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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)

Sherlocked PH: The Cabin

Online, Sep 2020

Interest in play-from-home remote experiences seems to be holding up; and companies continue to find new variations on escape game format. This Manila-based company’s approach is new on me: it takes what’s essentially an old-school Flash-style escape… (more)

Deadlocked Escape Rooms: The Movember Virtual Moscape Room

Online, Oct 2020

Deadlocked’s first two online games are much loved by enthusiasts, so the release of their third was much anticipated. And this one is released in support of the charity Movember, with a third of the price going to the charity.

You might wonder (I c… (more)

Kauai Escape Rooms: Curse of the Tiki Lounge

Online, Sep 2020

The bad news is that you’re unlikely to get to play this game: we played by livestream in the last few days before it was due to be torn down, with the owners vacating the premises to concentrate on their puzzles-by-post product. That’s doubly a sham… (more)

TrapDoor Escape Stream: Cure Z

Online, Aug 2020

Cure Z is a different kind of beast to other avatar rooms. TrapDoor were one of the very first companies to produce a remote play experience, and they’ve forged their own path – sort of a separate branch on the evolutionary tree of escape room format… (more)

Live Cam Escape: Frankenstein’s Laboratory

Online, Aug 2020

The name might sound like a new operator sprung up in the time of lockdown, but Live Cam Escape is an alias for Polish escape venue Let Me Out, based in various locations in Poland (plus Brussels), and their avatar games are pre-existing rooms, thoug… (more)

Escape Hotel: Caçadores do Tesouro Perdido (Temple)

Online, Aug 2020

The way a gamemaster operates a physical escape room can make it or break it, and that goes triple when playing via a remote livestream. Temple was unfortunately one where the style of avataring significantly detracted from the game.

First impressio… (more)