We just took on the Brave Escape challenge, and let’s just say… our heart rates are still recovering! From the immersive storytelling to those “aha!” moments that make you feel like a genius, this was the ultimate test of teamwork.
Nothing builds trust quite like trying to decode a “bomb” or find a hidden key with the clock ticking down. Highly recommend this for any team looking to sharpen their collaboration while having a blast.
If you’re looking for a sign to grab your smartest (or most chaotic) friends and lock yourselves in a room for an hour—this is it.
Gather your most trustworthy—and most suspicious—friends, because the latest social deduction game, Cut That Wire, is here to test your friendships with a literal ticking time bomb. This isn’t your average party game; it’s a high-stakes, first-person multiplayer experience where one wrong snip means instant, comedic, and explosive doom.
If you love the tense backstabbing of games like Among Us or Werewolf but wish they had more bomb-defusal pressure, this is the game for you.
Strapped to a Chair, Four Wires, One Imposter
The premise is as dark as it is hilarious: you and three other players are strapped to chairs, each with a ticking time bomb strapped to your chest by a psychopath. There are four wires attached to your bomb, but only one is the dead wire that leads to instant detonation.
Among the four of you, one player is secretly the Imposter, whose goal is not to cut the bomb, but to trick everyone else into cutting the wrong wire or simply letting the clock run out.
The Gameplay Loop: Bluffing and Bombs
The core of Cut That Wirerevolves around two critical phases: the Big Bluff Mini-Games and the Deadly Vote & Cut.
1. The Big Bluff Games
Each round kicks off with a mini-game designed to gather “clues” and provide a perfect opportunity for the Imposter to sow chaos. These games test quick thinking and deception:
Big Bluff Drawing: Players sketch from a prompt, but the Imposter has a completely different prompt and must bluff their way through their mismatched art.
Big Bluff Picture: Everyone views an image and answers questions about it, but the Imposter sees a different picture, forcing them to lie and manipulate details to stay convincing.
These games are your chance to spot the Imposter’s suspicious behaviour—or, if you are the Imposter, to expertly feed the group false information.
2. The Deadly Vote & Cut
After the mini-game, the real tension begins. The group must vote on who they believe is the Imposter.
The chosen player then faces a crucial choice: they must cut a wire.
They flip a coin to determine if they are cutting a wire on their own bomb or forcing someone else to cut one of theirs.
There is one crucial role: the Engineer. This victim can see one safe wire on a bomb. They must try to steer the group towards the correct wire, but convincing a room full of people facing their own imminent explosion is easier said than done! The Imposter, of course, knows which wires are lethal and will manipulate the group into making a fatal mistake.
With the master timer counting down the entire time, every decision is a race against the clock.
Why You Should Cut That Wire
Cut That Wire is a perfect fit for anyone looking to crank up the stakes in their social deduction sessions. It’s a riot of dark humour, cartoonish violence, and heart-pounding tension that makes every round feel like a frantic escape room.
If you’re ready to test how much you truly trust your friends when their life is in your hands—and vice-versa—then it’s time to take a seat, grab the cutters, and try to survive.
Cut That Wire: 4 Hostages in a Room and Boom! is out now and ready to detonate your next game night.
It is just like a scene from a Hollywood movie, you are looking for a long lost friend within a classic Hollywood mansion, but this is not a movie, it is Dead Take the game. This is a game that is dark, psychological and a horror to say the very least. It is basically an escape room-style game that pushes the players to the limit. Dead Take is available now on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.
To find out more about Dead Take, go to the official game website here https://www.surgentstudios.com/ or go to the games page on Steam here https://shorturl.at/PiUPu
Recently remastered is the Exit Condition One HD, fresh for virtual reality. Players take on the role of a curator in a sort of escape room set up. The game is made of puzzles and challenges that need to be solved before being able to move on. Exit Condition One HD is out now on Meta Quest 2 & 3 and on Steam.
To find out more about Exit Condition One HD, go to the official website here https://exitconditions.com/ or go to the games page on Steam here https://shorturl.at/hOxZW
Think of those classic cartoons, amusement parks and the haunted houses, now you will have a good idea of what the Riddlewood Manor game has to offer, This is a classic horror game with a bit of laughter thrown in for good measure. Now there is a demo version of the game available on Steam so that players are able to get an idea of what this game to offer.
To find out more about the Riddlewood Manor game, go to the official game website here https://www.riddlewoodmanor.com/ or go to the games page on Steam here https://shorturl.at/PmTkd
The intriguing escape room-style game Doors Paradox is getting a wider audience, until now this was mainly a mobile game, but now it is arriving on consoles. This game is like an escape room adventure, but it is built in what can only be described as a monument, the idea is the same you must escape by touching everything and taking a chance on what lies behind those closed doors. The Doors: Paradox game is available on the Nintendo Switch and Xbox now.
To find out more about the Doors Paradox game go to the official game website here https://bigloopstudios.com/
Coming soon is the Exit Condition One game it is an escape room style game and it is in VR, so the whole experience is going to be completely different from the player’s perspective as they are going to feel that they are really inside an escape room having to complete challenges in order to get through to the next level and so on until the players reach the end are finally able to escape. The Exit Condition One VR game will be launching in early December on Meta Quest 3S, Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest Pro and Meta Quest 2.
For more details on the Exit Condition One VR game go to the games page on Meta here https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/exit-condition-one-escape-room/4463936340397965/ or go to the official game website here https://exitconditions.com
