

The game has a minimal story, in which the player is told by letters of a mysterious box in a room in a house as the player solves the puzzles around the box, more notes from the same author – one who previously had solved the mystery of the box – are found, describing the box's use of an ethereal material called "Null", as well as showing the author slowly descending into madness. The Room is a three-dimensional puzzle game. Here, the player must manipulate the camera view to match up the hidden number fragments to obtain a combination code. Fireproof Games have since released four sequels to The Room, with total collective sales of 11.5 million by 2016.Ī core puzzle element of The Room is a lens that allows the player to see secrets otherwise hidden. The game has sold more than 6.5 million copies. The Room has received positive reception, and the iOS version received several awards. Through the game, a story involving the research of an unnamed person into the fifth classical element, " null," which is described in notes found through the various box puzzles. The game uses a variety of motions enabled by mobile device touchscreens to simulate actions in real life, such as looking around the device, turning keys, and activating switches. The player is challenged to figure out how to open each one – typically by undoing a series of locks – to access another puzzle box within it. The Room presents the player with a series of strange puzzle boxes that feature a number of physical mechanisms. An enhanced version of the game was released for Microsoft Windows in July 2014, and for the Nintendo Switch in October 2018.Īt the time of The Room 's creation, Fireproof had been providing art assets for other publishers, and The Room reflects the studio's first attempt to make their own game, but with limited finances, focused on a mobile title with the goal of taking advantage of the platform's unique interface aspects. A free expansion for the title was released in August 2013. The Android version debuted as part of a Humble Bundle in March 2013 and was subsequently released on Google Play. The game was originally developed for the iOS platform and released in September 2012. The Room is a puzzle video game developed by Fireproof Games.
