Backrooms update, and more

27 October 2026
30 changes in this update

Added

18 changes
  • New map ?#!,??%"!*?: an abandoned furniture store by the Pripyat highway, danger 5, loot worth 1.5x

  • Someone drew something in chalk inside the store

  • The Backrooms: a new place that is different every time you enter

  • Rostovoy lives in the Backrooms. He takes more killing than anything else in the Zone

  • The Backrooms have their own versions of Zone monsters, and staying there too long gets to your head

  • New Backrooms items: almond water, chalk, music box, ball of yarn

  • New monster: Snake, it climbs into your backpack

  • New item: shopping cart, carry 10 items at once and roll them into the truck

  • New item: Folk Pipe, plays tunes and scares snakes away

  • New item: karaoke microphone, turns your voice into a song

  • New item: metal pipe. Yes, that sound

  • Fire extinguisher freezes monsters, blowtorch scares them off

  • Vacuum cleaner pulls in loot, monsters and your friends

  • Samovar heals everyone sitting around it

  • Binoculars, car battery charger, dosimeter, multimeter and oscilloscope now actually work

  • Furniture and boxes break, and loot inside flies out

  • Gas cylinders and jerry cans explode

  • Wall healer in the truck

Improved

6 changes
  • New lighting in houses and dungeons: soft shadows, light bouncing off walls and through open doors

  • Smoother FPS in buildings and dungeons

  • A closed truck now hides you from monsters

  • Melee hits where you aim

  • Ammo comes in bigger packs and is 40% cheaper

  • Items with passive effects now say what they do

Fixed

6 changes
  • Truck mirror works again

  • Monsters no longer get stuck on sounds, at the truck ramp or in a Loop

  • Mimic no longer gives itself away with dents

  • Closed gaps into the void in Red Forest and sewer dungeons

  • Chairs, lamps, boxes and other furniture are no longer walk-through

  • Fixed handcar sound errors and FPS stutters in houses with pixelation off