# Escape the Backrooms Escape the Backrooms Part 2 is Out Now!

- Product: Escape the Backrooms (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/escape-the-backrooms)
- Vendor: Fancy Games
- Date: 2023-01-12
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1943950/view/5254045511855441912
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/escape-the-backrooms/releases/2023-01-12-escape-the-backrooms-part-2-is-out-now

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- **added** — 12 new and expanded levels
- **added** — 7 new entities
- **added** — Inventory system
- **added** — Sanity system
- **added** — Hard difficulty where all players die if one player dies
- **added** — Ability to reset achievements in the settings menu
- **changed** — Normal difficulty now has players spectate when they die
- **changed** — Easy mode no longer decreases sanity and only requires one player to find the exit
- **changed** — Nightmare mode now decreases sanity by 1.5x
- **changed** — Complete overhaul of game mechanics

Wanderers, it’s time to return to the backrooms for a new expedition featuring 12 new and expanded levels, 7 new entities, and a complete overhaul of the game mechanics.

Here are some of the new levels you can explore the next time you no-clip into the backrooms:

**Improvements**

-  Added an inventory system

-  Added a sanity system

-  Changed normal difficulty to spectate players when you die

-  Added a hard difficulty which kills every player if one player dies

-  Changed easy mode to not decrease sanity and only require one player to find the exit

-  Changed nightmare mode to decrease 1.5x sanity

-  Added the ability to reset your achievements in the settings menu

Enjoy!