Help Me Escape! The Puzzle Maker's Office (2018)

Developer

Brahn Games

Publisher

Brahn Communications, Inc.

Platforms

Windows, macOS

Genres

Adventure, Indie

Rating

1.7 of 5, 6 player ratings

Typical playtime

about 25 minutes

Where to get it

Steam

How it feels

A tense, text-based escape room where you guide a stranger through puzzles via cryptic phone messages, feeling pressed to solve each riddle quickly.

tensepuzzlingimmersivetext-basedcooperativeunsettlinglinear

What players say

Players are split on Help Me Escape. The text-message framing is novel, but many criticize the finicky input parser and the lack of visible commands, making progress guesswork. The game is short and offers a hint website, though some call the puzzles bland.

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