Escape Simulator 2

Escape Simulator 2 is a masterclass in digital puzzle design, refining its predecessor's tactile joy into a more sophisticated and visually stunning experience. With significantly improved physics, ingenious room layouts, and the powerhouse that is Room Editor 2.0, it offers an endless playground for solo thinkers and co-op teams alike. While occasional physics hiccups and sharp difficulty spikes remain, it stands as the definitive first-person escape room simulator on the market.

Escape Simulator 2 is a charming and often brilliant co-op puzzler with great themes and endless community content, held back slightly by bugs and sparse developer-made rooms, yet still offering a surprisingly rich and friendship-testing escape experience for its price.

Bigger, better, stronger, more beautiful – Escape Room enthusiasts are served a gourmet experience they can enjoy without equal. Even those who never saw Escape Simulator as the main course will have their minds changed by this sequel.

Overall, the current price tag isn’t too steep, the atmosphere is excellent, but alongside the solo mode, the cooperative mode carries far more weight — the gameplay clearly leans toward solving the puzzles together.

Escape Simulator 2 shows how fun it is to solve problems in their most basic form. You can play Escape Simulator 2 by yourself or with a bunch of other people yelling, “Try the red key again!” Escape Simulator 2 keeps you interested the whole time. It is one of the most rewarding puzzle games I’ve played in recent years because it strikes a good mix between logic, style, and ease of use.

Escape Simulator 2 is the perfect sequel: it feels familiar yet very ambitious. It improves on the original's formula, makes it bigger, and adds more depth to the puzzles without making them harder to solve. The game is now a full package for both puzzle fans and casual explorers. It has larger maps, cooperative play for up to 8 players, and a better level editor.

Escape Simulator 2 is a great sequel and an easy recommendation for puzzle game and escape room aficionados. There's some rough edges, but the environments are great, the puzzles satisfying, it's fun to share with others, and there's bags of potential for DLC and fan creations.

Featuring 12 levels over three distinct themes, Escape Simulator 2 has plenty of content at launch, with every level being brilliantly designed and filled with clever, challenging puzzles. For those who want more, there's a level designer and the option to play community-created levels, so there's potentially endless content here. A bargain for £14.99/$19.99.

If you like clever puzzles, escape rooms, or co-op games that will have you thinking, Escape Simulator 2 is a no-brainer and is absolutely worthy of your time.

As a player, you enter much larger and more mature rooms in Escape Simulator 2 than in part one. You get fifteen rooms divided over three themes and you can tackle them alone or with eight players at the same time, which often results in fun chaos. Thanks to the new Room Editor 2.0, endless new content continues to be added and DLCs are already planned. However, you do have to take into account bugs that sometimes make puzzles frustrating.