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Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege
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 players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
37 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“great escape room with my girlfriend we escaped after 2 hours please add ability to RUN why are we SO SLOW”
“It took me about 3 hours to complete. Some puzzles were really challanging though. Overall, i liked the game”
10 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“Game IQ Needed = 1000 iQ My IQ = -10 iQ”
“It took me about 3 hours to complete. Some puzzles were really challanging though. Overall, i liked the game”
“challenging”
5 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“Love the game, cause me and my friends can play it together while not being able to real life escape room cause of the distance”
4 of the 71 reviews raise this.
4 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“Your are only able to play the second episode. The achievements for the first one you will get using an "Unlock achievements" button. Ve3ry much appreciated. The controls are unpleasant and imprecise. The hint system is…”
“cool story”
10 of the 71 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“if you get stuck, definitely use a steam guide, because some of these puzzles require noticing things that are pretty subtle.”
“Really bad quality, hard puzzles only because of how bad these settings and controls are. I wont recommend it to anyone, I did it for achievements, but trust me, I did not enjoy these hours, especially since I love…”
6 of the 71 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“great escape room with my girlfriend we escaped after 2 hours please add ability to RUN why are we SO SLOW”
“extreamely bad control some how we brute force it”
“Really bad quality, hard puzzles only because of how bad these settings and controls are. I wont recommend it to anyone, I did it for achievements, but trust me, I did not enjoy these hours, especially since I love…”
5 of the 71 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“if you get stuck, definitely use a steam guide, because some of these puzzles require noticing things that are pretty subtle.”
“Your are only able to play the second episode. The achievements for the first one you will get using an "Unlock achievements" button. Ve3ry much appreciated. The controls are unpleasant and imprecise. The hint system is…”
4 of the 71 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Really bad quality, hard puzzles only because of how bad these settings and controls are. I wont recommend it to anyone, I did it for achievements, but trust me, I did not enjoy these hours, especially since I love…”
“hard and confusing as someone who loves puzzles and mystery/escape games”
3 of the 71 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Woke story, entire first level is uplayable since these devs stole someones idea and had to disable the room until they fix it. Well deserved i'd say.”
Counted across 71 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“ITS POSSIBLE, took me and my friend 2 hours but we finally beat it.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Just finished playing this on stream and we had an INCREDIBLE time. Great challenge, super fun, can't wait for more!”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“the controls are awkward and odd, with button modifiers toggling between alternate uses when every other first person game where you manipulate objects has cracked this code for at least a decade. they aren't kidding when they say its designed after and simulating actual escape…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:31 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Hotfix for shadows
Hi all, The last update broke the shadows in the game so one puzzle was not solvable :( (I know the crew of Babylon 5 would love for the shadows to stay away but hey...) I fixed the issue and also mad
All achievements now unlockable
Hi all, There is still no estimate on when the first room will be playable again. I had hoped for a quicker solution but it is what it is. Sorry :( Meanwhile, as a few of you have justifiably pointed
Translation work
- rest of Portuguese translation - some fixes and additions in other translations
A few improvements
Hi everyone, the update to v2.2 contains the following: - new: autosave after each puzzle unlock, you can choose between your manual and the auto save when loading (so they are two separate savegames)
Fix for first door
- in some cases the door would not open for every player in multiplayer mode, which should now work
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Multiplayer · Free to Play · Horror · Puzzle · Investigation · Adventure · Logic · Escape Room · First-Person · Psychological Horror · Detective · Casual (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Stats |
| Languages | German, English * , Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Italian, French, Portuguese - Portugal, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Achievements | 34 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://bitbeast-games.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/10 Processor: Intel i3 / AMD FX series or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia 450 / AMD equivalent with 1GB of Video RAM DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: Onboard