Exploration edition
Four locations, ten mechanisms, objects to find and a story to resolve. Play in your browser and resume your progress on the same device.
The first room is free. The rest is included in the €19.99 game.
Investigation · Hotel · Exploration edition
Room Zero
Forty years after 1962, the Hôtel Orphée opens its archives again. Find Alma’s documents, compare the clocks and retrace her journey to archive store zero.
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4locations to explore10mechanismsAt your own pacesave your progress
The setting is part of the investigation
Take a closer look.
Each discovery brings you closer to the next step. Here are some of the Exploration edition’s locations, without giving away their solutions.
Your role
Observe. Collect. Connect the evidence.
Thirteen minutes are missing. Search the hotel to work out what happened.
Examine objects in the scene. Find useful tools, select them in your inventory and compare your settings with the documents you have discovered. Your journal keeps the investigation’s clues together.
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Two separate ways to explore one adventure.
Classic edition · 80 puzzles
You also receive the downloadable classic edition. Its puzzles and saved progress are separate from Exploration: the two editions do not share a saved game.
Before you play
Useful answers.
Can I try before I buy?
Yes. The first room of each Exploration edition is free, with no card required. At the end of that room, you can choose whether to continue with the full game.
How do I play?
Open the game in your browser. Click the scene’s interactive points to examine objects, keep your discoveries in your inventory and use them to progress. Play alone or work together around the same screen.
Can I take a break?
Your progress is saved in the browser you use. Return on the same device and browser to continue. You can also export your saved game from the game menu.
Do the two editions share progress?
No. Exploration focuses on searching rooms and handling objects; the classic edition has 80 puzzles, or 90 for the Train. Each edition keeps its own progress.
Do I need to install anything?
The Exploration edition runs online in your browser. The classic edition can be downloaded. Start with the free trial to see how the game works on your device.
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See details of the classic edition · 80 puzzles
The story
The Orphée Hotel reopens its archives forty years after 1962. A journalist seems to have been in two places at once. Six witness accounts, clocks that disagree and a key with no floor number await you.
What to expect
Explore four settings through eight chapters of ten puzzles: codes, plans, times, classifications and evidence to cross-check. Witness statements appear in the witness notebook as you progress. Every case file contains the information you need, and you can solve the puzzles within a chapter in any order.
Four new settings and a rewritten investigation
This new edition recreates the locations, documents and conclusion. The images set the atmosphere; no code depends on a tiny detail in the scene. All the information you need is in the case files.
The journal keeps your notes and conclusions. Witness statements are written, with optional speech playback depending on the voices available on your device. Success sounds can be switched off.
Two more investigations in the collection
Three independent cases, each with 80 puzzles, written witness statements and optional speech playback. Start with whichever interests you. The three together form the €29.99 Investigation Pack.
- The Secret of Valombre — 1898. The Heart of Astrée is to be unveiled tomorrow, but its inventor’s nameplate has been replaced. Explore the manor to uncover the truth.
- The Theatre of Shadows — Paris, 1932. Rose disappears during a stage blackout. Search the Belladone theatre to uncover what happened.
Practical information
Details of the 80-puzzle classic edition are below. The Exploration edition has four locations and ten mechanisms in your browser, with its own saved progress.
At your own pace
80 puzzles, eight chapters and a complete conclusion. Pause, autosave and game export are included.
Players: 1–6
Gather round one screen — each person notices something the others may miss.
Written for adults
Start with the basics, then examine more demanding connections and constraints. Each case file has a hint and an explained solution.
Difficulty: progressive
Start with introductory puzzles, then work through more demanding connections. Each puzzle has a hint and an explained solution.
How do I play?
Step 1 — Order
Secure payment, with access sent immediately by email.
Step 2 — Open the file
One file to keep, playable offline, with nothing to print.
Step 3 — Start playing
Use a recent browser on a computer, tablet or TV connected to a computer.
Game preview
Chapter 1 · 10 puzzles
The return register
2002. Jeanne, an archivist, opens the Orphée, seemingly frozen in 1962. A key marked zero accompanies the file of Alma, a journalist whose departure was never explained.
Chapter 2 · 10 puzzles
The clocks that disagree
Salomé and Martin described the same evening using different times. Compare their points of reference before deciding whom to believe.
Chapter 3 · 10 puzzles
The suite with two times
Suite 17 holds copies of Alma’s messages. The papers show a planned meeting, but do not yet establish whether she went.
Chapter 4 · 10 puzzles
A window into memory
Photographs, letters and records put the witness accounts in context. Hélène could hear the lounge; Martin was watching the service clock.
Chapter 5 · 10 puzzles
The garden of passages
The winter garden connects the lounges with the staff corridors. Examine the hotel plans and records of who passed through.
Chapter 6 · 10 puzzles
The receipt after closing time
The official timetable is not enough: a service register records an authorised opening outside normal hours.
Chapter 7 · 10 puzzles
Archive store zero
In the archives, two versions of the booking register differ. An order from Lucien asks for evidence of double-billed rooms to be removed.
Chapter 8 · 10 puzzles
The Thirteen Minutes
Bring together the corrected times, route, departure receipt and accounts. Solve the mystery without treating an imperfect memory as a lie.
Try the format
To get a feel for Escape Maison before choosing your investigation, try the free game (Français).
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Questions about this game
Which devices can I use?
The classic file works in a recent browser on a computer, tablet or TV connected to a computer. Once downloaded, it can be played offline. Exploration requires an internet connection.
Can I play over several sessions?
Yes. Progress is saved automatically, so you can return to where you stopped using the same browser. Export your saved game if you want to move to another device.
Can I replay the game?
You can start a new game, but this edition’s puzzles and answers stay the same. Saved games from earlier editions are not compatible.
What if we do not enjoy the game?
This game’s French offer states a 14-day full refund on request to info@escapemaison.fr, with no reason required. Check the conditions shown with your purchase.
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Want more?
The Midnight Club offers four new games each month, including an exclusive not sold individually. Check the French subscription page for the current plans and available languages.