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SeriesThe Room

The Room

Critic score2 critics
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First release
Sep 19, 2012
Engine
Unity
Genres
Indie, Point-and-click, Puzzle · Fantasy
Platforms
Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch

A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

Also known as The Room（ザ・ルーム）, TheRoom.exe

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Storyline
The game has a minimal story, in which the player is told by letters of a mysterious box in a room in a house; as the player solves the puzzles around the box, more notes from the same author - one who previously had solved the mystery of the box - are found, describing the box's use of an ethereal material called "Null", as well as showing the author slowly descending into madness.Read more

The game has a minimal story, in which the player is told by letters of a mysterious box in a room in a house; as the player solves the puzzles around the box, more notes from the same author - one who previously had solved the mystery of the box - are found, describing the box's use of an ethereal material called "Null", as well as showing the author slowly descending into madness.

Release dates
iOS
Sep 19, 2012
Android
Mar 23, 2013
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jul 28, 2014
All 4 release dates
Nintendo Switch
Oct 18, 2018
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
1h
Main + Extras
2h
Completionist
3h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Where to buy
Keywords
maze, steam, portals, steam trading cards, atmospheric
… All 16, teleportation, level selection, easy, steam achievements, digital distribution, single-player only, touch controls, color separation, humble bundle, game developers choice awards 2013, escape room

At a Glance

Critic Score
85
Main Story (IGDB)
1h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
2h
Completionist (IGDB)
3h
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Overview

Steam review summary

Steam users rate this Overwhelmingly Positive, 30,509 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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