Last updated on January 16th, 2026 at 10:06 pm
Alcatraz: The Room Escape Game – Puzzle Game Review
Alcatraz: The Room Escape Game is a Puzzle/Entertainment/Family game from AppForge Inc., first launched in 4th September 2015.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 10,900+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Alcatraz: The Room Escape Game Stand Out
No one has ever escaped and lived to tell. At least that's the official story…
Escape Alcatraz, the follow-up to Escape the Titanic delivers the next blockbuster adventure puzzler that puts you at the heart of an amazing true-life escape that remains unsolved to this day. Craft and assemble tools you’ll need, as you plan your high-stakes prison break. Can you devise an escape plan, fool the guards and find the right time to pull the trigger to freedom?
Never a dull moment as you pinch, twist, tap & swipe your way through ingenious room-puzzle challenges.
With nothing to lose, do you have the smarts and tenacity to solve every puzzle and make it off The Rock! ….Good luck!
• 50+ clever puzzles – unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
• Integrated Hint System, if you need a little help.
• Find hidden tools to aid in your escape.
• Hints and Answers available as IAP
Escape Alcatraz is a FREE-TO-TRY app. You can play the first chapter for free, if you want to unlock the epic FULL version, there is a one-time fee to purchase.
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Alcatraz: The Room Escape Game is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 14th April 2023
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes
Download & Availability
Alcatraz: The Room Escape Game is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Alcatraz: The Room Escape Game on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
The game if very interactive,which is why we think overall its a pretty cool game. Great job.
The game is really fun. We havent finished it yet so we dont know but we dont think the stuff about the bugs is true. Its challenging though and Ive had to watch a video or ask our dad for help sometimes but overall Its a really fun game.Definitely recommend.
Its so fun even if you just started playing we love the way it feels so real.
The graphics are amazing, however, the ads are annoying and you have to jump through hoops just to close them. The gameplay would be amazing if they werent run with ads.
At the start of the game we eat the bread and the leave things but the beans arent disappearing im clicking it but it stays the same please fix it.
So, we try to get into this game. We steal the spoon and all the yard games for raincoats. But we get to where we have to go through the metal detector, we knock over the tray and when the guard aint looking we click on the scissors and try to cut the power cord and nothing happens. Cant get past it.
Started off great. We feel like Im going to love this game, but we cannot get past the part where you have to balance holding supplies while walking down the cell block we have tried more times than id like to admit wish there was a skip button or something because we seriously cant get past this part and the game has only started.
The game is good and fun but after a certain point you cant continue unless you pay for the game. Wouldve been a good game if they hadnt played this trick.
We like this game, but when we collected the scissors, we cannot get them to cut the cord. We have tried everything we can think of. Is there a patch or update, or have you dropped the game when it comes to maintaining this game? If there is a fix, we will change our rating, because it deserves a better one.
So yea like the titanic escape theres a paywall.
Hey guys we played this game and we like it.
It is a fun riddle game we mostly searched up the answers but we were fun.
Fun game and graphics are awesome but so many bugs ill write a more detailed one later >:/.
GAME WILL NOT LOAD AND we AM JUST GIVING IT FIVE SO IT SHOWS UP AND PEOPLE WILL READ.
We enter the game and its just white.
We played the first part of the game years back. So, in interest of playing it again and whole game, we downloaded the game. However, when trying to open the game, it is just showing us blank white screen. We hope the developers look into the issue and resolve it soon.
Im trying to start it but right when we press start the screen turns black and the song never stops? How do we fix this.
Why is the game not working its just a black screen.
This game has a bug in it can u get it fixed.
Every time we play it doesnt work and we refreshed it was black the screen was black and so deleted it.
When we press play it zooms in on the watchtower and then cuts to black and then im stuck on a black screen forever.
We love this game cant stop playing it but when it says free unlocks it lies because we did one and then when we tried to go through the cant again it popped up the think again.
So you have to arrange the books in alphabetical order like ABC comes before ACC if they are the same look at the next letter. If the letters are all the same, look at the numbers example 123 comes before 133. We hope this has helped you.
