occur when these three collide? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Backrooms Level 1: Is It Over...? 后室level1:结束了吗…… Backrooms Level 1: Is It Over...? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Global Transmigration to the Backrooms: Escape Countdown 全民穿越后室：逃生倒计时 [No System, no superpowers, nearly invincible, Wikidot version, with some original additions] Everyone transmigrates to the Backrooms, and each person starts with a status panel and a 25-slot inventory. The protagonist plays it safe and builds up his strength early on. Later, he'll join many organizations, taking on a different identity in each one. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Backrooms: I Revive Party-Poopers Behind the Players' Backs 后室：我在玩家幕后复活扫兴客 The orphan Mo An was raised by the Partygoers in the bizarre, colorful Backrooms. When the “War of Enjoyment” brought its slaughter to his last remaining family, he used his own life to build a fragile shield. The Partygoers, on the brink of extinction, sacrificed the soul essence of their entire race to call him back from death and grant him a System linked to the “Frontrooms.” It could summon players who treated the Backrooms as a “game.” Reborn as a ghost lurking behind the scenes, Mo An had —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Daily Life of the Backrooms' Most Popular Resident 后室万人迷的日常 [Backrooms setting (lots of original worldbuilding) + no romance + System + adored by everyone] Just a moment ago, Lu Yao was cooking. Then he looked up and found himself at a crime scene: an unfamiliar house, the heavy smell of blood, and an unknown monster. Lu Yao had fallen into the twisted world of the Backrooms. Fortunately, he awakened a System. “Wait, System, where is this?” [Host, this is an infinite-flow instance~] “What’s that supposed to mean?” [Host, you're currently in an apocalypti 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Backrooms: You Can’t Escape 后室：你逃不了 An adaptation of the Backrooms. Please don't read if that's not your thing. Lin Feng accidentally wanders into the Backrooms, where everything he encounters clashes with what he knows. How will he survive and “escape” this bizarre place? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Backrooms: Help from a Friend in a Knockoff World 后室：来自山寨朋友的帮助 Back to the old track. I do not even know whether anyone still reads Backrooms. After taking a few sacrificial offerings, I feel I may have reached the edge. You can leave your brains with me for now, and I will do my best to keep them safe. This book probably will not make you need insulin~ 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 20 The Backrooms: Shifting Levels 后室：层级转变 Not a wish-fulfillment story. No harem, no System, and no invincible protagonist. The Pantheon, REDE, interlocking mysteries that build layer by layer. The protagonist and their teammates are smart, but they aren’t all-powerful or invincible. There may be some “bugs” that are actually foreshadowing! After accidentally falling into the Backrooms, the protagonist discovers abnormalities in the levels as they struggle to survive. Strange events keep occurring, and as they search for the truth, a va 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Backrooms: I’m Safe After Falling Into the Backrooms 后室：掉落后室的我很安全 The surroundings are gloomy, the lights flicker, and old facilities are everywhere. They encounter terrifying monsters such as the Grinning Nightmare and the Blunt Ones, constantly facing the threat of death. The author has been suppressed and can do nothing about it. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 My Prison Cell: The System's God of War 我嘞个牢室之系统战神 The System isn't much use... The protagonist's team has to do all the work. They occasionally explore some obscure levels, and there will be descriptions of level items in physical form. The entire class transmigrates into the Backrooms. I have a System, there are moles, bleeding hearts, and organizations. It's a strange place that nobody can escape from! [Attention, everyone!] The protagonist, Zhu Rong, starts with M.E.G., then goes on to U.E.C., B.N.T.G., Argos, the robotics company... Even wi 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Backrooms: A Journey of Omniscience 后室：全知之旅 [Pure W-level Backrooms] + [C-layer clusters] + [Exploration and adventure] + [Faithful to the original, no System] + [No heroine] + [Please don't ban it] Ling Feng clips into the Backrooms, and it turns out to be right up his alley! From an empty tutorial level to the relatively safe “Easy-to-Die Zone,” from the dangerous, complex power station to the endless city where “every road leads to Level 11”... