Samsara Room (remake)

Samsara Room

Steam - World - Title card.

Developer Rusty Lake Publisher Rusty Lake Published 2020-04-29 Platforms Android, iOS, Macintosh, Windows Genres Adventure, Escape room, Graphic adventure, Passive puzzle, Puzzle Themes Fantasy, Surreal Distribution Freeware

Samsara Room is a surreal escape room video game developed and published by Rusty Lake on 2020-04-29 for Android, iOS, Macintosh and Windows. The game is a remake of the original Samsara Room and released as freeware.

You are stuck in a room with a dresser, mirror, grandfather clock, and telephone, but as you explore the room, you seem to be traveling through different dimensions where your body changes into other creatures.

Personal

Own?	No. This game was never sold.
Won?	Yes. No hints.
Finished	2020-06-24.

I found this game in the Google Play store while looking for a new game to play on my phone. I generally enjoy escape rooms, and it was free, so I tried it out it.

Review

5	4	5	5	2

Best Version: Android

— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

• Though not technically impressive, the art style is interestingly surreal.
• The ambient music fits the game nicely.
• Some of the puzzles are quite satisfying to solve.

Bad

• There isn't too much variety in the game's puzzles. Almost every one is based on item interaction or observation.
• There are a couple bottle-necks in the puzzle sequence where all future progress in the game hinges on a single puzzle. This isn't atypical for an escape room, but there is one early on which requires you to solve an 11-letter scrambled sentence. I'm not particularly good at these, and I don't find them all that interesting. It also didn't really fit with the style of this game. I almost gave up because of it, but, luckily, I figured it out just before quitting and was able to continue the game.

Ugly

• Nothing.

Media

Promotional

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  Steam title card.

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  Icon.

Videos

Trailer.

Longplay.

Representation

Strong female character?	Fail	The only woman is a silhouette at the very end.
Bechdel test?	Fail	The sole woman doesn't speak.
Strong person of color character?	Fail	The only people with a clear race are white.
Queer character?	Fail	There are no queer characters.

Links

   

• play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.RustyLake.SamsaraRoom - Google Play Store.