Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege similar games & best alternatives

Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

You only wanted to make a visit to your sick colleague, but what you encounter is beyond your imagination. Discover the secrets of your colleague and find a way to escape the trap.

What works
  • Challenging and clever puzzles
  • Engaging cooperative multiplayer
  • Meaningful and intriguing story
  • Free to play
  • Well designed escape room atmosphere
Things to keep in mind
  • Only one playable map currently
  • Some puzzles overly difficult or unintuitive
  • Controls can be clunky
  • Minor bugs and glitches
  • Motion sickness reported by some players

What to play next

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Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories

  • The Timeless Child - Prologue

  • We Escaped a Twisted Game

  • We Were Here

  • Parallel Experiment

  • We Were Here Together

  • We Were Here Too

  • Unboxing the Cryptic Killer

  • Escape Simulator 2
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Last Will

  • Chariot

  • Together: Moon Escape
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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Expression, Relaxation.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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    "Strong emphasis on cooperative multiplayer gameplay with friends to solve puzzles and escape together."

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  • Intimacy

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