Every time we log in it goes towards the light house and then goes black and freezes.
We play a lot of these games and its fun to play them when the end justifies all youve done.
We played it but then we pressed the reset the Level button and we just got a black screen then a year later (now) we redownload it and we cant even get to the loading screen and we can hear the music but no picture. Pls fix this.
When we download the game and we start it went through a few screens and then it showed the light tower and it just went white and it just keep playing music. Can you please fix it. Thanks.
Loved this game back on our old phone but we cant get it to work on a newer iPhone it just goes white please fix thanks homie.
We absolutely love this game but it glitches and wont load the next step.
We love this game, but is an update coming? After the most recent iOS update, it wont work anymore. We can hear sound, but the screen just stays white.
Yes this game is amazing its so much fun and its challenging much a lot of puzzle games nowadays arent as hard as this game but we love it we just hate that theres ads every five seconds and that you have to watch an ad to get a hint we eventually did end up buying all the hints because we do find this game challenging but the game itself is awesome we definitely recommend this game to anyone who has some free time and loves challenging things like this.
We really do like this game, its defiantly a brain challenging game and its very fun to play. We dont know if its just us but recently we have been having this bug where we open the app and it comes to the play screen. We click the play, or start button and it takes us to a black screen. We still hear the music so we just wait a little, then the music fades out and disappears. We decided to wait some more and be patience. But we waited almost 5 minutes for the black screen to change to the game. Please look into the game and fix the bug, thanks.
When we click play it put black and no more but we think is a good game (we dont played yet) so 4 stars.
Theres a small bug where when you get the accordion and you have to put the metal balls in the hole two of the balls spawn outside of the accordion Thanks.
We downloaded this game on our last phone and it worked perfectly however this time Whenever we start the game the beginning cutscene plays but then it just turns black and we waited for about 30 minuets but nothing happened we tried restarting the app but still nothing happened we also tried deleting and re-downloading the game but still nothing please fix this we would love to play this again.
The screen always goes black when we press the start button.
Ok ok so we download the game a while ago and we decided to play it again we tried to update it but it said that it could not be updated so we deleted it and downloaded it again but when we tried to press play it zoomed in to the watch tower and it slowly faded to black and… Nothing! We have tried and waited and still nothing plz help.
Ive already finished the game When you get in the game it just turns black.
You need need need need need need need need need need need need need need need need to make the rest of the game free PLEASE.
The game was great and we like how it's based off of a real breakout of jail.
We can't get pass the library part because all the a's aren't there.
Hey guys, we saw the trailer for this game but when we open it the screen is white for a long time sometimes and when we get to the title screen its like its froze we cant do anything please send a review sayin how to play or creators please fix this issue.
Dont get us wrong we love this game, its one of the best escape the room games there is. But when we tried to download it sat on a white screen for 20 minutes.
When we open the app it shows a pic of Alcatraz and then just goes to a completely white screen, we thought it was jus5a our phone so we turned it off and reopened the app and it did the same thing. And when its a white we were waiting for something to happen but nothing did, please help.
The screen turns white and we cant do anything to fix it plz help.
When we open the app it shows the title screen and then when we press play it gives us a angry birds add and the screen goes black.
Honestly it looks like a decent game but once we press play it goes straight to a black screen and just pops up random ads randomly.
We press play and black screen, we set it out for ten minutes and watched a show, we came back, SAME THING Black as shiny coal, we check it and tap it to not turn off, and still. We have deleted and installed this game 3 times but nothing. Now Im like what if its our device? We check compatibility and it works with this iPad. So we go and install on a SAMSUNG device. Perfect, just make it work on Apple please. Stay great just like your day.
We love this game and we downloaded it on our IPhone 6s…now when we hit play, the pic zooms into the lighthouse & then goes to a blank screen and nothing loads. Please fix.
After paying 5 bucks for this game, why am we seeing ads? These ads pop up while Im playing. Unacceptable.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.1
- Size: 97.41 MB
- iOS: 11.1 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, ES
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: AppForge Inc.
Last updated: 14th April 2023 | Genre: Puzzle, Entertainment | Developer: AppForge Inc.