Do you know what price is better than “low, low, low”? It’s free”! That’s the amount you have to pay for a copy Doors: Paradox in the Epic Games Store from February 1st.
When it comes to EGS free offers, Doors is perhaps less of an immediately enticing big name. The current free game, until February 1st, is everyone’s favorite indie puzzle game Infinite from the renowned manufacturer Zachtronics, and you should definitely grab this too. Previous titles included Saints Row, Marvel’s Guardians of the GalaxyAnd Death Stranding. Doors It feels like a more esoteric choice, much less likely to turn heads, and yet it’s definitely worth a look.
Doors is a child of the groundbreaking escape game The room. (Tragically, it’s not a licensed game based on the Tommy Wiseau film, but Fireproof Games’ 2012 puzzle game.) It became a colossal mobile hit and spawned a cruel number of copycat games could be recognized by their conscious attempt to imitate The roomThe unmistakable logo. (Doors was also first released on mobile devices in 2021 before coming to PC in 2022.)
Wait, what’s that in there? Doors: Paradox List of upcoming games from developer Big Loop Studios? Why, that’s it Crates: Lost FragmentsAnd my goodness, what a familiar-looking logo.
You have the idea.
But 2022 Doors: Paradox– although it was obviously still inspired by the legion of games that followed The room– has a much more distinct style of his own.
Above all, it’s bright and colorful – elements that are vanishingly rare in the escape genre, where we’re more likely to be trapped in damp dungeons or dimly lit castles. The principle remains exactly the same: you search a scene for objects that can be dragged, poked, or rotated, uncover keys and crowbars that open locks and boards, and interact with mechanisms that need to be figured out to solve puzzles. As you do this, the machines beneath rattle and clink and rotate to reveal new elements to explore. It’s Fireproof’s model, and you’ve probably come across it in all sorts of mobile games.
But Doors does a good job with the format, if nothing overwhelmingly special. And it’s nice that it’s been remade for a much larger screen, so you don’t have to fiddle with the tiniest details with your fingertips. And look, it’s free. You don’t even have the opportunity to complain.
