The Room
Genres: Puzzle, Escape Room, Horror, Mystery, Point & Click, Atmospheric, Adventure
Play modes: singleplayer
Release Date: 28-7-2014
Rating: 5/5
Developer: Fireproof Games
Our verdict
9/10
- Difficulty: Medium
- Players: 1
- Playtime: 2–4 h
The Room is the first game in Fireproof's puzzle box series, originally a mobile hit and later ported to PC. A letter leads you to an attic with a carved iron safe, and you open it layer by layer by turning dials, sliding panels and using an eyepiece lens to reveal hidden symbols. It suits solo players who want a polished, tactile puzzler for a single evening, and works well as a first puzzle game.
About 97% of its 15,186 Steam reviews are positive. Players praise the intricate boxes, the Victorian occult mood and how well the touch controls translate to the mouse, and many replayed it after first playing on a phone. Most say it is challenging without being unfair, and the built-in hints help when stuck.
The main caveats are length and story. Players typically finish in two to five hours, and the plot is thin and ends on a cliffhanger that points to the sequel. A few found the click targets fussy or the clues too plain. It is cheap already, and buying the series bundle on sale is the best value.
Pros
- Layered iron safe packed with dials, panels and hidden drawers
- Eyepiece lens reveals clues and adds a layer to the puzzles
- Built-in hints help without spoiling the whole solution
Cons
- Short, with an abrupt cliffhanger ending
- Some interactions need pixel-precise clicks
About
Fall into a world of bizarre contraptions and alchemical machinery with The Room, a BAFTA award-winning 3D puzzler from Fireproof Games. Follow a trail of cryptic letters and solve many unique devices in ever more extraordinary places, on a time-spanning journey where machinery meets myth.
The Room PC is a fully-enhanced HD release of Apple's 2012 iPad Game Of The Year, including the 'EPILOGUE' DLC that adds 20% more content and play time to the original release. This PC version of the game has been many months in the making and has involved recreating almost every asset in the game from the ground up.Features
- Single Player Escape Room/Puzzle game
- Average duration: 3 hours
