Scary Baboon Reimagined All Maps: Lab & Backrooms Explained
Scary Baboon Reimagined has one main playable area — the abandoned lab — plus a Backrooms update. Here's what each area is and what you do in it.
Quick answer
Scary Baboon Reimagined has one confirmed main playable area: an abandoned laboratory where monsters roam the halls and each one hunts in its own way. A Backrooms-themed content update also exists — the game was even rebranded to [🟡BACKROOMS] Scary Baboon Reimagined in late October 2026 — but there is no documented map-selection menu, and how the Backrooms connects to the lab is not covered by the official description.
- Abandoned lab (main area): collect scrap, sell it at the shop for gear, and survive monsters that each hunt in a different way.
- Backrooms: confirmed by the October 23, 2026 BACKROOMS UPDATE announcement; how it is entered and what you do there are not documented.
- As of November 2026, the official description still centers on the abandoned lab with no map-selection details.
Scary Baboon Reimagined is built around one central place — an abandoned laboratory — rather than a menu of selectable maps. Below is every area the game's official materials confirm, plus what players actually do in each one.

All areas at a glance
| Area | Status | What players do there |
|---|---|---|
| Abandoned laboratory | The game's main playable area, confirmed by the official description | Collect scrap, sell it at the shop for gear, and stay alive while avoiding monsters that each hunt in a different way |
| The Backrooms | Confirmed through the BACKROOMS UPDATE announced October 23, 2026; how it is entered is not documented | Not described in official materials |
The abandoned laboratory: the game's main playable area
Every part of the official description points to the same place: you're trapped in an abandoned lab, and you're not alone. Monsters roam the halls, and the game is built around surviving and escaping this one location. The official materials never describe a map-selection screen or any way to pick a map — the lab is where everything documented in the game happens. For a closer look at the setting itself, the laboratory map guide and the lab exploration guide cover the area in more detail.
What you do in the lab
The official listing describes a clear loop for the lab:
- Collect scrap as you move through the lab — the scrap-finding guide covers where to look.
- Sell it at the shop for gear — the shop turns collected scrap into the equipment you survive with; see how to sell scrap.
- Use the gear to stay alive while avoiding the monsters hunting the halls.
Surviving is the framed goal — the description ends with "Stay quiet and don't get caught..." — and you can team up with friends to survive. The game's Roblox tags include Escape, and the goal is framed as surviving the abandoned lab and getting away from its monsters. The exact conditions for winning or ending a run are not documented in the official materials, so treat in-game prompts as the source of truth; the beginner guide covers the basics of an early run.
The monsters are what make the lab dangerous, and each one hunts in its own way: some hear every step, some only move when you look away, and some guard the elevators. That means the same hallway can demand different behavior depending on which monster is nearby — staying quiet, where your camera is pointing, and elevator routes all matter. The monster overview covers them individually, and there are dedicated pages for sound-sensitive monsters, look-away monsters, and elevator monsters.
The Backrooms: confirmed by an update, undocumented in detail
The second confirmed area comes from an update announcement rather than a description. In late October 2026 the developer announced "🟡 BACKROOMS UPDATE IS OUT!", and for that update's period the game carried the name [🟡BACKROOMS] Scary Baboon Reimagined on Roblox — readings show it in place from October 23 until October 30, when it was renamed again for the MIMIC update.
That establishes that Backrooms-themed content exists as an official update. What it does not establish is anything about how the Backrooms area is entered, selected, or connected to the lab, or what players do once inside — none of that appears in the official materials. The honest status is therefore: the Backrooms is a real, update-confirmed part of the game's branding, but no documented route to it exists in the sources, and in-game is the place to check what it actually contains.
Why this list stops at two areas
As of the latest official listing data (a November 4, 2026 update timestamp in the Roblox API), the experience is titled [👁️🗨️MIMIC] Scary Baboon Reimagined. The MIMIC update began October 30 and ran for about 4 days, and the current official description still centers entirely on the abandoned lab, with no map-selection details.
So if you arrived expecting a long list of maps, the supported answer is short on purpose: one fully documented playable area — the abandoned lab — plus one update-confirmed area — the Backrooms — whose entry is not documented. If the developer ever adds a proper map-selection menu, the official description would be the first place it appears, and our updates page tracks those changes as they happen.
Related Guides
Laboratory Map: Halls & Elevators
Navigate the laboratory: its main halls, elevator spots, the shop area, and where monsters tend to wait.
Lab Exploration: Explore Quietly
Explore the laboratory deliberately: quiet routes through its halls, scrap spots, and exits that keep you alive.
Monster Threats: Sound, Look-Away & Elevators
Learn the three described monster hunting styles — sound, look-away and elevator guarding — and how to respond to each one.
Elevator Monsters: Get Past Safely
Cross the elevator areas safely: why guards wait there and the routes and timing that get you past them.
