Black Key Escape Rooms: Loxstone Manor Part One I’m assuming that’s probably not what most people browsing this list are looking for still, I have to say their newspaper clue item is delightful. It needs one person to prepare it and set it up, acting as gamemaster. Requirements: colour printer, physical word lockĪs the name says, this is a printable kit for you to use to create a short home ‘escape room’, with a difficulty level pitched for kids. It’s a pleasant brief diversion while having a coffee break.ĭevil’s Den is similar in format, a cheerful homage to pot culture with interactivity in a couple of places to spice up the static images. Using images of real-world combination locks as a prompt for what type of code is expected is a very nice touch. Pop Punk Pandemonium is a straightforward (but not too easy) series of five puzzles, where each step gives you two or three images and requires you to find a code to get to the next screen. Mini-reviews Be The Escape: Pop Punk Pandemonium, Devil’s Den

Secret City Trails: An Imaginary Journey across Europe for Young Adventurers.

Clever Kids Mysteries: Scavenge In The AtticĪnd if you want something for kids, these are aimed at younger players:.Black Key Escape Rooms: Loxstone Manor Part One.If you want to turn your home into an escape room instead of playing something online, these are the ones to look at. Escape Rooms of New England: Everyday Superheroes.They have wildly different game styles – see the mini-reviews below for more information.

😉 Huge games (2-6 hours)Īny one of these three games will keep you entertained for several hours, and all of them are worth discovering. I’d probably add Escape from Alcatraz Island to that if I hadn’t got stuck midway. Of those I most enjoyed Bitcoin Bandit, Illa Labs and Interception. Flor Verhellen: A Murderer Is On The Loose….Escape Proving Ground: Home Training Challenge.The games in this list are for when you want something more substantial: Trip Trap: Jean-Michel Fourette and the Secret of the Goose That Lays Golden EggsĪs well as Alone Together, I’d pick out DJ McDee and Marty and the Thief In The Night as browser puzzle games I particularly enjoyed and Jean-Michel Fourette as a fun short retro point ‘n’ click video game.Total Escape Room: Marty and the Thief In The Night.Secret City Trails: (eight different games).Salt Lake Mobile Escape Room: Free Escape Room 2.Salt Lake Mobile Escape Room: Free Escape Room.Escape Room Herndon: Back To The Present.Escape Kongsvinger: Escape the Home Office.Clue Cracker: The Disappearance of DJ McDee.There are a great many games to provide a quick puzzle fix: (Modern Fables’ Medogan was previously listed here, but that’s now a paid-for game.) Coffee break games (10-30 mins) And Alone Together is a very nice short game for two. Of 50+ games, these four three games were my favourites:Ī Lost Memory and Palace of Destiny are huge games and it’s rather amazing that you can access them without charge. Not interested in anything but the executive summary? Here it is.

I’ve stated what’s required to play each game, but haven’t rigorously checked each game for smartphone compatibility – let me know if you find games that don’t work on your device.Īnd of course we also have a full list of play-from-home games of all sorts. Play time estimates are my guess at what enthusiast players should expect, not the game’s official stated length. Most escape room companies badly need every bit of support they can get right now. Please consider supporting their creators in whatever way you can – whether that’s by donating, putting something in their tip jar, buying a gift voucher, or just following their social media or sharing their game. These are of course just my subjective opinions – if you disagree, click through to the game and leave your own review/rating.Īlthough I’ve listed these games as free, many are actually provided on a ‘pay what you can’ basis. So in this guide I haven’t put star ratings, and have labelled the games I enjoyed as ‘fun’, ‘recommended’ or ‘highly recommended’. On the other hand, there are some real gems here and I want to make sure those aren’t lost in the crowd. When a company puts out a game for free, particularly at a time when the entire industry is struggling, is it fair to rate those games in the (often harsh) way I’d normally rate escape games? I have no wish to belittle games created for our entertainment with no thought of profit. I binge-played over 50 of them, and (after recovering) have put together a quick summary of each of them. In the time of corona, many escape room creators have been busy creating online games, and many of them have generously made their games available at no charge.

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