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Keyhallow

Keyhallow: Escape Room

Locked in an old house. One little flame. Every clue is in the room.

Escape an old house room by room, with Wisp the lantern flame lighting the way.

Coming soon to Google Play Watch the trailer

Free on Android. Not on Google Play yet: check back soon.

Keyhallow key art
Price
Free
Platform
Android
Players
1-4 players
Offline
Plays offline
Languages
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Age rating
Made for 13+

Trailer

The video loads from YouTube (privacy-enhanced mode) only when you press play.

What is Keyhallow?

You wake up locked in a room of an old house. Turn between its four walls, look closer at a desk, a painting, a safe, pick up what you find and use it. Puzzle after puzzle, until the door opens.

Wisp, a little flame living in an old lantern, keeps you company in every room. When you are stuck, Wisp lights the way with a hint. It is a real escape room on your phone: eerie, cosy, and always fair.

How to play

  1. Swipe between the four walls of the room and tap anything that looks odd to take a closer look.
  2. Pick up keys, matches, a screwdriver, torn pieces of a letter. Use them on the room, combine them, and turn them over: some clues are written on the back.
  3. Solve the puzzles: locks, dials, wires, mirrors, a cipher wheel and more. Every clue you need is somewhere in the room.
  4. Stuck? Ask Wisp. Hints come in three steps: a nudge, a clear hint, then the answer.
  5. Open the door and earn up to three stars: escape, escape without hints, escape within the target time.

Ways to play

Keyhallow screenshot: Turn between the walls, tap whatever looks odd

Chapter 1: The Old House

Four handmade rooms: the study, the library, the attic and the cellar. From a warm study on a rainy night to a dark cellar where the lights went out.

Keyhallow screenshot: Open the last door, then endless rooms

Endless rooms

Once you escape your first room, a new room is built for you every time, with its own puzzles and clues, checked to be solvable. There is always one more door.

Escape together

2 to 4 phones, one room. Share a team bag, point things out to each other, beat the team clock. Play on the same Wi-Fi or online with friends using a room code.

Screens

Keyhallow screenshot: Escape the old house with Wisp, a lantern flame
Escape the old house with Wisp, a lantern flame
Keyhallow screenshot: 15 kinds of puzzles: slide the picture back
15 kinds of puzzles: slide the picture back
Keyhallow screenshot: Turn the mirrors, guide the moonbeam
Turn the mirrors, guide the moonbeam
Keyhallow screenshot: Examine what you find: clues hide on the back
Examine what you find: clues hide on the back
Keyhallow screenshot: Stuck? Wisp lights the way with hints
Stuck? Wisp lights the way with hints
Keyhallow screenshot: Cosy rooms first, then the dark cellar
Cosy rooms first, then the dark cellar

Why you'll love it

Meet the cast

Wisp

Wisp

The little flame in the old lantern, your only light in the locked rooms. Wisp keeps you company, flickers at every discovery and, when you are stuck, lights the way with a hint.

The music

A calm, candlelit theme for an old mansion: a music box, a solo cello, piano and a string quartet, in a slow, waltzing three.

Updates

Version 1.1.0

In the next update
  • Now in German, French and Italian
  • Every room, clue and Wisp hint speaks the new languages, and every puzzle stays solvable
  • Settings and the Premium buttons always fit your screen, in any language
  • Smoother rolling digits on the combination locks
  • New: What's new in Settings shows what changed in each update

Questions and answers

Is Keyhallow free?

Yes, it is free on Google Play. There are two optional one-time purchases: one removes the ads between rooms (about 2.99 EUR), and Premium (about 4.99 EUR) removes all ads and makes Wisp's hints free up to a daily limit. No subscriptions.

Are there ads in the middle of a puzzle?

Never. Ads only show between rooms. Hints are free in the first five rooms; after that a hint is a short ad that you choose to watch.

Does it work offline?

Yes. You can play alone with no internet connection. Escape together online with a room code needs a connection.

Can I play with friends?

Yes, with Escape together: 2 to 4 players, one phone each, in the same room. You share a team bag, each item can be in one hand at a time, and you race one team clock. Join on the same Wi-Fi or online with a room code. There is no matchmaking with strangers.

Is it scary?

It is eerie, never gory: a locked old house, a dark cellar, cobwebs. No monsters and no jump scares.

Which languages does it support?

English, Portuguese and Spanish, with German, French and Italian arriving in the next update.

Which devices can I play on?

Android phones, through Google Play.

Who is it for?

It is made for players aged 13 and over who like escape rooms, hidden clues and logic puzzles. The official age rating is shown on Google Play.

What data does the game collect?

No account and no sign-up. The game uses a random install ID and how you play to improve the game, error reports to fix bugs, and the advertising ID and approximate location for ads. If you sign in to Play Games, a pseudonymous player ID. In online rooms, player names and game moves pass through our relay and are not kept. Data is encrypted in transit, and you can ask us to delete it.

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