Department of the Devil

That was a very enjoyable game.
Short and sweet, didn't over stay its welcome.
Hope more people play it, it really is a little diamond.

really nice puzzle game! I like the idea of being on a timer that doesn't result in my death (to my knowledge) I think the puzzles were really cool. and the consequence for getting caught aren't too difficult to deal with but still provides an extra layer of annoyance. Kinda short as a game. It took me an hour because I'm slow lol, but would 100% recommend!

"Welcome to Hell Sphere 613 of the Oblivion Realm. We are happy to welcome you for your stay in eternal damnation."

Department of the Devil is an escape room/puzzle game where you're supposedly trapped in hell for all eternity but try to escape by snooping around the private office of the Devil when he leaves to go grab paperwork. The game is basically played in rounds, and during each round you search for clues and items to solve various puzzles, all in order to be able to summon the Devil's personal key to hell so that you can use it to escape through the gate in the office and thus eternal torture in hell. As you play you have to return everything to its proper place & return to your seat before the Devil returns to the office at the end of each round so that he doesn't catch you for snooping. The puzzles are well done and I feel are just right in terms of difficulty, not too easy but not too hard either, though one's mileage may vary in terms of the difficulty. It took me a little over 2 hours to escape during my first Department of the Devil playthrough, but exactly how long it takes to escape & beat the game is something that will of course vary from player to player. A real highlight of the game is the banter with the Devil at the beginning of each day (round), which is often quite amusing.

To me, the only real con/negative of the game is the severely lacking replayability. As far as I can tell, the only thing that ever changes is the password to the safe, which changes every day (round). Other than that, I've not noticed any changes from playthrough to playthrough, everything else stays the same &/or is in the same place/order. Though you can't view all of the aforementioned banter with the Devil in a single playthrough. Personally, I've enjoyed the game enough that I've played through & beaten it multiple times and have put 5+ hours into it at this point, but I can certainly see the lack of replayability being a complaint & issue for some players. Overall, Department of the Devil is an entertaining & fun little escape room/puzzle game and I feel that the price is appropriate for what you get out of the game (one's mileage may vary on that though). I most definitely recommend Department of the Devil, especially if you're into escape room &/or puzzle games.

This game seems relatively unknown, which is a shame.
It is short, at about 2 hours. But it is such a high quality escape room game compared to tons of other higher profile escape room games, you can tell this is made by someone who doesn't just know how to make puzzles, but also how to make a proper, well designed game™
Highly recommended.

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