The Escape Puzzler (Matt)

Escape The Past (Edinburgh, UK) // Feature • The Escape Puzzler - Puzzle Game Reviews and More! Escape The Past is an award-winning escape room company based in Edinburgh, UK. Steeped in history, all of the experiences provide a fascinating and immersive glimpse into the city’s dark…

Are you willing to follow in the footsteps of body snatchers, serial killers and organ harvesters? If the answer is YES, read on…

#escaperthepast #escaperoom

The Rottumereye Tragedy (Knetterijs) // Review • The Escape Puzzler - Puzzle Game Reviews and More! The Rottumereye Tragedy is a murder mystery experience from the Knetterijs art collective. In it, you must piece together the truth about a dead birdwatcher found on an uninhabited island.…

‘The Rottumereye Tragedy’ is a murder mystery experience from the Knetterijs art collective. In it, you must piece together the truth about a dead birdwatcher found on an uninhabited island. You’ve been sent all of the materials required to solve the case, but will you discover what really happened?

Interested in making your own Clues by Sam puzzles? A test version of the editor is now available, allowing you to do just that (if it works)!

PM me your email address you used to create your account for the home page, and I'll give you access to the editor.

TreasureQuesting - Build Your Own Treasure Hunts Create and play interactive treasure hunts online and in real life

“TreasureQuesting is a browser-based tool that lets anyone create interactive treasure hunts, puzzle adventures, and escape-room style games.”

Find out more on the Kickstarter campaign page now!

A top-down view of 'The Green Star' printable escape room components. Includes a smartphone showing a telescope interface, paper specimen cards, ciphers, and vintage 1950s-style mission documents.

We’ve just released The Green Star, a brand-new printable escape room adventure. It’s a standalone mission that merges 1950s Golden Age comic aesthetics with modern tactile puzzle design.

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#IndieDev #GameDesign #EscapeRoom #PrintAndPlay #BoardGames #CosmicHorror

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We've just launched 'Incointation,' one of the smallest and most 'candle and wine' solving game we think is in our range!

Please do take a look at the campaign, live now on Kickstarter.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/166...

Case Closed (Edinburgh, UK) // Feature • The Escape Puzzler - Puzzle Game Reviews and More! Case Closed is an escape room and immersive mystery venue in Edinburgh, UK. Housed within Secret Solstice Games, a board game cafe and prime spot for creatives, it offers four…

On a recent trip to Edinburgh I finally got to check out the fantastic games at Case Closed. The unique blend of escape room, murder mystery and immersive storytelling made for a memorable experience!

Damn autocorrect, it’s meant to say beyond 🤣

Merry Christmas everyone! Wishing you happiness and health over the festive period and behind. Keep on puzzling ❤️

Mockery Manor: The Murder Mystery Game (Long Cat Media) // Review • The Escape Puzzler - Puzzle Game Reviews and More! Mockery Manor: The Murder Mystery Game is a new murder mystery game from Long Cat Media. Travel back to the 90s to solve a crime...

I enjoyed this game a lot! Fantastic voice acting, great storytelling and a good hit of nostalgia. Well worth checking out!

#murdermystery #mystery #tabletopgame

Oh really? We loved it!

The Advent Calendar Escape is back! 🎁🔒🎄
If you didn't get all the surprises last year, this is your chance. Unlock a container every day of December until Christmas.
Will you unlock them all?

#escapegame #escaperoom #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #roomescapemaker #adventcalendar

A copy of an EXIT advent calendar in front of a Christmas tree.

Happy Advent! I’m looking forward to starting my first EXIT Advent Calendar today. Time to see what all the hype’s about…

Advent Calendar | Zebra Escapes Join us this December for the Zebra Escapes Advent Calendar 2025! Complete daily puzzles to earn raffle tickets and win an online escape room experience.

December 1!

The first puzzle in our advent calendar is live!

Can you solve it?

zebraescapes.com/puzzle/advent

Now updated with even more offers ☺️

The doors have opened.

