Escape Academy

Was very sceptical about an escape room video game, but it turned out to be fantastic! It's essentially a series of virtual escape rooms with various difficulties and settings. While the first-person perspective could make some people dizzy and the point and click playing style may feel restrictive, the puzzles are really like those of any real-life escape room you might play. I was impressed and had a lot of fun.

Was really impressed with this! I went in with low expectations because I assumed it would just be a low effort project attempting to cash in on escape room popularity but found it really enjoyable! Charming, entertaining, and a decent difficulty level

Really fun virtual escape room for 2! The puzzles were enjoyable and the game is designed extremely well to make for a seamless experience!

Fun escape video game with a cute theme. Interesting combinations of puzzles (definitely have something to write with as the game doesn't have anything for note taking). Enjoyed each of the puzzles and challenges, one complaint is multiple times you start a puzzle with a set time displaying, but when that puzzle is completed you are thrown into another puzzle with its own time (or unknown time) which you may not have planned on playing for that long. The dialog is entertaining, and intros are fun, though sometime I really wish I could skip more of it.

This is an online escape room! Love the class aspect of it and the way that the escape rooms are set up. Highly recommend for folks looking to sharpen their skills for the real life escape rooms!

One of my absolutely favorite online escape room/game series. You're a student who's been scouted out by this academy for you to excel and eventually become one of the masters. You even get grades. The DLC's have been an absolute great addition for the lore and just more puzzles to do. Would recommend the season pass. You can even play co-op with a friend!

One of the best virtual escape room video games I’ve ever played! Escape Academy is a collection of about a dozen escape rooms tied together with a charming story about an escape room school. (enroll me now!) The game stands out with its excellent 1st-person controls that are a step above typical point-and-click gameplay. The rooms are all colorful, well-designed, filled with humor and personality, and include elements that would not be feasible in real-life escape rooms. The puzzles are in the easier side for enthusiasts, and the lower time limits reflect that. But there are some good stumpers that took a while, and made me feel proud to solve. There is a built-in hint system for those who need more assistance. You can play co-op too with local and online with optional split screen! Really felt like I was in an actual escape room with a group! Also worth noting there’s DLC packs that add extra escape rooms and storylines. The game is frequently cheap, and I highly recommend it for newcomers and veterans alike, especially for those days where you just can’t make it out to a real room! Passing marks A+!

I'm not a gamer by any means, but I honestly loved this game so much. The puzzles felt like I was solving an actual escape room, rather than the typical point-and-click games. It was complex but made sense and was entertaining. If I could forget the puzzles and play again, I definitely would.

I am pleasantly surprised by this game. Lots of escape games you can play virtually have lots of complicated or elaborate puzzles and can feel very marathonish, which isn’t a bad thing at all to some. but this game gave me the first genuine feeling of playing an escape room that I’d almost forgot that it was a video game sometimes. puzzles were easy to follow, story added urgency and whimsy and the drama of the situations that you’re put in added that extra bit to the game that makes it stand out amongst in person rooms by placing you in situations that escape rooms can’t even attempt. plus the variation of each experience makes a large selection of moments that still stick to me when i think about escape rooms in general. this game has left me feeling better for playing it, which i can’t say for many escape video games. if you read this far, you should give this a try, get it while it’s in a steam sale! definitely going to try some of the DLC next!

Genuinely enjoyed this one! Having online escape experiences has been fantastic when we can’t make it to a physical room and this one has a lot of different locations and puzzle types in one. The art and humor are great. The only negatives were one unnecessarily confusing puzzle and some technical hiccups (though I believe those were due to the Steam interface, so not knocking the developers for it). Excited to try out the DLC, Escape from Anti-Escape Island.