Great Escapes - an IFDB Poll
by JonathanCR
RSS FeedEveryone knows that "escape the room" games and puzzles are an IF cliché. But which are the best examples of this classic genre?
| Suveh Nux, by David Fisher 7 votes "A really satisfying puzzle" [+]"A really satisfying puzzle" --Kenneth Hutt... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Mr. Patient... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Boegheim... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --o0pyromancer0o... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...  Vote for this game | |
| Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin 5 votes "An epic escape" [+]"An epic escape: Maybe not an escape the room game, strictly, but unless I'm horribly mistaken, it has one of the best escape scenes in all IF." ( ) --strivenword... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --o0pyromancer0o... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... "Impossible to..." [+]"Impossible to speak of the escape scene without spoilers, but it's excellent. Take my word for it." --Christina Nordlander... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Hoosegow, by Ben Collins-Sussman, Jack Welch 4 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Mr. Patient... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --o0pyromancer0o... Vote for this game | |
| Violet, by Jeremy Freese 3 votes "Fun, funny, great voice; top award winner!" [+]"Fun, funny, great voice; top award winner!" --melar... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Fragile Shells, by Stephen Granade 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers... Vote for this game | |
| Trapped in a One-Room Dilly, by Laura Knauth 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| Marco Polo, by Baltasar el arquero 1 vote "Best quick escape-the-room that I've seen in Spanish." [+]"Best quick escape-the-room that I've seen in Spanish." ( ) --IFforL2... Vote for this game | |
| Enlightenment, by Taro Ogawa 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| Foggywood Hijinx, by Ivan Cockrum 1 vote "high stakes escape" [+]"high stakes escape: I replayed this game just to make sure I still could beat it. I think it's still the enjoyable game I remembered it to be, although it's not always clear where you can go and exactly what is reachable. Still, a nice gem that shouldn't be missed just because it was in an old minicomp." --Jonathan Blask... Vote for this game | |
| Final Selection, by Sam Gordon 1 vote "Not exactly an..." [+]"Not exactly an 'escape' game, but a great one-room puzzle game. Lots of different puzzles packed into a single space." ( ) --calindreams... Vote for this game | |
| Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon 1 vote "Good one-room game, which includes (but is not centred entirely on) escape." [+]"Good one-room game, which includes (but is not centred entirely on) escape." --Victor Gijsbers... Vote for this game | |
| La Sentencia, by José Luis Díaz 1 vote "Spanish - An adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's short story of the same name." [+]"Spanish - An adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's short story of the same name." ( ) --IFforL2... Vote for this game | |
| Oppositely Opal, by Buster Hudson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |