Author Archives: escapethereview

The Escape Artist: Count Dracula

Online, Jun 2020

Rated 2.5 out of 5
One of the big advantages of playing remotely is how it removes geographical constraints in which games you play, letting you try one game in North America and another in Asia straight afterwards. Count Dracula is the first room I’ve tried from Singa… (more)

Trapped: The Bank Job

Online, Jul 2020

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
I have a suspicion that The Bank Job will rapidly end up being referred to in enthusiast circles as The Blue Bag, with Trapped’s other games being The Yellow Bag and The Green Bag respectively; their official game names are so squarely in the escapin… (more)

Lee Ballan: The Pyramid

Online, Jun 2020

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
The majority of the online escape games available are actually perfectly well suited to solo completion. A few involve team elements of some sort, where different players need to do different things at the same time or have different sets of informat… (more)

Big Break Hamburg: Operation Jackpot

Online, May 2020

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
No prizes for guessing from the title that this game is set in a casino – which, naturally, you’re aiming to rob. That gives a natural progression through trying to get into the casino, to casino-themed puzzles, and on to heist-themed puzzles.
This … (more)

Co-Decode: Operative Onboard

Online, Jul 2020

Rated 4 out of 5
Co-Decode’s previous game A Jewel In Jeopardy was one of the strongest offerings of the early wave of digital games, and Operative Onboard picks up where that left off, both in narrative and in play style. As a description, ‘digital’ is only partiall… (more)