Underplayed Gems

The Ruins: VR Escape the Room (2017)

The Ruins: VR Escape the Room cover
Developer
Blue Entropy Studios
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy
Rating
3.0 of 5, 37 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 31 minutes
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

You physically walk through interconnected VR rooms, solving puzzles and uncovering a missing archaeologist's story in a short, immersive adventure.

atmosphericpuzzlingimmersiveroom-scaleexplorationshortstory-driven

What players say

Players describe this as a very short escape room with simple, often single-puzzle rooms that lack depth. It uses roomscale movement only, no teleport, and many note bugs like getting stuck in walls or crashes. Voice acting is praised as surprisingly good for a low-budget title.

Screenshots

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