Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
Genres: Puzzle, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Point & Click, Adventure
Play modes: singleplayer
Release Date: 25-2-2021
Rating: 4.5/5
Developer: Kiary Games
Our verdict
8/10
- Difficulty: Medium
- Players: 1
- Playtime: 12–15 h
Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery is a detective point-and-click game made of small 3D rooms that you rotate to examine from every side. You arrive in the empty town of Redcliff to look for your missing father, moving from houses to catacombs while opening locks and cracking codes. It suits patient solo players who like a long chain of escape-room puzzles with a light mystery holding it together.
Reception is very positive, with about 86 percent of 296 Steam reviews recommending it. Players call the puzzles mostly fair, ranging from easy to genuinely tricky, and praise the step-by-step hint system that nudges you before giving the answer. Many puzzles ask you to remember numbers and patterns from earlier rooms. Reviewers report finishing in about 13 hours, plus a bonus chapter.
The main complaint is padding. Some players lost interest as find-a-code, decode-it loops piled up, and the ending feels rushed to some. Mac players report a long-standing bug that breaks the game, so this is a Windows pick. For anyone who loves dense puzzle rooms it is good value; players who tire of repetition should look for something shorter.
Pros
- Rotatable 3D dioramas hide clues on every side
- Hint system nudges you step by step before giving answers
- Around 13 hours of puzzles plus a bonus chapter
Cons
- Code-hunting loops start to feel like padding
- Reported long-standing bug on the Mac version
- Story ending feels rushed
About
You are a private detective. After receiving a letter from your father, asking for help, you go to the small town of Redcliff. The city is completely empty. Where have all the inhabitants gone? What happened to your father? This is what you have to find out. Explore the city, find clues, solve puzzles, open locks to advance your investigation. The game is a mixture of escape the room and classic quests.
Features
- Single Player Escape Room/Puzzle game
- Average duration: 10+ hours
