
The puzzles are mostly straightforward and generally didn’t take us more than a few minutes each to solve. Other times you’re using math or pattern recognition to crack a code. Sometimes you’re working with basic physics, like putting different-sized gears in place to connect to points. You wander around in first-person through a fairly well-realized space station, finding clues and puzzles to be solved. The basic loop of Palindrome Syndrome is pretty easy to understand. Both of these games are out now and playable, but I’d like to focus on Palindrome Syndrome in this review. Recently, mc2games has brought two of their Escape Rooms over to the Nintendo Switch: Palindrome Syndrome and Tested on Humans. Consoles don’t have quite as many options. Over on Steam, there are a lot of options for in-depth and immersive experiences.

We’ve had a lot of fun looking for alternatives to actually being closed in a small room with strangers, from murder-mysteries-in-a-box to playing virtual escape rooms in Rec Room. My wife and I have only ever done one actual escape room, but we like the concept a lot.

A game key for Palindrome Syndromewas provided by mc2Games.
