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24 alternatives to Phone Escape: Hopeless

A unique escape room experience in your pocket

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Phone Escape: Hopeless launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Blank - Room Escape Game▲95

   Blank is a unique escape room, text based adventure game

   2021 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Escape Team▲203

   A printable and interactive pen and paper escape game

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   CodingEscape▲185

   The escape game for coders and non-coders

   2021 · its alternatives →

4. 4CY
   Can you lose at Wordle if you tried?▲676

   2022 · dontwordle.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Escape Site▲108

   An escape room in your browser

   2018 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Startup Escape▲196

   A real-life startup themed escape room in SF!

   2018 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   This Room Will Kill You▲87

   A surreal, story-driven RPG with horror elements.

   2018 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   🏝 Escape from Mibo Island▲140

   An epic 3D escape room game with spatial videochat

   2021 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Google Sheets Escape Room▲168

   Win $2,000 by conquering the spreadsheet escape room

   2022 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    A Dark Room▲90

    The most immersive text-based game ever.

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Letterfall▲95

    A free word game for iOS

    2022 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    none*2▲87

    A mysterious game of riddles, episode2

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Room Three▲92

    A physical puzzle game within a beautifully tactile world

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14RC
    Remotely Controlled Escape Room▲85

    2020 · thebureauorlando.com · its alternatives →

15. 15ES
    Escape Spreadsheet Hell – An escape room game in Google Sheets▲5

    2022 · kampheyapproved.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Fobia▲108

    An indie puzzle adventure

    2018 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Jelly Jump▲91

    Jump higher, survive longer and never give up!

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    S.M.T.H. (Send Me To Heaven)▲150

    Players throw their phone into the air. Higher the better.

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Avoid this Game▲92

    It's probably too hard for you

    2018 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Swipe XL▲99

    New iOS game with the same level of anger as Flappy Bird :)

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Az▲70

    Relaxing word puzzle game for iOS

    2021 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Letter Lock▲59

    Multiplayer word puzzles with endless replayability

    2022 · its alternatives →

23. 23VE
    Virtual Escape Room – Apocalypse No-Code▲11

    2020 · landbot.io · its alternatives →

24. 24AE
    An escape room in your browser▲25

    2018 · escape.mitchcrowe.com · its alternatives →

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