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Compendium of Backrooms Levels 后室层级收录 Updates on original Backrooms levels and first-person Backrooms journals will come as inspiration strikes. Let me know in the comments which you prefer, or share your ideas and creative concepts. If I like one, I’ll write it into the story and credit you. ^.^ I hope you enjoy it! Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 An Adventure in the Backrooms: Escape the Backrooms 后室的探险之旅：逃离后室 [Backrooms + Adventure + Worldbuilding + Hardcore + No System + Smart Protagonist + Combat] The early chapters are a novel adapted by the author from Fancy's game Escape the Backrooms. Feel free to discuss any issues, and the author will gradually revise it to match the Backrooms standards. Since the game combines three different Backrooms settings, please bear with me and feel free to offer suggestions. The later chapters use the W-version level setting, with the C cluster included. If you don' 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Six Superpowers to Choose From? I Picked This One! 超能力六选一？我选择了这个！ [The Backrooms] + [Not AI, Entirely Handcrafted] + [Not Mindless] + [Innovative] + [Plot-Driven] + [Ensemble Cast] If you could choose one superpower but would be transported to the Backrooms, which would you pick? Out of six superpowers, Lin Mo chose the ability to travel between the Backrooms and reality. Almond water, fire salt, candy, bottled lightning, scarabs... Every unique item in the Backrooms has a special function. In a modern city, each one would cause a sensation. Lin Mo is an ordin 4.4kReads6.1Score27814d adds
- 27 Designing the Backrooms from the Start: Players Are Stunned! 开局：设计后室，一众玩家震惊！ [This isn’t about transmigrating into the Backrooms. The Backrooms have been designed as a game!!! There’s another Backrooms game-development novel on Tomato, but it was abandoned, so I’m carrying on with its worldbuilding.] My name is Jiang Jintong. I never expected this! I transmigrated into a world where games have no masterpieces, only browser games and pixel games, though its 3D simulations are quite good. This world prioritizes technological development, while its gaming and entertainment 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Endless Escape from the Backrooms 后室无尽逃脱 Lu Mingyi, Zhu Yinqi, Su Luo, and others fall into the Backrooms. Its many levels await exploration, and they are joined by people who live there. Along the way, they get help from the brothers Chen Shijin and Chen Shitui, as well as Xu Jinchen, who isn't afraid of the entities at all. They also encounter all kinds of terrifying Villain entities. Can they escape the Backrooms? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Nation's Fate: The Backrooms, You've Been Here Before 国运后室：你曾经来过这里 [National Fate] [Backrooms] [the Myriad Worlds] [W-Version] [If there's a heroine, it'll be the System] Special note: This book was written with virtually no technical guidance. Anything unreasonable should be considered the author's own invention. (Apologies.) “Wait... Can someone tell me... Did the Dragon Kingdom's contestant cheat?” “What do you mean, did he? He didn't even lock it!” The Beast of Level 5: “Aha, there you are! I've been waiting for... Hold on, why is it you?!” Argos: “In 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 I Glitched into the Backrooms 我切入到了后室Backroom [Backrooms] [Not Invincible] [No System] [Exploration] [Plot] [Level Introductions] [Original] Since 2019, reports of paranormal disappearances have kept cropping up around the world. The Backrooms appeared right around the same time, and more and more people began wondering whether they really existed. The protagonist was certain they couldn’t possibly be real, but one day, he accidentally wound up in the Backrooms. If you have any questions about the Backrooms, feel free to ask the author. I’l 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 In the Backrooms, Dreaming of the Frontrooms 人在后室，梦回前厅 Born in the Backrooms, Bai Yue suddenly discovers that she can return to the beautiful Frontrooms in her dreams, anchored to a young girl. Long abused, Li Zi sees a boy who seems part ghost and part spirit, and unexpectedly gains a power that does not belong to her. Is it all just coincidence?! Or... was it fate? Can they break free from the bonds of destiny? Perhaps The answers they seek lie in the deepest recesses of the human heart. There are tears and sweet moments. Come on in and take a lo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Backrooms Super Player 后室大玩家 The Backrooms, W-version, C-cluster. Quick-hopping player, no entry requirements. (This is purely an exploration story with little plot. Hope you enjoy reading!) I was an ordinary person who fell into a despairing hell: the Backrooms. This place is lifeless. Everyone lives in constant fear, until... Time to start quick-hopping! Since I’ve already fallen into the Backrooms, I might as well go wild! 294Reads—Score14314d adds
