Escape Memoirs: Questionable Side Stories
Play modes: co-op, free, multiplayer, singleplayer
Release Date: 7-8-2023
Developer: 0 Deer Soft
Our verdict
8.5/10
- Difficulty: Easy
- Players: 1–5
- Playtime: 2–3 h
Escape Memoirs: Questionable Side Stories is a free comedy escape room from 0 Deer Soft. You play a henchman crawling through an old sewer system to reach a job interview with a criminal organisation, solving puzzles and spotting safety violations on the way. It plays solo or in online co-op for up to five, and it suits a group of friends looking for a free evening of light puzzling.
About 95% of its 843 Steam reviews are positive. The few written reviews call it short, somewhat challenging and funny, and say it works best in co-op. One player liked the quiz-style puzzles, while another found some number codes easier to brute-force by counting than to solve properly.
The weak points are a few grating sounds, such as a moaning character and loud metal screeching, and the limited length: most groups finish in two to three hours. Since it costs nothing, there is little to lose. Grab it for a casual co-op night; skip it if you want deep, airtight puzzle design.
Pros
- Free, with online co-op for up to five players
- Henchman job-interview premise keeps the tone silly
- Hidden collectibles and safety violations to spot in the sewers
Cons
- Some number codes can be brute-forced instead of solved
- Grating screeching and moaning sound effects
- Short, at two to three hours
About
Escape Memoirs: Questionable Side Stories is a humorous co-operative escape room game where you are looking to get hired by an international criminal organisation. Unfortunately for you, the job interview is being held in a very inconvenient location, and you must make your way through an old sewer system to get there. To make it in time, you must make good use of your wits to overcome the challenges that await you in the sewers.
Solve Puzzles
Wide variety of simple and fun puzzles, that are sure to make you laugh, or at least to make your friends laugh at you.
Explore and Discover
You will get to enjoy exploring a dirty sewer system, as you try to make it to the job interview. There are plenty of hidden collectibles and safety violations for you to find as you make your way through the sewer.
Work Together
Play solo, or distract your friends in up to 5-player multiplayer.
