A guide to play-at-home escape room games for Christmas

Replayable: Is there any point playing this escape room game more than once?

Shareable: Can you share this game with someone else once you’re done or do pieces get destroyed while playing?

Kidable: How many stories in this series are family friendly?

Unlock Adventures

The Unlock games have some really cool stories and great puzzles. They come in single games or as sets of three. Each game is a single play-through but nothing is destroyed so you can pass them on once done.

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Free app download required

EXIT: The Game

The EXIT games have some great puzzles and are entirely physical. Puzzles are made up of various bits and bobs (primarily paper-based), a book, and a decoder wheel. They are single play-through and, unfortunately, you do sometimes have to draw on or cut puzzle pieces.

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Murder Mystery Party Case Files

The Murder Mystery Case Files are more down-to-earth escape room games. They revolve around crimes and require you to scour witness statements, piece together clues, and solve a case.

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Puzzle confirmation is done through a website

Trapped Escape Room Game Packs

The Trapped Escape Room Packs enable you to turn a room in your house into an escape room at home.

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Unsolved Case Files – The Cold Case Murder Mystery Game

The Unsolved Case Files games are much like the Murder Mystery Party Case Files, except they focus more exclusively on re-opened murder investigations. Though there are more stories available overseas, the two versions you’ll see in shops locally are Harmony Ashcroft and Jamie Banks.

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Puzzle confirmation is done through a website