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75/100
Players100 ratings
90/100
Metacritic14 critic reviews
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Metacritic usersuser score
78/100
GameFAQsJust Right
3.91/5
Player reviews
95% positive13,067 reviews
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Windows
Price
US$5.99

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2015 · Fireproof Studios · Adventure · Indie

The Room Three

Nintendo console exclusive

Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?

Released
2015
Platforms
AndroidNintendo SwitchWindowsiOS
Genres
AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzle
Developers
Fireproof Studios
Publishers
Fireproof Studios
Series
The Room
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
First person
Themes
FantasyScience fictionMystery
Country
United Kingdom
Age ratings
PEGI 7ESRB E
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain), Turkish
Entry
#3 in The Room
Time to beat
2hmain story5hwith extras6.5hcompletionist

About

The Room Three is a 2015 puzzle video game developed by Fireproof Games. It was released for iOS in November 2015, Android in January 2016 and Microsoft Windows in November 2018.

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The Room Three, as its predecessors, is an escape the room game, where by solving puzzle boxes and other similar puzzles, the player reveals new secrets and puzzles towards reaching the game's conclusion. The game is presented in a first-person, three-dimensional view, allowing the player to look around rooms from a spot, or rotate their view around a puzzle box or similar object. Elements of objects can be interacted with, such as pushing buttons, inserting and turning keys, or sliding sections around. Items can be collected and examined from the player's inventory, which many include manipulation of that object to reveal secret chambers or the like.

As with previous games, The Room Three also has some puzzles made out of the classical element Null, which can bend reality. The player-character has a special eyepiece that he can wear to see through the Null, revealing hidden clues or puzzle parts. The Room Three introduces an additional lens for this eyepiece that allows the player-character to manipulate objects within small spaces like keyholes. The Room Three is structured around a central hub area and with four main areas that are accessed through this.

Story

S." before it was consumed by the entity from the Null. A journal written by the protagonist indicates that he is haunted by the events of The Room Two, and has tried to find answers via the Royal Institute. The Journal also indicates that he has found some clue that directs him to a strange island.

He leaves on the train to go to the island. A strange box appears in his passenger compartment as the train passes through a tunnel, inside which is revealed a pyramid with strange etchings. When the train passes through the next tunnel, the player-character is mysteriously transported to Grey Holm, an island estate some ways off the English coastline in the English Channel. A series of notes inform the character that he was brought here by "The Craftsman", who also claims the credit of creating puzzles that were in the previous games, and is impressed with the character's ability to resist the Null.

Reception

The Room Three gained critical acclaim, with Metacritic giving a Metascore of 90 out of 100 based on 14 critics, and a reviewer from Hardcore Gamer giving a score of 4 out of 5.

0/10 by IGN, 5/5 by TouchArcade, and 8/10 by Game Informer. It was entitled with the Pocket Gamer Gold Award. Later it won iOS Game of the Year in Pocket Gamer Awards 2016. The game was enlisted among 60 Best Educational Apps by Tutora.

Awards

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
iOS4 November 2015Worldwide
Android11 January 2016Worldwide
Windows13 November 2018Worldwide
Nintendo Switch24 September 2026Worldwide

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