Adventure Escape Mysteries

Update: it’s now been almost a year since I first started playing these, and I am STILL just as obsessed. I’ve even played most of them over again. I am consistently impressed by the talent and effort that goes into such fun games!!!! ❤️ After discovering these games about a week and a half ago, I’m absolutely obsessed. I’ve played nearly all of them and was thrilled to find more single games available for download!!! The stories are captivating and unpredictable and the characters are loveable (I want Murphy and Kate to get together!!) The animation is stunning and every scene is visually fascinating with incredible attention to detail. Every new puzzle I open is thrilling and I never get bored of them. They’re all masterfully made! Often while playing I think of the hours that must have been dedicated to creating this game and WOW, it pays off and is evident. The literal ONLY thing that is frustrating is that you have to wait a certain period of time to get “keys” necessary to unlock levels. But unlike many games, it’s a reasonable amount of time, and you can watch some ads to speed it up! When I play casually, I never run out of keys. Only when I’ve been playing a TON of levels back to back have I run out quickly. The levels are long though, so it’s absolutely reasonable. And I suppose it forces me to take a break though :D anyways, just a stellar job all around. thank you, thank you to the teams behind this game!

Haiku games are some of the only escape games in the App Store worth playing. Compelling stories, user friendly, fun puzzles and interaction, and aesthetically pleasing. I’ve been a long time fan. Despite that, I’ve never left a review. I’m leaving a review now because I think it’s important to advocate for a product I enjoy, as well as contextualize this new game format. I know it’s received a lot of (I believe) unfair criticism. Normally I take issue with app models that require you to wait to play, but Haiku escape games are so high quality that I can’t really begrudge them. Most escape games in the App Store are depressingly low quality. Haiku games are the exception and take time, energy and skill to produce and we are lucky enough to play them FOR FREE. Most games like this would require payment upon purchase. Each chapter is long enough that I think that so long as the ads only play after COMPLETING the chapter I don’t think it’s unreasonable for the producers to use this model. This is a quality product that the game designers deserve to be compensated for. A potential solution might be a pricier in-app purchase that gives unlimited keys, or however many keys are needed to complete a story without needing to purchase more. That way users who take issue with the new format can buy out a story and play freely, but game producers are still compensated fairly.

I have played many of these escape games only to get a few levels before you have to pay to play the whole game and the cost was always a ridiculous amount. This developer not only doesn’t charge to play but they don’t even have ads that pop up every time you complete a task. They have multiple scenarios to choose from and every one has a great story or plot. The only ads I’ve noticed is when you are out of stars to open next level, you can watch some ads to speed up timer that will give you the star quicker. I’ve already played 2 different scenarios and I’m hooked. On Some puzzles you have to really think outside the box and may take a while to solve. I haven’t found any flaws yet and don’t think I will. The developers have done an absolute STELLAR job with the app and I’m not sure why this game isn’t promoted more on other game ads. I know I can only give 5 stars but if I could, I would definitely give 10. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️+⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! Keep up the great work and I would love to see more games from these developers.