The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
MediaCity Games · 2022 · Exploration, Puzzle, Escape Room, Walking Simulator, First-Person
PC
Very Positive87% · 882
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About The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
In The Inheritance of Crimson Manor you will experience a “Penny Dreadful” like gothic horror story set in a beautiful and enigmatic Victorian era manor with a dark secret. The horror aspect is in the gothic dark tone narrative there aren't any monsters or jumpscares.
Classic "Resident Evil" recursive Unlock level design Dynamic Hints System Well Balanced Logic and Inventory Puzzles Non Linear Exploration Gameplay Rich but not intrusive Story Multiple Play Modes & Collectibles
After working for more than ten years as the private assistant of the enigmatic railroad magnate Hadley Strange, the news of his sudden and unexpected death along his entire family takes you by surprise. Now you have been appointed as the executor in charge of fulfilling his last will,and take care of his majestic manor, a luxurious property on the outskirts of London. Upon your arrival to the mansion you find an envelope with your name containing a letter bearing a cryptic set of instructions that might change your mind about who your former employer really was.
Explore a beautiful Victorian Mansion filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical contraptions that will reveal to you even the most intimate aspects of the life, past and legacy of its former residents. Decipher curious locks and find key items and objects that will help you make your way through the 24 manor rooms in a non linear way, each room has a unique beauty and new pieces that will help you unveil the dark secret kept by the residence.
Solve clever riddles and fascinating mechanical puzzles crafted to ensure that only the right person could unveil the mansion's secret. Look for clues and take a closer look to your surroundings to discover the shocking truth about the mansion and it's mysterious residents. Find items and manage your inventory to make your way through the different passages of the mansion, examine many detailed items and discover how to use them to unlock all the rooms and get all the pieces to solve the manor puzzling secret, one so shocking that will leave you breathless.
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Unravel The Mystery
After working for more than ten years as the private assistant of the enigmatic railroad magnate Hadley Strange, the news of his sudden and unexpected death along his entire family takes you by surprise. Now you have been appointed as the executor in charge of fulfilling his last will,and take care of his majestic manor, a luxurious property on the outskirts of London. Upon your arrival to the mansion you find an envelope with your name containing a letter bearing a cryptic set of instructions that might change your mind about who your former employer really was.
Delve Into The Manor
Explore a beautiful Victorian Mansion filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical contraptions that will reveal to you even the most intimate aspects of the life, past and legacy of its former residents. Decipher curious locks and find key items and objects that will help you make your way through the 24 manor rooms in a non linear way, each room has a unique beauty and new pieces that will help you unveil the dark secret kept by the residence.
Solve The Puzzles
Solve clever riddles and fascinating mechanical puzzles crafted to ensure that only the right person could unveil the mansion's secret. Look for clues and take a closer look to your surroundings to discover the shocking truth about the mansion and it's mysterious residents. Find items and manage your inventory to make your way through the different passages of the mansion, examine many detailed items and discover how to use them to unlock all the rooms and get all the pieces to solve the manor puzzling secret, one so shocking that will leave you breathless.
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players appreciate the game's atmospheric Victorian mansion design and exploration-focused puzzle gameplay without combat threats, but consistently criticize technical issues including camera jank, bugs, and poorly balanced or confusing puzzles that sometimes require walkthroughs. The game is recommended primarily as a budget purchase on sale rather than at full price, with complaints about underwhelming storytelling, awkward controls, and inconsistent interaction mechanics detracting from the otherwise immersive setting.
Felt cheap from the very start, and that impression never changed. Non-rebindable controls, a loading screen every time you exit the menu, doors that close on you ridiculously quickly, a hundred drawers and cabinets to open only to find 99 of them empty, three simonsays-esque "puzzles" that are just meant to be bruteforced, an abrupt ending that I did not even realize I was about to trigger, and many other minor but compounding annoyances. Completed in only 5 hours, it feels like most of that time was spent running around trying to open visually nondescript doors to find the one door I could now open with a new key. I could maybe give the game some slack if it was cheaper, but at the asking full price of £16? Absolutely not. Your money is much better spent elsewhere.5 found this helpful
𝑮𝒖𝒛𝒆𝒍, 𝒕𝒂𝒎 𝒌𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒂3 found this helpful
I got this on sale for $2, but it isn't worth my time. It often isn't clear whether you have the information needed to solve any given puzzle. And at least in one puzzle, the hint just straight up gives you the solution: "apparently the masks need to be placed in this order: <lists order>". If the information needed to arrive at that order were in the game, the hint should guide you to the solution instead of giving the answer, and if it's not then the whole puzzle is just "ask for a hint". In my opinion, hints should never be necessary to solve a puzzle. Also the graphics look like they're from the mid 2000s, there are many typos, and a lot of the in-game text is poorly written. If you want to play a game with a title like The Noun of Adjective Place-To-Live, go play the Seance at Blake Manor or the Incident at Galley House :)
Surprisingly good! Very logical puzzles
It's a good, quick medium difficulty puzzle game with an interesting plot. Def worth the price I paid.
Good Game
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