Backrooms Recovery Tips & Tricks

Mobile: try landscape mode so the joystick has room.
Desktop: full screen and headphones make the atmosphere stronger.
Lag: close other tabs.

Practical habits based on a full playthrough. For the step-by-step route, see the walkthrough.

Memory

Grab every drop. The small black eye puddles only give a little each, but they add up.
Look for capturing objects. Things like the flower-door keyholes and the rocking horse give the biggest jumps. Hold your view on them until the Capturing bar fills.
Don't chase polaroids for progress. They're story lore, not memory.
Dying isn't a reset. Memory % is kept, so a lost life only costs you a disk.

Break TV-Head's line of sight. It chases what it sees. Turn corners instead of running down long straight halls.
Count your floppy disks. You get 4 lives. Play more carefully when you're down to the last ones.
Sidestep the masks. The green and blue floating masks lunge, so keep moving.
Ignore the pink bunny. The one running away in the halls is harmless.
Cross the floor pits slowly. Stay on the narrow beams.
Watch the battery. It drains over time on the left of the HUD.
Play with sound on. Small noises give early warning.