Best Escape
Jacques Becker’s *Le Trou* (The Hole) is a seminal 1960 French prison film. The movie gained recognition for its remarkably realistic depiction of prison life, achieved through extensive use of a genuine Parisian correctional facility and the participation of a former inmate, Jean Keraudy, as an adv...
Jean Renoir’s *The Grand Illusion* explores themes of loyalty and identity within a French prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. Filmed in 1937, this influential film garnered significant attention as the first foreign-language feature to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. It...
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors is a complex visual novel developed by Chunsoft. Players control nine characters trapped within a mysterious mansion, each facing deadly trials. The narrative unfolds through intricate puzzles and branching storylines, demanding strategic thinking and observation...
Tara Westover's 'Educated' recounts her extraordinary journey from a survivalist upbringing in rural Idaho to earning a PhD from Cambridge University. The memoir is a powerful exploration of family loyalty, the transformative power of education, and the struggle to reconcile conflicting identities....
Papillon recounts the true story of Henri Charrière, a French man wrongly convicted of murder who spends years imprisoned on Devil’s Island. The film, starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, highlights his relentless attempts to escape and regain freedom. It is notable for its depiction of harsh...
The Getaway is a 1972 thriller centered around Carter “Doc” McCoy, an imprisoned robber orchestrated by his wife into a bank heist. Following the robbery, the couple faces betrayal and pursues escape to Mexico while pursued by law enforcement and other criminals. The film features Steve McQueen and...
EXIT: The Abandoned Cabin is a cooperative puzzle-game designed for 1 to 5 players. Players work together to solve a series of interconnected deduction puzzles within a detailed cabin setting. Utilizing a deck of cards and strategic thinking, they must uncover the mystery surrounding the cabin’s aba...
EXIT: The Game - The Catacombs of Horror is a 2018 cooperative puzzle game designed by Inka and Markus Brand. Part of the popular EXIT series, this title is notable for its horror theme and its structure as a two-part adventure set in the catacombs beneath Paris. Players must work together to solve...
EXIT: The Game - The Abandoned Cabin is a 2016 escape-room card game by Inka and Markus Brand, among the first EXIT titles to win the 2017 Kennerspiel des Jahres.
Beyond Utopia is a 2023 American documentary film directed by Madeleine Gavin that follows North Korean families attempting to escape the country. The film uses hidden-camera footage to document defectors traveling through China and Southeast Asia with the assistance of brokers. It premiered at the...
Unlock! Heroic Adventures is a 2019 Space Cowboys escape-room card box, notable for three app-assisted scenarios with heroic and adventure themes.
Mountain retreat complex with wood-burning fireplaces and ski storage. Seasonal shuttle to the slopes and village shops.
Unlock! Epic Adventures is a 2019 Space Cowboys card escape game, notable as a three-scenario Unlock! box using the series' required companion app.
Unlock! Secret Adventures is a 2017 Space Cowboys card-based escape game, notable as the third Unlock! box with three standalone scenarios.
EXIT: The Game + Puzzle: The Deserted Lighthouse is a cooperative escape-room game designed by Inka and Markus Brand and published as part of the EXIT series. Players assemble jigsaw puzzles to reveal locations, then use the completed images, cards, and included components to solve linked riddles. I...
Unlock! Legendary Adventures is a 2021 Space Cowboys entry in the Unlock! line, notable for three reusable scenarios by different puzzle authors.
Unlock! Timeless Adventures is a 2019 Space Cowboys escape-game box, notable for three scenarios built around time, history, and deduction.
Unlock! Mystery Adventures is a 2017 Space Cowboys escape-room card box, notable as the second Unlock! set with three app-assisted mystery scenarios.
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase is a children's novel written by Joan Aiken and first published in 1962. It serves as the opening installment of the Wolves Chronicles, a series set in an alternate-history 19th-century England ruled by King James III where wolves have migrated to Britain via the Chann...
Unlock! Mythic Adventures is a 2020 Space Cowboys escape-room card box, notable for three app-supported scenarios drawing on myth and fantasy.
Unlock! Exotic Adventures is a 2018 Space Cowboys entry in the Unlock! series, notable for three app-assisted escape scenarios in varied settings.
EXIT: Dead Man on the Orient Express is a cooperative escape room-style board game designed by Inka and Markus Brand, published by KOSMOS in 2017. Players work as detectives attempting to solve a murder aboard a train, deciphering riddles and puzzles before time runs out. The game is part of the EXI...
Papillon, released in 1973, depicts the story of Henri Charrière, a convicted man known as “Papillon,” based on his own autobiography. The film stars Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman in a prison drama set during Charrière’s attempts to escape from French penal colonies. It was a costly production th...
Unlock! Escape Adventures is the 2017 first box in Space Cowboys' app-assisted escape-room card series, notable for three reusable 60-minute scenarios.
EXIT: The Game - The Deserted Lighthouse is an EXIT jigsaw-puzzle game by Inka and Markus Brand, set around restoring a lighthouse's beam.
Escape from Sobibor is a 1987 British made-for-television film directed by Jack Gold that depicts the 1943 uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp. Starring Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula, and Rutger Hauer, the narrative focuses on the planning and execution of a coordinated prisoner revolt against th...
EXIT: The Game - The Forbidden Castle is a 2017 German escape-room card game by Inka and Markus Brand, set around puzzles inside a locked medieval castle.
"The Horse and His Boy" is a 1954 fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published as the fifth book in "The Chronicles of Narnia" series. Set entirely within the Narnian universe, the narrative takes place during the reign of the Pevensie siblings and follows a young boy named Shasta and a talk...
Escape Tales: Low Memory is a 2019 Board&Dice narrative puzzle game, notable for its cyberpunk story structure and app-assisted branching cases.
EXIT: The Game - The Secret Lab is a 2016 escape-room card game by Inka and Markus Brand, part of the first EXIT trio honored by the 2017 Kennerspiel des Jahres.
