The Prior Challenge
Esciri · 2026 · Free to Play, Escape Room, Casual, Point & Click, Puzzle
PC
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About The Prior Challenge
You have been studying in the library all night for a big test. When it is time to leave to take the test, you find out that you are locked in.Click around this medieval library to find a key for the door. Find clues and solve puzzles in this cozy, half-hour-long, point-and-click escape room game.Get to know the escape room games of Esciri with this teaser escape room. Prove that you are ready for the real challenges by solving this game first.You will like this game if you:· like free games· love puzzle games· like point-and-click games· want to support a solo developer
Single player game
Playable on 1 screen. You can, however, play together on 1 screen with multiple people, suited for 1 – 4 players.Game play duration
Expected playtime duration: 30 minutes to an hour.There is no time pressure in this game.What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
A free, short and easy escape room game with 3 consecutive puzzles; a typical balance puzzle, a hunt for a code and a simple maze.2 found this helpful
No very intuitive and kinda confusing. There seem to be some bugs with finding the last weight and the only clue of how to solve the puzzle doesn't make sense.1 found this helpful
This "game" is only 1 level, playing further requires you to buy a whole other game (or two). wish there were either more levels or the entire game was included.1 found this helpful
[h1]#tinygamereview[/h1] [code] Solo-dev escape-room ad for other escape-room games charms its way through about 20 minutes or so of coffee-time [/code] 🟧 [b]SIMPLE[/b] 🟧 [hr][/hr] 🎮 🟧[b]Gameplay:[/b] It's a short series of puzzles - hunt down the weights, balance the scale, find the safe code, and solve the maze. The weight-placement feels finnicky until you realize there are 9 weights to find before you can proceed. The maze is less-than-responsive but short and simple. 📖 🟧[b]Narrative:[/b] There're hints of some overarching narrative across this and the other 2 games, but we don't see much else. 🔊 🟧[b]Audio:[/b] Just one music track and some sounds that can be confusing until you realize that the posters can be *clicked through while they're still on-screen*. 🖼️ 🟧[b]Visuals:[/b] Pretty basic with minimal actual animation. [hr][/hr] [h1]#memorycard[/h1] [b]What stood out:[/b] 📌Light whimsy [b]Who it's for:[/b] 🎁The still-half-asleep 🎁The bored-before-work [hr][/hr] [h1][b]🤓Curator: [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46000099/]Brickroad Amusements[/url][/b][/h1]
If it wasn't free this would be a negative review, as it's not all that fantastic of an experience. The maze puzzle doesn't work well with the mouse-it gets stuck on various corners frequently, necessitating me scrolling my mouse around all over to see if it would register any movement. I must have missed something but the book puzzle doesn't make it clear where you're supposed to start to get the numbers to enter on the safe. Even with the solution from the website I'm at a loss for how you got it.
A short but fairly complicated escape room.
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