While the spaces are mostly empty, certain "levels" are inhabited by hostile entities like Hounds (dog-like creatures) and Skinstealers (beings that mimic human appearances). 3. Expansion of the Mythos
The Backrooms taps into the collective fear of "liminal spaces"—places like empty malls or office buildings that feel "wrong" because they are devoid of the people they were designed for. It represents a modern digital folklore that explores themes of isolation, paranoia, and the fragility of reality.
An unending expanse of interconnected rooms and corridors totaling approximately 600 million square miles.
In 2022, creator Kane Parsons released a YouTube series that popularized a structured timeline involving a company called ASYNC experimenting with a "Magnetic Distortion System" in the late 1980s.