No matter whether you are an escape room enthusiast or not, I probably would have found you at least once searching, on Google or the Play Store, for “online escape room games.” This is because, in times of boredom, we are still looking for activities that can challenge us, test our reasoning and train our lateral thinking. There are hundreds of online escape room games, precisely because users have always demanded a virtual alternative to classic escape rooms, and the video game market has worked to accommodate them.
In today’s article, we offer 5 online escape room games (that do not need software downloads) and our MsyterU escape games. Yes, because what we offer is something different and innovative from both a classic escape room and the video games we will be discussing!
Escape room games are video games that are inspired by physical escape rooms: a room, an enclosed place, or an “imprisonment” situation is simulated; you will be surrounded by furnishings or objects that constitute clues, and it is up to you to decipher the puzzles in order to escape. The game principle then is the same as that of a physical escape room, but the game experience will, by necessity, be less realistic. Despite this, the puzzles found in this type of online entertainment are challenging and well-conceived to be a different pastime than usual.
The most popular online escape room games are the classic “100 doors” or their declinations, level games in which solving a puzzle opens a door and moves on until the game is completed. Now the options are many, short games that can be solved even with a single room, more complex games, well-done 3D graphics and puzzles ranging from cryptography to more classic riddles.
Today we have selected 5 escape games for you of different types. Let’s see them together!
You are stuck in a dream house, the Dream House Escape, and as you move through the rooms you will have to search for clues to solve the puzzles, mathematical and linguistic. One difficulty for the language puzzles is that they are in English, but, as far as this game is concerned, they are easy words and understandable even for those who haven’t mastered the language!
With better graphics and greater involvement, we recommend the following Laqueus Escape 4: In this chapter, you are stuck in the sewers and, of course, you will have to find a way out! Also much appreciated by users, because of the complexity of the puzzles and the well-done 3D graphics, this escape game is also available for download on smartphones.
Horror-themed, Creepy Granny Scream provides that you are trapped in an old house, but you are not alone: you must escape the mansion and the creatures that threaten your life, and you have 5 days to do so. Well-crafted 3D graphics make the setting engaging; puzzles that are not easy make the game challenging. Again, if you wish, an app is available to play on your smartphone.
In this game, you find yourself in a ship’s hold: you must search every room, every nook and cranny and object, solve puzzles and find the key that will allow you to get out. In particular, in Bathhouse Escape, you will have to find all the letters to make up a sentence, and only then will you get the key to freedom.
Though not an escape game in the classic sense of the word, MysterU offers a similar type of entertainment as an escape room. What we propose are not escape room games, but real cases that require investigation, observation skills and analysis. You will find some of the classic puzzles, but the game will not all take place on our platform because, like real secret agents, you will have to search the entire web for traces and clues that will allow you to solve the case. For more information, we refer you to this article, where the available cases and how the game works are explained in detail.
That was all for today on online escape room games! We hope we have enticed you to try at least one of our cases!
If so, have fun officer!
