Room Escape FAQ

[AARPTeri]

What is Room Escape?

Room Escape is a point-and-click game where you find yourself stuck in a room – and you have to get out. Explore every nook and cranny, solve puzzles and combination locks, and do what you need to do to find the key to leave.

How do I play?

All you need for Room Escape is a mouse (or your finger, if you’re playing on a tablet or phone). Click on any item of interest (a backpack, a plant, a couch, and so on) to zoom into that item. Click again to interact with it. A helpful black bar at the bottom of the screen will give you context clues when you click – maybe there’s nothing to see here, or you need an item to interact with what you’re clicking on. The goal is to solve enough puzzles to get a key that unlocks the front door.

What do I do with items?

While exploring – or after solving a puzzle – you might be presented with an item like a knife, screwdriver, or piece of paper with a clue for another puzzle. Click on the item and it will move to your inventory on the right side of the screen. Click an item in your inventory to select it. From there, you can do two things:

1. Click “Inspect Item” at the bottom of your inventory to get a closer look. This is helpful for some items that have small text.
2. Click on an item in the room, and if the item in your inventory can interact with it, it will. (For instance, if you’ve selected a screwdriver that you have in your inventory and then click on a light switch, the light switch plate may be removed. Perhaps there’s another clue or item inside!)

What happens if I use an item in the room and I don’t get another clue?

That will happen! It’s often that using an item successfully won’t give you another item or another clue. But your item will have a use somewhere – keep exploring!

What do I do if I get stuck and I’m not sure what to do next?

Room Escape can be a tough game. Luckily, if you get stuck, you have options! Once you feel like you’ve clicked everything and aren’t getting anywhere, you can try either of these:

1. Click “HINT” in the top-right corner of the screen. After you watch an ad, you’ll get a hint that can point you in the right direction.
2. When you zoom in on certain puzzles, such as combination locks or keypads, you may get a prompt in the bottom-left of the screen that says “OPEN IT!” Watch an ad and the obstacle will be gone.

How often are games available?

There is a new Room Escape game every day, so you can test your skills with your morning coffee! Click “Daily” from the home screen to access today’s game. You can also click “Levels” to get a list of archived rooms, so you can escape rooms all day long.

Can I get a game over?

No.

Can I pause the game?

Yes. This will pause the timer, so your high score is not affected. Click the “pause” symbol in the top-left corner of the screen to pause.

[jserramcorder]

spoiler alert.......green box word is breath.  red box word letters are ietrm.  if you want to solve it, start with the letter that is last alphabetically

[RyanN984845]

WHY???

[RyanN984845]

I have completed a bunch of rooms but it never gives me a score...?

[ElaineL50519]

Same for me. I enjoy the game, but it would be nice to see a score 🤔

[TinkysMoto]

I too would like to see a score. I am getting good at this game and would like to have a high score on it since i can't seem to get very high in the crossword puzzle score board.

[LisaS85289]

This doesn't seem to work.  There are no items to pick up and the hints refer to things that aren't there

[ml6344]

Stupid game.

[DelawareDiane]

"You need to be holding something specific"....where do I get things to 'hold'?  How do I 'hold' them?

[CynthiaB540441]

When it says that you have to have the hammer. That is usually in one of the furniture pieces that you open. After clicking on it, you zoom in and then on left of screen it will say open it.

Hope this helps

[JamiM341038]

Behind and in boxes are a wrench, screwdriver, hammer. You can click to inspect item once you find it, then click on the item. Screwdriver only opens screws, hammer only smashes, wrench only removes bolts.

[es4115]

I can't figure it out. It really sounded like fun, but nothing seems to work for me.

[SallyS707838]

I agree..... I open the backpack & nothing happens... some player levels would be nice...🤷🏼‍♀️

[BtW751689]

changes with each game.  today the backpack gives a clue and tomorrow it doesn't.  same thing with different safes.  I click on all things that could have a clue based on previous games assuming I have the tool.  Like the hammer.  Not every vase you break will give a clue so you just have to click and see.  regarding the ads, if you have an ipad try that, I use the ipad and no ads.  Laptop I get ads.  what is more troublesome and happens on a lot probably 75% of these games, any game, is the rebooting.  I get it started, maybe the first page then poof it disappears and I have to start over.  Smartle, Room Escape, Ballistic, Crosswords, more than too many do this.

