Kenophobia

Kenophobia is a psychological horror game inspired by The Backrooms, presented in a found-footage style. In 2008, an experiment by the UGG Research Institute to open a portal to The Backrooms goes wrong, corrupting The Frontrooms and leaving unstable surfaces that can send people there if they fall through them. You play as a person recording a vlog who falls through the floor on the way out of their house and must find a way back to The Frontrooms.

The Backrooms

The player lands among the smell of old, damp carpet, a monotonous yellow appearance and the constant hum and buzz of fluorescent lights. The Backrooms contain approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms, as well as other areas that have yet to be explored. You move through liminal spaces and progressively reach other levels.

Solve puzzles

You search for clues and solve puzzles to progress through the levels and return to the Frontrooms. The game has 20 unique levels, almost each with its own puzzles and clues, and the puzzles vary in difficulty.

Found-footage style

The game uses an effect that resembles footage from a handheld camera.