Great Escapes - an IFDB Poll

Everyone knows that "escape the room" games and puzzles are an IF cliché. But which are the best examples of this classic genre?

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	Suveh Nux, by David Fisher 8 votes "A really satisfying puzzle" [+]"A really satisfying puzzle" --Kenneth Hutt... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Mr. Patient... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Boegheim... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --o0pyromancer0o... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Vulturous... Vote for this game

	Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin 5 votes "An epic escape" [+]"An epic escape: Maybe not an escape the room game, strictly, but unless I'm horribly mistaken, it has one of the best escape scenes in all IF." () --strivenword... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --o0pyromancer0o... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... "Impossible to..." [+]"Impossible to speak of the escape scene without spoilers, but it's excellent. Take my word for it." --Christina Nordlander... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game

	Hoosegow, by Ben Collins-Sussman, Jack Welch 5 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Mr. Patient... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --o0pyromancer0o... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Vulturous... Vote for this game

	Violet, by Jeremy Freese 3 votes "Fun, funny, great voice; top award winner!" [+]"Fun, funny, great voice; top award winner!" --melar... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game

	Fragile Shells, by Stephen Granade 3 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Vulturous... Vote for this game

	Trapped in a One-Room Dilly, by Laura Knauth 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... Vote for this game

	Marco Polo, by Baltasar el arquero 1 vote "Best quick escape-the-room that I've seen in Spanish." [+]"Best quick escape-the-room that I've seen in Spanish." () --IFforL2... Vote for this game

	Enlightenment, by Taro Ogawa 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... Vote for this game

	Foggywood Hijinx, by Ivan Cockrum 1 vote "high stakes escape" [+]"high stakes escape: I replayed this game just to make sure I still could beat it. I think it's still the enjoyable game I remembered it to be, although it's not always clear where you can go and exactly what is reachable. Still, a nice gem that shouldn't be missed just because it was in an old minicomp." --Jonathan Blask... Vote for this game

	Final Selection, by Sam Gordon 1 vote "Not exactly an..." [+]"Not exactly an 'escape' game, but a great one-room puzzle game. Lots of different puzzles packed into a single space." () --calindreams... Vote for this game

	Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon 1 vote "Good one-room game, which includes (but is not centred entirely on) escape." [+]"Good one-room game, which includes (but is not centred entirely on) escape." --Victor Gijsbers... Vote for this game

	La Sentencia, by José Luis Díaz 1 vote "Spanish - An adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's short story of the same name." [+]"Spanish - An adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's short story of the same name." () --IFforL2... Vote for this game

	Oppositely Opal, by Buster Hudson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... Vote for this game

Is there another game that you think should be on this list? Just fill in the title of a game you'd like to vote for.

Poll created on February 21, 2012