LiMiT's Escape Room Games 2
Genres: Puzzle, Escape Room, Mystery, Adventure
Play modes: multiplayer, singleplayer
Release Date: 10-1-2023
Developer: Marco Hirschfeld
Our verdict
7/10
- Difficulty: Medium
- Players: 1–8
- Playtime: 4–6 h
LiMiT's Escape Room Games 2 is a solo-developer bundle of four first-person escape rooms: a lake, a warehouse, a cabin and a mineshaft, rated easy to hard. Each room is pitched at about an hour to ninety minutes, and you can play alone or online with friends, with up to eight supported and two to four recommended. A lobby map lets the group meet up, pick characters and replay puzzles already unlocked.
The small review count is almost all positive, 22 of 24. One reviewer describes a focus on logic puzzles over riddles or wordplay, with some hidden-object searching mixed in. Both available reviews logged dozens of hours, because the hub turns solved puzzle types such as sudoku into arcade levels at several difficulties that achievement hunters can grind. One notes the difficulty ratings on some sudoku feel inconsistent.
This is a budget, indie-scale package rather than a polished showpiece, and evidence beyond the score is thin. It works best as a cheap group night for friends who like logic grids. Players chasing story or striking visuals should look elsewhere.
Pros
- Four rooms with a clear easy-to-hard difficulty ladder
- Online co-op lobby supports large groups of friends
- Hub turns solved puzzle types into replayable logic challenges
Cons
- Sudoku difficulty ratings feel inconsistent to some players
- Full achievement set demands a long logic-puzzle grind
- Few reviews, so reception is hard to judge
About
In the next chapter of the Escape Room bundle you can expect 4 levels with a lot to discover and solve. The 4 levels differ in difficulty: Lake (Difficulty: Easy), Mineshaft (Difficulty: Medium), Cabin (Difficulty: Medium) and Warehouse (Difficulty: Hard)
Start on a lobby map where you can meet up with your friends. Here you can choose a character, make settings, spend the time with puzzles you've already unlocked in the Escape Rooms, and play a challenge or two with or against your friends. Then, when you're all ready, start a level and the fun begins.