[Chrissy108]

I love Escape Rooms but this virtual one isnt working for me either; I expect it requires some familiarity with how to navigate the rooms and items so I will keep trying. I did try and every time I click for a hint I get a long ad so it seems these games have been designed, not for the benefit of members but to get advertising revenue for AARP. beginning to realise that doing these 'games' will not be good for my brain with all these senseless adverts. 

[SallyS707838]

I don't like all the ads either.... I don't think the game is for the player, as much as an elaborate way to watch ads 😡

[TinkysMoto]

the ads are punishment for not being able to figure out the code. if you have to use the open it button, then you have to see the add as a consequence. solve the code and presto no ad

[BtW751689]

I played on laptop and got all the ads but when I played on ipad, no ads.  still no score showing either way.

[BtW751689]

Pretty mindless game after doing it a few times.  You go the same way, start in the room click on backpack, bottom shelf, check for scrambled letters on plants, in vase, fireplace tools, sometimes in a locked section, those letters usually go for the locked box in the first room--this is where the key is to get out.  solve the mystery word on the box and you win.  Each room has another set of boxes or safes or puzzles to perform something.  I click on the "open it" several times and the clue is revealed.  I got the ads when playing on the laptop but when I play on the ipad I don't get the ads.  Then when you decide to play different levels and you complete it, it does not always compute.  I did puzzle 77 with the word pizza several times, it did not register as complete.  You cannot leave the game and come back later you have to start all over with new places that clues may be but they all are in the same places after a while.  And in my case I complete the game, my "score" is not indicated on my page.  MIndless.

[BtW751689]

gotten all but two items in inventory, can't find knife or scissors to cut into frames or couch or pillows.  Hints examined.  I can open backpack but nothing is exposed

[JamiM341038]

Have never found scissors or knife.

[BtW751689]

I have found things I don't know what to do with like flashlight and battery.  I have found a pocket knife now and then that I use to cut open the couches.  Most of the time the best clues are the letters that are used for the chest in the first room.  You might find the letters in odd spots like plants, pictures, when you break a light or lamp, and sometimes in the second locked box.  I have only found 4 of the 5 letters for the box and have to deduce the final letter by trial and error.  Like I find zipa I figure it is pizza and it is.  Harder when there are many choices.  After I've done a few that lead no where I usually give up and start over.  When you start over it is a new game and new clues.  When I find a screwdriver I click on all the light switch or wall plates to unscrew them.  Once in a while there is a clue behind one.  A hammer will break any vase and any overhead light fixture.  Sometime there is a clue behind it.  Many times the clue is a number or series of numbers.  I find that the containers with colored squares or a key pad or dial don't have to be solved.  I can click on the Open It several times and the container is opened.  The jewels need all the items to open the box.  I have never filled the entire box of clues so not sure if getting all of them gives you a get out of jail free card.  The fireplace says it needs a special tool and I thought the flashlight would help but I do not know what tool to use there.  The wrench opens the screen near the ceiling, I think it is the second room.  Good luck!

[BrandiE263403]

The flashlight needs the battery. I kept getting the battery and until I finally got a flashlight and combined the two.

[MariaM6043]

 I have not been able to combine the flashlight and the battery.  I have tried clicking on one and hitting "inspect item" and then clicking on the other, but nothing happens no matter which order I click (flashlight first or battery first).  I'm very frustrated, because if there are any clues in the fireplace I will never find them!

[BtW751689]

It took me a while to figure it out, maybe it will work for you:  click on flashlight.  click inspect item.  click battery.  at this point the two meld and you can use it in the fireplace by going back to the fireplace, clicking it then click the flashlight.  The flashlight should be working if it shows a triangular shaped yellow beam at the top of the flashlight indicating a light.  If your flashlight still does not show this after following these steps, maybe it is a problem with your system.  I've been able to do a lot better using the ipad than the laptop.  Good luck.

[BtW751689]

I tried clicking on the battery then the flashlight, never got them to meld.  If they do meld where do you use the flashlight?  Or is there another way to click on something that needs something else and put it in the right place

[jserramcorder]

I somehow I got the battery and flashlight to work once and only once and I used it in the fireplace but there was no clue or it was meaningless.  So sometimes the battery and flashlight can be melded but I can't seem to do it each and every time.

[BtW751689]

not sure what happens if anything by turning the lights on and off

[BtW751689]

or the computer

[BtW751689]

so I solved it but my time does not show up on my site

[v315934f]

I solved and my score is still zero, too. Didn't see an option to save when it showed the "escaped" window, just a click to play another game. First time playing, showed 54 minutes. Hoping to get faster now that I've got the hang of it.