# Escape the Backrooms Escape an endless pit of plastic polymer in Level 421 – OUT NOW! - Product: Escape the Backrooms (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/escape-the-backrooms) - Vendor: Fancy Games - Date: 2026-08-27 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1943950/view/696521186693090545 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/escape-the-backrooms/releases/2026-08-27-escape-an-endless-pit-of-plastic-polymer-in-level - Labels: Platforms: Windows, Xbox What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Added Level 421 (Plastic Mariana) with two new entities and an entity variant - **fixed** — Fixed a soft lock that could occur when repeatedly pressing the confirm button while joining a lobby on Switch 2 - **fixed** — Fixed a soft lock that could occur when joining a Steam-hosted lobby on Switch 2 - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where lobby codes were not working across platforms, which could cause friends to appear offline or fail to connect - **fixed** — Fixed a crash that occurred when creating a Story Mode or Hub lobby on PS5 while the console was in Offline Mode after a fresh boot - **fixed** — Fixed an issue on PS5 where blocking a player didn't stop them from communicating with you in the lobby or during gameplay - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where the host instantly died on Hard difficulty if another player quits the session - **fixed** — Fixed a bug that lets players access private lobbies they hadn't been invited to - **fixed** — Fixed an issue that caused players to fall through the world when joining a lobby with Level 188 already in progress, if the level was on the upper floor - **fixed** — Fixed the host not being able to see late-joining players in the top-left player list during gameplay - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where players could get out of bounds or temporarily soft-locked while interacting with the ladder in Level 37.2 - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where players could get stuck behind the couch on the staircase in Thalassophobia - **fixed** — Fixed a soft lock caused by jumping onto a specific pole at the end of Thalassophobia - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where players were getting trapped inside the cage with the Fletcher in Darkened Suburbs - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where players were trapping themselves by infinitely falling into a bathtub in Darkened Suburbs - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where wooden crates became permanently stuck when pushed into certain corners of the first castle room in Level 94 - **fixed** — Fixed a soft lock caused by jumping on a table in the first part of Terror Hotel - **fixed** — Fixed a soft lock that could occur when pressing F immediately after solving the padlock puzzle in Terror Hotel - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where Xbox players were unable to interact with the Arcade Machine, which blocked them from reaching the Arcade ending - **fixed** — Fixed a soft lock caused by losing controller input in game menus on Switch 2 Wanderers, it's time. Level 421 - Plastic Mariana is now available on all platforms. Explore an abandoned MEG base conjoined with a children's hospital. Find your way into Bruce's Discovery Center and fall through the no-clip zone into the darkness of a ball pit. Be careful though, for you're not alone... Who is your friend, and who is a foe? As always, this update contains some bug fixes. Please find these below: ##### New Content: - Added Level 421 (Plastic Mariana), alongside two new entities and an entity variant. ##### Multiplayer & Networking: - Fixed a soft lock that could occur when repeatedly pressing the confirm button while joining a lobby on Switch 2. - Fixed a soft lock that could occur when joining a Steam-hosted lobby on Switch 2. - Fixed an issue where lobby codes were not working across platforms, which could cause friends to appear offline or fail to connect. - Fixed a crash that occurred when creating a Story Mode or Hub lobby on PS5 while the console was in Offline Mode after a fresh boot. - Fixed an issue on PS5 where blocking a player didn't stop them from communicating with you in the lobby or during gameplay. - Fixed an issue where the host instantly died on Hard difficulty if another player quits the session. - Fixed a bug that lets players access private lobbies they hadn't been invited to. - Fixed an issue that caused players to fall through the world when joining a lobby with Level 188 already in progress, if the level was on the upper floor. - Fixed the host not being able to see late-joining players in the top-left player list during gameplay. ##### Levels & World: - Fixed an issue where players could get out of bounds or temporarily soft-locked while interacting with the ladder in Level 37.2. - Fixed an issue where players could get stuck behind the couch on the staircase in Thalassophobia. - Fixed a soft lock caused by jumping onto a specific pole at the end of Thalassophobia. - Fixed an issue where players were getting trapped inside the cage with the Fletcher in Darkened Suburbs. - Fixed an issue where players were trapping themselves by infinitely “falling” into a bathtub in Darkened Suburbs. - Fixed an issue where wooden crates became permanently stuck when pushed into certain corners of the first castle room in Level 94. - Fixed a soft lock caused by jumping on a table in the first part of Terror Hotel. - Fixed a soft lock that could occur when pressing “F” immediately after solving the padlock puzzle in Terror Hotel. - \ Fixed an issue where Xbox players were unable to interact with the Arcade Machine, which blocked them from reaching the Arcade ending. ##### Controls & UI: - Fixed a soft lock caused by losing controller input in game menus on Switch 2. - Fixed the cursor becoming invisible after returning from the Esc menu during a screen-click scene. 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