Author Archives: escapethereview

Esc The Game: Esc From Cell 126

Online, Sep 2020

Some games stand out for their puzzles, or for their story; what really impressed me about Cell 126 was just how slick its interface was. That seems like it should be only a minor point in a game’s favour – as long as its not actually undermining gam… (more)

Project Avatar: Stalker

Online, Oct 2020

Stalker is not an escape game. I don’t know exactly what term best describes this experience; “live video game”, or perhaps “carnival of craziness”. If you played Project Avatar’s original game and thought that was wacky, well, you ain’t seen nothing… (more)

Escape Experience Chattanooga: Runaway Train Transport

Online, Sep 2020

Having played one remote avatar game at Escape Experience Chattanooga, I was lured back to try another primarily because this one is set on a real train. The train in question is parked in local attraction Chattanooga Choo Choo, and doesn’t actually … (more)

Escape Experience Chattanooga: Vaccine: Search For The Cure

Online, Sep 2020

Some games you come to with preconceptions; and I’d heard a lot about Escape Experience Chattanooga’s first avatar game, and how it was an overwhelming flurry of time- and tab-management. That turned out to not at all be true of Vaccine; in fact, due… (more)

The Escape Game: Rogue Scientist 1990

Online, Nov 2020

The Escape Game have been one of the more prolific creators of play at home games this year; in addition to their avatar games, they’re now up to four digital online experiences. This one is not part of their Hahn narrative, but has a similar feel: y… (more)

Struck Down Entertainment: Mad Bomber Online Escape Game

Online, Oct 2020

There’s a stripped-down purity to the premise of this game: solve a puzzle! defuse a bomb! repeat! It’s a set of twelve puzzle challenges for you to tackle one after the other, wrapped in a thin narrative where each challenge is a bomb set to go off … (more)

The Panic Room: The Exorcism of Isabelle

Online, Sep 2020

Having produced quite an array of online escape games since March, the remarkably prolific Panic Room are now bringing out a range of escape game puzzle books, of which Isabelle is one. This format makes me realise there’s a hazy dividing line betwee… (more)

Bluefish Games: The Curious Stairs of Mr. Hincks

Room-in-a-box, Sep 2020

After the Curious Elevator and the Curious Stairs, I have to hope that Team Bluefish release a third box named Curious Dumbwaiter or perhaps Curious Fire Escape. Actually, I hope they release more regardless of what they call it, because Elevator was… (more)

Bluefish Games: The Curious Elevator of Mr. Hincks

Room-in-a-box, Sep 2020

Curious Elevator is a combination of an online game with a physical box of puzzles delivered through the post. Each in the linear sequence of puzzles requires information from the website in addition to at least one of the items from the box. Each st… (more)

The Escape Game: Truth Seekers Remote Adventure

Online, Nov 2020

Having previously released an online digital escape game as a promotional tie-in for the TV series Hanna, The Escape Game are now offering a live avatar style game to promote the series Truth Seekers, which has a premise somewhere between Ghostbuster… (more)