By: Ricca Sy
If you miss going out with your friends and spending the day playing a game with them, whether through a board game or an outdoor playground, virtual escape rooms can be your next best option to reconnect.
Virtual escape rooms are an online recreation of your physical escape rooms—your mouse and keyboard being your trusty ally to help you solve a mystery for the day. Fortunately, we have more options for this emerging game.
And if you have chanced upon some of them before, we have listed our High Five virtual escape rooms for your next virtual plays!
Mystery Manila
Mystery Manila has caught our attention when they first introduced their virtual breakout rooms. It’s a perfect way to have some fun with friends, solve some mysterious cases, and become real-life Sherlock Holmes! Challenge yourself, and pick from a variety of virtual rooms they offer. Mystery Manila has a variety of zoom-dunnit games to choose from such as “Murderous Meeting”, “Hong Kong Heist”, and more!
Play it here!
Breakout
Breakout has finally unveiled their online edition, and they have some exciting games, to begin with. If you’re into solving crimes, the “Whodunnit: A Crime Solving Game” can be your ideal pick. “Clown House: Real-Life Escape Room” can be both fun and scary at the same time, as you escape the world of a terrifying clown.
Breakout has Solve At Home Challenges, wherein 100% of the proceeds will go directly to support Breakout‘s team members, who are greatly affected by the pandemic.
Play it here!
Hogwarts Digital Escape Rooms
Here is for our Potterheads! If you’ve spent an entire weekend bingeing on Harry Potter films or books, an online escape room is your next step higher for a complete Wizarding World experience. The Harry Potter Digital Escape Room is an online puzzle that will test everything you know about J.K. Rowling’s literary world, from potions to Hogwarts classes.
Play it here!
The Dentist
Imagine this. You wake up completely alone in a dentist’s office without any recollection of what might happen. You’re now embarked on a quest to decipher possible clues to help you escape. The catch? Time is running out!
The Dentist is going to be a thrilling experience for you and your friends, and the rush might not be for the faint of heart!
Play it here!
Spy Apprentice
This is not your ordinary spy case ala James Bond or Sherlock Holmes. Spy Apprentice is an immersive look at what it feels like solving the world’s trickiest puzzles. Unlike most virtual escape rooms, Spy Apprentice can be enabled with your Zoom account—and the more participants, the better!
Play it here!
Do you have other virtual escape rooms you want us to add to this list? Share your suggestions by commenting down below!