Escape Room Games and Puzzles

Trapped in a room with the only visible exit locked, but with various clues and puzzles scattered around the room that can help you escape. That's the concept of escape rooms. However, few have the opportunity to install a series of puzzles in their own home. But what do you do if you suddenly have the urge to solve an escape room? The answer can be found in this category – Escape Room board games!

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In recent years, the escape room concept has become very popular. The basic concept is that a group of people are locked in a room, after which they have one hour to escape by collectively solving a series of puzzles that follow the room's theme. Generally, it is a larger, and sometimes expensive, undertaking to visit a real escape room. A cheaper and fun alternative is therefore board games designed as Escape Rooms, where you can be the escape king in your own living room.

One advantage of the escape room games is the wide selection of different themes and some escape room board games come with several stories from the start, so you have multiple different rooms to try your hand at. Here you can find something for every taste, whether it be abandoned castles, mysterious laboratories, hidden treasures, or puzzles based on famous franchises like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings.

Since escape room games are built around finding clues and solving puzzles, certain types of games can only be used once, as the puzzles do not change if you start a new game. Fortunately, the games are often very affordable and can be compared to going to the cinema to watch a movie. If you gather a group of friends to help, you have fantastic entertainment for the money and a challenge that can serve as excellent team building.

Popular Escape Room Board Games

Exit the Game

Can you complete the puzzles, solve the riddles, and escape - before time runs out?

You face a series of puzzles and mysteries that you must solve on time, so you can 'escape' the room you are trapped in. Besides the contents of the box, it's a good idea to have a pad, pencil, and eraser ready, as well as a stopwatch (possibly on a mobile phone). The game is available in many editions, so there is something for every taste. The games can only be used once, as components need to be folded, torn apart, etc. during the game.

Unlock!

On time, you must together solve the puzzles to escape the place where you are trapped or stranded. All Unlock! games contain three different scenarios, each offering a good selection of puzzles and challenges.

To play, you need a free app that helps you start the game, it also functions as a timer, and it gives you hints if you are stuck in the game.

Escape Welt

The beautiful puzzle boxes from Escape Welt offer a different type of Escape Room game. Here, the developers have taken various puzzles from their real escape rooms and combined them into beautiful boxes with different themes such as; Fort Knox or House of the Dragon. Each box also has its own little story and can often be used for storage once the puzzles are solved.

Coded Chronicles

Coded Chronicles games have a strong focus on narrative elements and the games often try to tell a story based on well-known universes like The Goonies or Scooby-Doo. Players must together solve a series of puzzles and find clues using a unique code-solving mechanism and the special abilities that the characters in the story possess.