Welcome to the Black Market. Where cursed relics find their destined owners through secret bids.

Learn more at blackmarket.mysteriouspackage.com
Link in bio.

Your Guide to... Black Friday • The Escape Puzzler - Puzzle Game Reviews and More! Have you been saving up for a new puzzle game and want to buy something in the Black Friday sales? Or do you want to buy a cold case game…

I’ve pulled together a list of puzzle games, murder mysteries, puzzle boxes etc that are on sale this Black Friday. Check them out at the link below, and please let me know if I’ve missed any!

#blackfriday #puzzlegames #murdermystery #puzzlebox

How many puzzle Advent calendars is too many? I’ve gone a bit OTT this year…

Packing up copies of The Smugglers’ Secret. It’s a story-based, text-heavy, cold case adventure puzzle in an envelope.

Basically, imagine a whodunit and an escape room had a baby.

So much fun to design! 🎲✂️

I am excited to share that I am collaborating with SCARLET ENVELOPE to offer fabulous free items to those of you who back BOTH our Holiday Market Projects!

Both are live now on Backekit #linkinbio

#BackerKitHolidayMarket #PuzzleLovers #Puzzletime #puzzlebundle #playathome

A boxed EXIT advent calendar with a bunny driving a sleigh with reindeers.

EXcITed to crack this open on December 1st! It’s my first EXIT Advent Calendar and I’m excited to see what all the fuss is about…

A penguin themed advent calendar

My first escape room advent calendar arrived today! Bring on December 1st (not that I am wishing time away!).

Meet Your Maker: Pedja Banovic // Interview • The Escape Puzzler - Puzzle Game Reviews and More! Pedja Banovic talks about his hit puzzle book, A Compendium of Meta-Puzzles, as well as his 20+ years of experience in the puzzle space.

Pedja Banovic (author of A Compendium of Meta-Puzzles) is the final Meet Your Maker guest this year. He talks about finding inspiration on holiday, how his puzzle book came about and teases his next project.

Check out the interview at the link below!

#puzzles #puzzlebook #interview

Comparing a generic crime pack with misADVENT

Of course, you are welcome to buy a generic Crime Pack for Christmas. There are alternatives...

www.kickstarter.com/projects/166...

Exitus Escape Rooms (Cardiff, UK) // Feature • The Escape Puzzler - Puzzle Game Reviews and More! Exitus Escape Rooms in Cardiff has four rooms featuring space horror, Egyptian tombs, a prisoner of war camp and a chocolate factory.

My team and I had a fantastic visit to Exitus Escape Rooms in Cardiff last month. We played three of the rooms on offer, including our first 90 minute TERPECA-nominated room (in this team configuration). Check out the article to see what we thought!

#escaperooms #cardiff

misADVENT A pair of crime cases to solve, with new digital clues sent daily. One for adults, the other for families, made for the holidays.

Who needs an Advent calendar when you can have misADVENT by @mrlockyer.bsky.social? It’s a duo of printable mystery games with new clues and puzzles sent each day throughout Advent. Play along each day or binge them all on Christmas Day and beyond… the choice is yours!

#advent #christmas #mystery

I’ve been talking so much about escape rooms at work that my colleagues now want to do one. The challenge is finding on locally that I haven’t already done 🤣

Christmas Cards with Puzzles: Santa’s Code Machine A new cozy Christmas card with a cunning twist: your message is hidden in the puzzles!

Looking for vibrant and colourful Christmas puzzle cards? Look no further! Scarlet Envelope are back with a new card to add to their festive greeting card collection.

#christmas #puzzles #scarletenvelope

The doors have opened.
Your first trial awaits.

Welcome to the Black Market. Now is the time to earn credits – the Auction draws near.

Learn more at blackmarket.mysteriouspackage.com
Link in bio.

#blackmarket #blackfriday #mystery #unboxing #mysterybox

I do love it. Must rewatch as I haven’t seen it in years!