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▸ official website  |  2024  |  v1.0.0

NULLWAY

A Backrooms Horror Experience
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⚠ PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING — MAY CONTAIN FLASHING IMAGES ⚠ MATURE THEMES — RECOMMENDED 16+ ⚠ HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED ⚠ PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR — PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK ⚠ PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING — MAY CONTAIN FLASHING IMAGES ⚠ MATURE THEMES — RECOMMENDED 16+ ⚠ HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED ⚠ PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR — PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK
Section 01

ABOUT THE GAME

NULLWAY is a first-person psychological horror game set deep within the infinite labyrinth of the Backrooms. You are not meant to be here. No one is.

You wake up in Level 0 with nothing but a failing flashlight, a static-filled audio recorder, and a growing sense that the walls are closer than they were a moment ago. The hum never stops. The carpet is always wet. And something has noticed you.

Progress through an interconnected network of procedurally influenced levels — each with distinct rules, entities, and decay states. Gather documents left by those who wandered before you. Understand the logic of a place that has no logic. Survive.

NULLWAY is built on atmospheric tension rather than cheap scares. The horror is spatial, sonic, and cognitive. The Backrooms aren't haunted. They're something worse — indifferent.

  • Explore 9 unique interconnected Backrooms levels, each with distinct architecture, atmosphere, and hazards
  • Fully original adaptive soundtrack that responds to proximity, entity presence, and player anxiety state
  • Entity AI built on unpredictable behavioral patterns — they do not patrol, they hunt
  • Environmental storytelling through documents, audio logs, and liminal architecture
  • No jump scare dependency — tension is sustained through sound design, lighting, and spatial disorientation
  • Procedurally influenced layout variation ensures each run through a level feels distinct
  • Fully optimized and playable on mid-range hardware with no online connection required
◈ Classification: UNRESTRICTED
9
Levels
14+
Entities
4–8HRS
Avg Runtime
360MB
File Size
nullway_build_info.log
# NULLWAY / BUILD INFO
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engine "custom_renderer_v2"
platform "Windows 10 / 11"
version "1.0.0-release"
genre "psychological horror"
setting "backrooms / liminal"
price "FREE"
drm "none"
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# only available via official site
NO_THIRD_PARTY_DISTRIBUTION
NULLWAY is distributed exclusively through this official website. Do not download from any other source.

OFFICIAL TRAILER

NULLWAY — OFFICIAL REVEAL TRAILER
Section 03

SCREENSHOTS

CLICK TO ENLARGE — 6 CAPTURES FROM IN-GAME FOOTAGE

Screenshot 1 — Level 0, Hallway
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Screenshot 2 — Entity Encounter
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Screenshot 3 — Level 2, Poolrooms
03
Screenshot 4 — Document Discovery
04
Screenshot 5 — Office Decay
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Screenshot 6 — Deep Level Architecture
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Section 04

INCIDENT RECORD

⚠ CLASSIFIED LOG — NULLWAY RESEARCH ARCHIVE

The first documented cases of involuntary spatial dislocation — colloquially called "noclipping" — were dismissed as mass hallucination. That was before the photographs. Before the audio recordings. Before the recovery teams stopped coming back.

"The carpet is the same color everywhere. The lights never flicker. There is no source of the humming. I have been walking for eleven days and I have not found a wall that ends." — AUDIO LOG 0044-B / RECOVERED RECORDER / ORIGIN UNKNOWN

The space designated NULLWAY-PRIME spans an estimated 600 million square miles of office-like interior architecture. Level designations are informal — assigned by survivors who managed to document their observations before disappearing. The levels are not sequential. They are not safe. And they are not empty.

Entities have been catalogued. They do not appear to have entered the Backrooms the same way humans do. Current hypothesis: they have always been there. Waiting for the walls to fill. You are the filling.

NULLWAY the game does not dramatize survival — it documents it. Every mechanic, every level, every audio cue was designed to reflect a specific reported experience. The developer has stated: "This is the closest you can get without going in yourself."

level_registry.dat
# LEVEL INDEX
LVL_0 The Yellow Rooms

LVL_1 The Habitable Zone

LVL_2 Poolrooms

LVL_3 Electrical Station

LVL_4 Abandoned Office

LVL_5 The Terror Hotel

LVL_6 Lights Out

LVL_7 Sub-layer Corridor

LVL_8 [UNLOCKABLE]
ACCESS DENIED
entities_partial.log
# ENTITY STATUS
SMILERS HOSTILE
HOWLERS HOSTILE
SKIN-STEALERS HOSTILE
DEATHMOTHS NEUTRAL
FACELINGS VARIABLE
FROWNERS HOSTILE
...and 8 more

GET THE GAME

NULLWAY
FREE TO DOWNLOAD — NO DRM — NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED
VERSION: 1.0.0
SIZE: 360 MB
PLATFORM: Windows 10 / 11
RELEASE: 2024
NULLWAY is available EXCLUSIVELY through this official website. It is not available on Steam, itch.io, or any third-party platform. If you find it elsewhere, it may be compromised.
▼ DOWNLOAD NULLWAY.exe · 360 MB
MINIMUM
OS Windows 10 (64-bit)
CPU Intel Core i5-7400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
RAM 8 GB
GPU NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD RX 580 (4 GB VRAM)
STORAGE 500 MB available space
AUDIO DirectX compatible — headphones recommended
INTERNET Not required after download
RECOMMENDED
OS Windows 11 (64-bit)
CPU Intel Core i7-10700K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
RAM 16 GB
GPU NVIDIA RTX 2070 / AMD RX 6700 XT (8 GB VRAM)
STORAGE SSD with 1 GB available space
AUDIO Stereo headphones / surround sound
INTERNET Not required after download
⚠ WINDOWS SMARTSCREEN WARNING
When you run NULLWAY.exe, Windows SmartScreen may display a popup saying the app is "unrecognized." This is expected — NULLWAY is an independent title and is not code-signed. It is completely safe. To proceed: click "More info" on the SmartScreen dialog, then click "Run anyway." The game will launch normally.
INSTALLATION NOTES:
Run NULLWAY.exe directly — no installation required. Game saves are stored locally in %APPDATA%\NULLWAY\.