It feels like every list of the best co-op games to play with a friend always includes the same handful of recommendations, and while the likes of Portal 2 and It Takes Two are great, you can only play them so many times. But there is a more recent game perfect for those in search of a challenging experience to play with a friend—2022’s Escape Academy . The cooperative escape room simulator from developer Coin Crew Games is a masterclass in co-op design and inventive puzzle solving that feels truly unrivaled.
And it’s included in Humble’s current Great Escape Room bundle , so now’s your chance to see for yourself just how amazing Escape Academy is. From the outset, Escape Academy immerses you in a silly but meticulously realized world. You find yourself attending a special school dedicated to the art of escape, in which your curriculum consists of progressively more complex escape rooms to solve.
The titular Escape Academy is filled with an eccentric cast of students and professors to get to know in between the main event of escaping from puzzle rooms, and while a great story might not be the first thing you’d expect to get out of a game like Escape Academy, you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Beautiful art and some hilarious writing make learning about every character you interact with a delight, and the over-the-top narrative about a secret organization of escape artists battling it out against their arch rivals, the anti-escapists, always makes for a fun interlud.