The Room 2012

About

The Room came out on September 19, 2012 for iOS, then for Android on March 23, 2013 and for PC on July 28, 2014. On Steam, 98% of 30,543 player reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive). 33 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 74 in the last 30 days. It is Verified on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 1 hour, doing everything about 2.5 hours. It won 5 awards, including iPad Game of the Year and A-Train Award for Best Mobile Game.

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.

Story

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.

What is happening now

The Room is a point-and-click puzzle game that originally launched on mobile platforms in 2012 and has since expanded to PC and Nintendo Switch. The title tasks players with manipulating objects and uncovering mechanisms within confined spaces to progress through its mysteries. Recent coverage highlights a new spinoff experience called Unbox the Room, which applies the series' puzzle sensibilities to a gentler, narrative-focused scenario centered around unpacking and decorating a new home. This entry strips away some of the tension of the original concept, instead emphasizing a quieter, more meditative approach to exploration and arrangement. The game is coming to Xbox, expanding the franchise's console presence.