The Psychological Backrooms
by keiv
The Psychological Backrooms is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that turns the Backrooms into a survival setting where a player's sanity rises and falls with the surroundings.
What it does
Players can walk through Backrooms levels, which the author describes as six levels so far with more planned. The mod is built around a psychological focus: events happen unpredictably, and the author says entities are meant to be hard to escape, so a player may have to accept a bad outcome rather than get out. Walls in the Backrooms can be torn down, and players can craft and make items to get by in the space.
The mod also includes a sanity system with several inputs. Sanity goes up and down depending on a range of factors, including diet, certain flowers and other items in the inventory. The author is also making a custom soundtrack and ambient sound layer for the mod. Geckolib is required, and ChairTweaker is an optional dependency. The server and every player need the mod installed. Files are available for Forge only, for 1.20.1, with 1.3.7 as the latest beta file.
Key features
Six Backrooms levels
The mod adds Backrooms levels that players can explore, with more levels planned by the author.
Sanity system
A sanity value changes with diet, certain flowers and some inventory items, so a player's condition affects how the level is played.
Crafting and tearing down walls
Players can craft items and tear down Backrooms walls to make a way through the level.
Custom ambience and music
The author is creating an original soundtrack and ambient sound for the mod.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 1
How it compares
No-Clip [The Backrooms] is published for Forge across 1.20.1 – 26.2 and is also a client and server mod under All rights reserved. Cyrsed Mod: Backrooms is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, which is not open source as an option here. Meulti's Backrooms covers 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 on Forge and is licensed as All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Psychological Backrooms | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-01 |
| No-Clip [The Backrooms] | Forge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-10 |
| Cyrsed Mod: Backrooms | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-10-20 |
| Meulti's Backrooms | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-08-15 |
Questions
Does The Psychological Backrooms need Geckolib?
Does the server need the mod installed?
Which game version does the mod support?
In the catalog
The Psychological Backrooms is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,426 Cursed mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
There are plenty of other Backrooms mods out there. LudoCrypt's, Gargin's, SpacePotato's... but mine is different. My Backrooms mod has 6 levels complete, and I am adding more and more. My entities are complex and cannot be stopped by simply pillaring up. I am making my own OST of music for my mod to add to the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/kvman-backrooms
- Owner
- keiv
- Published
- 2024-08-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-09-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15