- 33 The Backrooms: A Wanderer's Tale 后室：一个流浪者的经历 [W Version + F Version] [No Harem] [Not a Saint] Could such a mysterious place as the Backrooms really exist? Back when I was in the Frontrooms, I knew pretty much everything about all the levels, but I still had to keep my distance from this place. I used to think it was just an urban legend, but I never imagined I’d actually end up here! How am I supposed to survive and escape? Of course, I can’t do it without help from my companions. P.S. This book was inspired by "The Backrooms: A Wonderful —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Backrooms: Entities? I'll Send Them All Flying! 后室：实体？统统创飞！ [Memes] + [Backrooms] + [Comedy] + [Respecting the Original Setting] (Dubious) Synopsis: Blew up a space station? No big deal! A blonde catgirl captain takes her disciplinary ruler of physical absolution and charges into the eerie Backrooms! The Smilers show more than eight teeth? Whack! The Hounds drool all over the place? Punishment! Every terrifying entity gets sent flying. Physical reform and ideological reeducation, coming right up! A ridiculous rampage, a hilarious fight for survival, an 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 A Buzzkill’s Backrooms Adventure 后室扫兴记 In the dangerous Backrooms, I somehow became a Partygoer and went through one dangerous ordeal after another. I also met some like-minded friends who wanted to escape the Backrooms. Do we know how to get out? I don't know when it happened... I can no longer escape. I've become one with it. The will of the Backrooms cannot be defied. Only humans can escape! Ha! Ha! Ha! 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 A Journey Through the Backrooms, 后室之旅， A young college student receives a mysterious invitation from the Backrooms. He doesn’t believe any of it, but the hard facts soon prove impossible to resist, and he accidentally enters the Backrooms. There, he meets others who have found their way inside, and they set out together to survive and explore. They encounter all kinds of phenomena that science cannot explain, uncover the origins of humanity, and make contact with advanced civilizations, beginning an extraordinary adventure. 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Backrooms: Endless Nightmares 后室无尽噩梦 An abandoned, sealed-off school gym hides all kinds of inexplicable mysteries. A group of people went inside and vanished without a trace. This is no ordinary sports venue. Its depths connect to another world, full of bizarre monsters and illusory visions. Could they have fallen into an endless dream? 4Reads—Score214d adds
- 38 A Rather Improper Backrooms Adventure 不太正经的后室大冒险 [Backrooms + System + comedy + grand adventure + antics] A Backrooms fanfic featuring a built-in System. The setting isn’t very rigorous and includes plenty of original additions. Please don’t flame it if it’s not to your taste. Just have fun reading. P.S. Wang Chen is a player who’s incredibly good at pulling stunts. 6.3kReads8.0Score82214d adds
- 39 The End Is Nigh, and I Open a Mixue Bingcheng in the Backrooms 末日来临，我在后室开蜜雪冰城 All of humanity was transported to the endless yellow Backrooms level, Level 0. Just as Lin Huo was desperately struggling to survive, a voice rang out in his mind: “Ding! The Snow King System has been activated!” Faced with all kinds of bizarre entities, Lin Huo simply smiled calmly. “Want a glass of lemonade, friend?” 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Great Backrooms Collapse 后室大崩坏 [Plot]+ [Slow Burn]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Not Overpowered]+ [Everyone Is Smart]+ [The Backrooms] 2033, the tenth year since the Backrooms faded from people's attention. A yellow hell. Mysterious entities. Those things are all in the past now. Backrooms kids, longtime Backrooms fans, even Backrooms writers. They can no longer remember what this place used to be like. People who slipped in from the Frontrooms, and residents who belong to the Backrooms themselves. Either way, their numbers are close 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Backrooms: A Record of the Backrooms Backrooms：后室实记 [Level-based exploration] [Consistent and well-reasoned] [W-version Backrooms] On a stormy night, Cheng Mu searches an underground parking garage for his lost front door key. Just as he finds it, the ground suddenly gives way beneath him. He falls and blacks out. When he wakes, the damp, moldy stench engulfs him. Welcome to the Backrooms. “If you accidentally noclip out of reality in the wrong place, you’ll end up in the Backrooms: a place with nothing but the stench of