The Curious Stairs of Mr. Hincks

➕ Superb puzzle design. The puzzles were varied and challenging yet fair with its signposting and symbolisms. ➕ Great price. An affordable game for the amount of time spent and the quality of it. ➖ Okay components. If you're looking for a game with deluxe components then this will not be for you. ➖ Leans towards the difficult side. The game is targeted towards players with experience in escape room-esque games. I wouldn't recommend it for beginners. ➖ Game duration is longer than stated. While this may be a positive for some players, we were under a time pressure during our session, causing us to look at the hints more often in the later half of the game. ✖️ Some busywork required. There were a small handful of puzzles that required decoding or translations even though we already figured out the concept of the puzzle. I would suggest taking a look at the solution/hint system once you're confident you've figured out the approach to the puzzle. ✖️ One particular mini-puzzle felt unfair. While there was some signposting to the puzzle, I was still quite clueless as to how we were expected to figure out the answer even after viewing the solution. Overall, I recommend The Curious Stairs of Mr. Hincks for any escape room enthusiast with a craving for delicious puzzles. The game is packful of puzzles in a small-sized box at a great price. While it has some caveats, it does not bring down my overall enjoyment of the game.

a cute prequel experience to Elevator of Mr. Hincks. not necessary to the parent game but a few puzzles in this experience has merit to them and if you buy it in a bundle deal with their other games, I think it’s a worthy addition.