Games

The Room

Fireproof Games

2012•Puzzle•PEGI 7•About 2 hours

Taste attributes: adventurefantasyfresh & originalheavyimaginarylinearbig & variedemotionally undemandingrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA fantastical puzzle game that is wide-ranging, original and low-key. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

83 / 100

241 ratings

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About This Game

A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

Summary: IGDB

Story

The game has a minimal story, in which the player is told by letters of a mysterious box in a room in a house; as the player solves the puzzles around the box, more notes from the same author - one who previously had solved the mystery of the box - are found, describing the box's use of an ethereal material called "Null", as well as showing the author slowly descending into madness.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureFantasyRescue/escape/jeopardySelf destruction/implosionSolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

MazePortalsAtmosphericTeleportationLevel selectionEasySingle-player onlyTouch controls

Where to play

Details

Developer: Fireproof Games
Publishers: Team17, Fireproof Games
Released: 19 September 2012
Series: The Room
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 1h rushed, 2h normally, 3h complete
Age rating: PEGI 7
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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