History Main / RoomEscapeGame

* ''The Crimson Room'' and its sequels are the trope codifier of the genre.

* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' and ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' contain a series of these as puzzle mechanics subsidiary to their main story.
* ''Icescape''

* ''Deep Sleep''

* ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/2darray/you-find-yourself-in-a-room You Find Yourself In A Room]]'' [[spoiler:in a room, in a room ''in a box'', in a room ''next door'', in a room ''in the wall'', in a room...]] You see where I'm going with this?

* VideoGame/MonsterBasement has your character wake up in a CreepyBasement and have to escape it before the kidnapper returns to kill him.

* ''The Cerulean Room'', a user-made hold for ''{{DROD}}:RPG''.

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* ''[[http://www.freegamesnews.com/en/games/2010/TheDark.php Trapped - The Dark]] (pictured above)

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Room escape games are a stripped-down, [[{{Minimalism}} minimalistic]] version of PointAndClickGame, often with no plot and an unnamed amnesiac hero. The point of the game is usually getting out of a single room, or a series of rooms, by solving the puzzles.

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* AmnesiacHero \\
The player starts as a character with no recollection of past events.
* DeathTrap \\
And it can come in any flavor.
* FakeDifficulty \\
Difficult, hard to reach places. No hint on what to do next. Absurd item combinations.
* ItemCrafting \\
Certain items need to be combined.
* {{Minimalism}} \\
A single colored room, with few household items as the only things available are common in room escape games. And little to no plot or a back story.
* NoPlotNoProblem \\
And it's better off without a plot.
* YouWakeUpInARoom \\
And you must escape that room.
* LostForever \\
It can happen that if you are not careful with handling the items, you will lose it forever.
* StockVideoGamePuzzle \\
These games are filled with stock puzzles. Find the key? Check. Find the wrench? Check. Enter a code you found on a piece of paper into a keypad lock? Check.
* TapOnTheHead \\
The most common reason why you got there in the first place.
* GuideDangIt \\
When there is nothing out there to tell you.
* TryEverything \\
If thinking doesn't work, try everything until ''something'' happens.

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[[caption-width-right:320:The key to your salvation.]]

* ''The Cerulean Room'', a user-made hold for ''{{DROD}}:RPG''.

* ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/2darray/you-find-yourself-in-a-room You Find Yourself In A Room]]'' [[spoiler:in a room]]

* ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/556644 You Find Yourself In A Room ]]'' [[spoiler:in a room]]

* ''NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' and ''VirtuesLastReward'' contain a series of these as puzzle mechanics subsidiary to their main story.

* ''MysteryOfTimeAndSpace''

Hidden clues and items will be scattered well within the room, and it's the player's job to find the clues, keys, items and the right combination of items and solving various puzzles to progress. To increase the player's tension, there will be hidden {{death trap}}s or paths that lead to a point of no return. Making a mistake will often cause an item to be gone indefinitely, and some games will incorporate a time limit. Some games, due to difficulty, will release an [[{{Walkthrough}} official guide]] to solve the puzzle.

* ''Don't Escape'' turns the genre on its head: it opens with "[[YouWakeUpInARoom I wake up in a room]], it is not locked, and [[AmnesiacHero I remember.. everything]]." The player's character is a werewolf due to transform that night, and their goal is to ''lock themselves in'' to prevent the werewolf escaping and attacking innocent people.

Room Escape Game are a stripped down [[{{Minimalism}} minimalistic]] versions of PointAndClickGame often with no plot with an unnamed amnesiac hero. The point of the game is usually getting out of a single room, or a series of rooms by solving the puzzles.

Hidden clues and items will be scattered well within the room, and it's the player's job to find the clues, keys, items and or the right combination of items and solving variety of puzzle to progress. To increase player's tension, there will be will be hidden traps with instant deaths or lead you to a point of no return or making a mistake causing an item be gone indefinitely, and some games will incorporate time limit. Some games, due to difficulty, will realease an [[{{Walkthrough}} official guide]] to solve the puzzle.

And like its older cousin, NightmareFuel is abundant.

!!Tropes Found In Room Escape Games:

The player start as a character with no recollection of past events.

Certain items needs to be combined.

A single colored room, with few household items as the only things available are common in Escape Room Games. And little to no plot or a back story.

And it's better off without one.

It can happen, if you are not careful with handling the items, you will lose it forever.

It is filled with stock puzzles. Find the key? Check. Find the wrench? Check. Entering a code you found on a piece of paper to a keypad lock? Check.

The most inferred reason why you got there in the first place.

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* TheCrimsonRoom, and it sequels are the trope codifier of the genre.
* Alice Is Dead
* Icescape
* Haunted
* Deep Sleep
* Killer Escape

Certain items needs to combined.

A single colored room, with few house hold items as the only things available are common in Escape Room Games. And little to no plot or a back story.

And it's better off without.

And you better escape that room.

It can happen, if you are not careful with handling the items.

Hidden clues and items will be scattered well within the room, and it's the player's job to find the clues, keys, items and or the right combination of items and solving variety of puzzle to progress. To increase

player's tension, there will be will be hidden traps with instant deaths or lead you to a point of no return or making a mistake causing an item be gone indefinitely, and some games will incorporate time limit.

Some games, due to difficulty, will realease an [[{{Walkthrough}} official guide]] to solve the puzzle.