damp, rotten carpet, the 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I Transmigrated Into the Backrooms and Got a Stand-In 穿越后室，我拥有替身 [Backrooms + System + JoJo + Male and Female Leads + Fate + Plot] This novel is based on the Backrooms, with a few JoJo elements. The male and female leads are named Kui and Yao. The protagonist’s first Stand is Star Platinum. Readers can guess what the next Stand will be. The cover features tarot card illustrations of all the Stands... Introduction: After transmigrating into the Backrooms, the protagonist unexpectedly acquires a Stand and a “cute System.” Here, fate will be put to the test. W 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Reality Bends, Starting in the Backrooms 现实扭曲，从后室开始 After an ordinary afternoon nap, Zhou Qichen slowly opens his eyes to find himself in a completely unfamiliar world. The dim yellow light overhead buzzes and flickers, as if it could go out at any moment. The wallpaper all around him has an unhealthy yellow tinge, with mold spreading across it like an ancient map. Beneath his feet, a damp carpet stretches on without end, every step bringing an unsettling squelch. This is a place he has never seen before: both familiar and strange, as if some for 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Backrooms: I'm an Employee of the Inside Company 后室我是内部公司人员 Six months ago, I went to study abroad in the Beautiful Country. After graduating, I planned to find an ordinary job, but unexpectedly landed a position at Company A... “While carrying out a mission with my companions, I accidentally fell behind and got lost in Level 0.” (How am I supposed to survive? How do I get out of here?) “But that's okay. I have information on every level!” 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 I Fell Out of the Backrooms and Now I Rule the World of Rule-Based Horror 掉出后室的我，在规则怪谈横着走 [National destiny + fast-paced + wish fulfillment + lighthearted + absurd] F version + W version + original Backrooms setting Little filler, fast pace, plenty of highlights Chen Feng is a member of the M.E.G. While exploring Level 0, he accidentally noclips out of the Backrooms and ends up in a rules-based horror game. He is chosen by the rules-based horror System alongside people from other countries and joins the game. [Welcome to the first round of the rules-based horror game: “Sweet Home”] [ 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Backrooms: All the Way to Level 3999 到level3999为止：后室 A Backrooms fanfic. I don't know that much about the Backrooms, so bear with me while I figure things out. What would it feel like to charge all the way from Level 0 to Level 3999??? To run ten kilometers in Level !??? To join forces with the Facelings and attack the Partygoers' headquarters with modern weapons????? I don't get it!! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Backrooms: Crown of Calamity 后室：灾厄冠冕 The moment I opened my eyes, I fell into the Backrooms' hell. The nothingness of Level 136 wanted to devour me, and the rules of Level 363 declared me a cheater. But when four strangers gave their lives to lift me out of the abyss, I understood: this hell needs a king. “The Lord of the Party” bestowed revelry upon me, and “The God of Silent Souls” granted me authority. And I will use this [Crown of Calamity] to crown every wanderer with a new dawn. (JOJO Stand battles + Backrooms survival + The —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Backrooms: Drifting Through the Global Backrooms Backrooms全球后室漂泊 Eight Billion People Around the World Fall into the Backrooms [Backrooms] + [Smart Protagonist] + [Exploration and Plot] + [Innovative Worldbuilding] At dawn on Judgment Day, Zhou Yuyi and eight billion people around the world fell into the Backrooms at different times. This surreal space seemed endless, with yellow corridors stretching on forever beneath bright lights. The hum of the lights filled the entire space, and every corner was steeped in uncertainty and fear. Faced with this sudden uph —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Backrooms: I’m a Shining Star in the Backrooms 后室：我在后室当闪光 Version [w]. I got so hooked on reading novels that I started writing one myself. Note: this book is intended for readers with some familiarity with the Backrooms. Newcomers only need to know a few basic settings. To avoid conflicts between Naruto abilities and the Backrooms, this story prioritizes Naruto abilities except in certain levels. Feedback is welcome. This Backrooms novel is also written for Naruto fans. 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Extra: V-7’s Monologue: A War of Pleasure and the Sole Survivor 番外：V-7的独白——享乐战争与唯一的幸存者 Extra: V-7’s Monologue: The War of Pleasure and the Sole Survivor 38Reads—Score—14d adds
