The Room: Old Sins

 iOS
Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. TouchArcade
    Jan 25, 2018
    100
    In a nutshell, The Room games are among the best puzzle games the App Store has to offer, and Old Sins falls right in line with the three previous amazing titles.
  2. Game Informer
    Jan 25, 2018
    93
    In many respects, Fireproof Games offers more of the same with The Room: Old Sins. However, the original concept is so strong that I can’t complain about getting more, especially since the puzzles continue to feel fresh and interesting. In a market churning out free-to-play loot-box grinds, this meaty mobile experience is refreshing.
  3. 148Apps
    Jan 25, 2018
    90
    The Room: Old Sins is an incredible game. It creates an amazing sense of place, peppers it with uniquely detailed objects and puzzles, and paces it all out in a way that makes playing it a pure delight. There may be some times where it isn’t so easy to understand how you are supposed to move forward, but these moments are so few and far between that they’re easy to look past.
  5. Pocket Gamer UK
    Jan 25, 2018
    90
    It's still super slick, it still offers some of the best puzzling on the App Store, and it's still creepy as hell. Even four goes in The Room: Old Sins delivers.
  6. Multiplayer.it
    Feb 7, 2018
    85
    The Room: Old Sins is one of the best entries in the franchise, with a more cohesive progression and a lot of addictive puzzles. Just don't expect any major innovation in the formula.
  7. Everyeye.it
    Nov 15, 2018
    80
    The game can easily run on medium-high-end devices, but a highly responsive touchscreen display is recommended to make the most of an experience that makes the sliding of the fingers the pivot of its gameplay.
  8. God is a Geek
    Jan 25, 2018
    80
    It’s creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky. It’s altogether ooky, just let Fireproof Games’ give you the willies.
  9. Metro GameCentral
    Jan 29, 2018
    70
    The Room series offers players tactile, faux-Victorian puzzles that involve opening up wood and brass contraptions to reveal crank handles, sculptures with star-shaped bases, and devices that happen to be just the right angle to connect two recently-discovered apertures. Unlike The Room 2, which came over all Myst and had you spending a significant chunk of your time wandering back and forth, this goes back to its roots with a much more compact experience, revolving around the rooms of a single doll’s house. It does nothing to innovate and is relatively short-lived, but it’s enormously engaging while it lasts.
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  1. The Verge
    Jan 28, 2018
    Even now, six years since The Room games first debuted on the iPhone, there’s still nothing quite like its distinct blend of puzzles and chills. There’s a feeling you get when you hear the telltale “click!” of a safe unlocking that no other game has replicated. Old Sins continues to build off of this concept, with delightfully strange and complex new mysteries to uncover. The house may be small, but it’s bigger than it looks.

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#16 Best iOS Game of 2018
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#14 Most Discussed iOS Game of 2018
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User Score
8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 3 out of 19
  1. thetimmer
    Apr 13, 2018
    9
    While I have not finished this game, as the reviewers on the left have said it so far is equal to if not better than the previous rooms.
  2. korku
    Jul 18, 2023
    7
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  3. curzon_dax
    Apr 8, 2023
    9
    This is a pretty good game; one of the best in the series; it's a shame it's not well known as much as the rest. They return to the perfectThis is a pretty good game; one of the best in the series; it's a shame it's not well known as much as the rest. They return to the perfect formula for this game that made it great since the start; pure puzzle solving with great atmosphere and not unnecessary fast pacing like the end of the third (or being rushed like the 2nd). The only imperfect thing about it is that it's not too original even though that's subjective because what the 1st was is still great.… Full Review »
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