The Escaper

Short (like an hour or two) and decently challenging.

The game is mediocre. Some of the puzzles are counterintuitive, and I ragequit at the car minigame. This kind of gameplay is more suited to gamers who rely on their gaming skills rather than their problem-solving abilities, which is what you would expect from a puzzle game. I regret spending what little time and money I did on this game. I definitely wouldn't recommend it.

Made it to the lobby and when starting with the xylophone I lost sound, the brightness halved and the wooden hammer froze on the instrument. Unable to to proceed. Tried re-installing, the same result. Did a complete uninstall (as opposed to the Steam one which doesn't remove all the files). Programme works again but would have to start all over again. No thanks!

It's a quick and fun little escape room game to scratch the puzzle itch. I'm always a fan of that. On the simpler side, can be done in an evening even on your first try if this isn't your first escape-room game. A couple puzzles irritate me just because some particular information isn't telegraphed in the best way, but you can't win them all. Note that this game has a timed mode. You do not need to play with this mode. If solving puzzles in a time crunch gives you anxiety or makes it less fun, just turn it off. I'm generally NOT a fan of puzzles with timed elements since I think the genre works best when players can think at their own pace so the saving grace is the timed mode is optional.

It's an ok escape room game, but some puzzles were either too simple, or too annoying like you have to click that edge beneath the desk to find the handle to continue. Just clicking everything to find some such weird hidden thing is not that fun imo. The music based puzzle was also cringe, I always hate tone matching puzzles.

Grab some friends in a voice chat and have fun with it.