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

* ''VideoGame/Icescape''

* ''VideoGame/Killer Escape''

* ''Icescape''

* ''Killer Escape''

* NoPlotNoProblem: And it's better off without a plot.

* ''VideoGame/MysteryOfTimeAndSpace''

** The "Birthday Room" puzzle is set up in the same style as an typical escape room, except your end goal is to light a candle on a birthday cake, after which your captor will (ostensibly) let you go. The only other trick to it is [[spoiler:that the trap's creator made the puzzle UnwinnableByDesign and there's a KaizoTrap at the end that will burn you alive if you solve the puzzle "correctly". To escape, you need to find and watch the taped footage of the previous victim's run (sort of SaveScumming the puzzle in-universe) to learn the password needed to complete the final step well before you reach the room itself, allowing you to [[SequenceBreaking bypass most of the puzzle]] ([[OffTheRails including the step that triggers the Kaizo Trap]]) and skip straight to the end]].

* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has one of these during one chapter. [[spoiler: If you're not especially good at them, [[CuttingTheKnot you can just pay 100 Monocoins to bypass it completely.]]]]

** [[InvertedTrope 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.

* In an episode of ''Series/LastManStanding'', Mandy and Kyle accompany Kristin and Ryan to an outing to one of these. Kristin and Ryan are convinced Mandy and Kyle are too dumb to solve the clues and they'll have to do all the work. Mandy and Kyle proceed to use their creativity and [[CloudCuckooLander out of the box thinking]] to solve every clue themselves and escape with seconds to spare, [[HumblePie leaving Kristin and Ryan standing to the side dumbfounded.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "All Bottled Up," the mane six go on a friendship retreat that basically consists of being locked in a room and solving puzzles together to escape as the b-plot. They were on track to break the record of one hour, right up until they [[ThatRemindsMeOfASong start singing]], causing them to miss said record by eight seconds.

* In the ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' episode "The Gang Escapes", the Gang participate in a Real Escape Room using Dennis' apartment on the behest of Dee (who played it before and simply wants to beat it again in front of them just to show off). Despite the fact that it's meant to be a cooperative activity, the Gang quickly turn it into a competition between each other when they not only lock Dee in Dennis' bedroom but also spend the entire time indulging in pointless power plays against one another just for the right to unlock the first clue. They only "win" after Dee gets injured trying to leave via the fire escape, forcing the person supervising the activity to unlock the door.

** This is an increasingly common variant of AlternateRealityGame in RealLife, with plenty of [[http://escaperoomhub.com/ escape rooms]] scattered all across the world.

* ''VideoGame/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has one of these during one chapter. [[spoiler: If you're not especially good at them, [[CuttingTheKnot you can just pay 100 Monocoins to bypass it completely.]]]]

* ''[[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 we're going with this?

* There's one of these near the end of ''VideoGame/HotelDuskRoom215''.

** ''Creator/{{scriptwelder}}

* ''VideoGame/DontEscape'' made by Creator/{{scriptwelder}}

* ''VideoGame/DontEscape''

* ''[[VideoGame/RoomBreak Room Break: Escape Now!!]]'', which uses a LifeMeter to discourage [[ICantUseTheseThingsTogether thoughtless item spamming]] and a vignette-style narrative, with a new protagonist and genre in each chapter. This was also played by WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}}.

* ''[[VideoGame/TrappedSeries Trapped]]'', a trilogy of escape games. The second one, ''[[http://www.freegamesnews.com/en/games/2010/TheDark.php The Dark]],'' is pictured above.

* ''Strange Magic Escape'' is an escape game for the ''Myst'' minded player.

* ''The Cerulean Room'', a user-made hold for ''[[VideoGame/DeadlyRoomsOfDeath DROD]] RPG''.
* ''The Crimson Room'' and its sequels are the trope codifier of the genre.

* ''VideoGame/EllieHelpMeOutPlease''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, "All Bottled Up" The mane six go on a friendship retreat that basically consists of being locked in a room and solving puzzles together to escape as the b-plot. They were on track to break the record of one hour, right up until they [[ThatRemindsMeOfASong start singing]], causing them to miss said record by eight seconds.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'', Bob and Linda go on a DoubleDate with a couple whom they find annoying. After a disastrous dinner, they go to an escape room on a whim, but while in the room the Belcher's true feelings about the other couple are accidentally made known, making their stay incredibly awkward. What's more, the room is not well kept, and a rat gets inside halfway through.