The Hidden Room - Pyramid

The Hidden Room - Pyramid is a short-but-sweet romp through a Mesoamerican pyramid in search of treasure. It has recently come out of “Early Access” and the development team has made numerous improvements based on user feedback. Your first task is to open two combination keypads to gain access to the work site. I immediately made a faulty assumption about a clue and went down a rabbit hole for over an hour trying to open the first lock. Sigh… After that, things could only get better! Each room has a single puzzle that opens the door to the next section. There are about a half-dozen areas to explore and solve before reaching your destination. Puzzles are based on Mesoamerican culture (specifically, Mayan numbers, calendars, and glyphs). Armed only with a torch, you find cheat sheets at the beginning of the game. Other than these few pages, there are no hints and you are on your own! There is a minimal soundtrack which has footsteps and environmental noises during game play. Voice-overs are used when you “think out loud” during exploration. I turned the subtitles on and muted the sound as I played. This was not a good decision, as I spent extra time working on a puzzle that I ha…

The game is hitting you with a very obscure, moon logic puzzle right out of the gate, most people will bounce off because of this. Otherwise, there are a few decent puzzles here. The UI/inventory system and item select/item use is extremely awkward and possibly buggy, at least it felt like it, one thing is for sure, it is not communicated well to the player, leading to confusion and frustration whenever you have to use items, which is very irregular. After the first room, you only have to use items like 6 rooms down the line. Useless features like pan left pan right, and throw item?? The game feels like a student/hobby project that should be free on Itch. Yes, it is only 2€, but still, it does not worth it.

i highly reccomend this game to spend a little time solving puzzles

downloaded 1.0 version from Steam. Looked at a walkthrough and it is completely different. There are other versions --- 1.01...1.05. How to get to an updated version?

I recommend the game; the insights into Mayan culture are just as fascinating. Recommendation

A good puzzle game – I’d recommend it to anyone looking to pass the time. The price is more than fair; I’d definitely recommend it.