The Puzzle Room VR ( Escape The Room )

Introduction

The Puzzle Room VR drops players into three themed escape rooms, solving puzzles and finding clues to unlock the way out. Developed and published by Bellcat Game, it launched on Steam on 4 January 2017 at NZ$2.99. Nearly nine years later, its 44 English-language reviews sit at 70% positive, Mostly Positive. This review read all 13 negative reviews in that sample alongside a range of the positive side.

Genuinely well-regarded puzzles

The core puzzle design draws real, specific respect. "Brilliant game. Room 3 is a bit tricky... but overall the best VR escape room game in my opinion," reads one review. Another, reviewed on an HTC Vive Pro, praises it as "well made, fun, medium difficulty." Even a detailed negative review lists "fun puzzles," "easy for new-escapees," and "nicely animated" among its pros before detailing its actual complaints — a pattern suggesting the core experience genuinely works for a meaningful share of players.

Real motion-sickness reports and a short runtime

What holds a meaningful share of reviewers back is twofold. First, motion sickness: "I have bobbed all over in Echo Arena and Elite, as well as first-person offerings like Gorn and Blade & Sorcery, and none of them are in the same league with how rapidly this game made me queasy," reads one detailed review, specifically citing smooth movement with limited alternatives as the cause. A second reviewer, independently, reports similar symptoms despite "more than a fair number of hours in Elite Dangerous and Lone Echo with absolutely no issues" elsewhere. Second, length: "Only 3 puzzles, which can all be within an hour," reads one review, a complaint echoed by several others who weigh the short runtime directly against the price.

A promised fourth room that never arrived

That length complaint connects to something this review could check directly. One reviewer states plainly: "Development has been stopped so no more content." This review checked Bellcat Game's own public update history and found the specific promise behind that complaint: an October 2017 post titled "Room4 is coming soon !!!! It's FREE !!!!!" As far as the public record shows, no fourth room was ever released in the nine years since that promise. A separate reviewer's claim that the game's achievements are "broken" finds independent support in Steam's own data: both of the game's achievements sit at just 0.4% completion — an unusually low figure for goals that, by most reviewers' accounts, should be earned simply by finishing the game's short three-room campaign.

Verdict

The Puzzle Room VR delivers genuinely well-regarded puzzle design across its three rooms, and its very low price limits the risk of trying it. But this review's full read of its negative-review sample confirms real, independently corroborated concerns: motion sickness reported by experienced VR players, a runtime some call too short for the price, and a promised fourth room that, as far as this review could verify, was never delivered. Worth it for VR puzzle fans with strong sea legs and realistic expectations about how much content is actually here.