Hallows Hill

A thoughtfully made virtual escape room that quite honestly tops the list I’ve played to date. The narrative was delivered seamlessly throughout ‘Hallows Hill’, with little reading feeling superfluous to the overarching experience. The aesthetics were tasteful and exciting — the faded, worn and weary media contained across the house looked great and made me long for a real, tangible experience that rivals the design of Hallows Hill. Thematically, ‘Hallows Hill’ employs ample spiritualism and haunted house tropes and props to firmly place the players into a familiar supernatural world, with the story similarly staying within that realm’s tried-and-true formula. A few twists unfurl along the way, which I’d love to see translated onto a big screen production for a rather refreshing take on contacting the dead.

The app worked very well (we used Firefox). The “virtual backpack” allowing all players to examine objects on their individual devices is very nice. Solid tutorial and we had no technical difficulties. The game has very good production values: excellent graphics and atmospheric audio. The story was interesting if a bit predictable. Limited interactivity within the scenes, and the puzzles aren’t that great, but we had fun. Recommended.

One of the best virtual escape rooms you can play. Great immersion and design. It was so great with flow and storyline. My best friend and I had an amazing time and loved the vibe and puzzles. Highly recommend.

For an online game which we paid about 24 bucks in total for, this was a fun time. We played with 4 players split up and streamed over zoom. It was a good time. Interesting puzzles and a decent inventory system where although one person is certainly at the helm, the whole team can look at the items , clues and suggest puzzles. Choose a good leader and this can be a fun collaborative time. Not scary but that’s okay!

This is one of the more technically impressive and great story driven online escape games. I strongly recommend it. This is a downloadable experience that can be played on your own time.

This was fun! I played with my family and we all enjoyed it. We felt a bit stuck on some puzzles but always figured it out! on some.

An excellent online escape game experience! There's a good story (although logically, some of the story beats seem odd) and a great set of puzzles surrounding it. Unlike other virtual games I've played, this one felt like an actual location. In other words, I felt like I was walking around a real mansion and not just a "virtual escape room" approximation of a mansion. I’m also a huge fan of point-and-click adventure games, and this was very much one. The puzzles are a bit math-heavy, which I liked, though others might not. It's also linear and is a bit on the easy side because there isn't a whole lot to actually interact with or observe. Also, I wasn't a fan of the final challenge, but I liked the effects and how the story concluded. The cinematics are very top-notch professional, and the scares are real! Best part is that you can play this online or just huddled around one screen. My group of 4 played this on a computer hooked up to a television and it worked out well! We played with friends who had not done in-person escape rooms but enjoyed puzzles and puzzle video games, and we all had a blast!

This was my and my husband’s first online escape room and it didn’t disappoint. I definitely recommend it. Lots of fun, a great quality game ☺️ beautiful art/animations.

This was my first online room and I was pleasantly surprised. The story was cohesive and engaging and there were some really good puzzles that can easy be incorporated into a live room. I really enjoyed the door puzzle. There was one puzzle that I felt required outside knowledge, but that is my only minor complaint. I would definitely play another one.

I was pleasantly surprised. Some of the puzzles were really good, it definitely lent itself to working with your team even for being an online room, and while it can’t deliver quite the same experience as an in person for obvious reasons, it was really really good for what it was (and incredibly cost efficient).