Introduction
Adventure Escape: Asylum is a mysterious asylum escape classic created by Haiku Games. You play as Anna, she wakes up in a spooky asylum scared for herself after having some hazy memories of her past. Can you figure out her past and escape this scary asylum? If so, be prepared for complex puzzles and interesting riddles and most importantly, a wide range of clues and items to find.
Walkthrough
Chapter 1 – Awakening
- Collect the scalpel. (A)
- Cut yourself free from the bed. (B)
- Open the cabinet. (C)
- Collect the gloves. (D)
- Collect the lock pick set. (E)
- Tap on the clipboard on the wall to read about Anna. The number 2854 in the letter is a hint for the next puzzle. (F)
- Collect the star. (G)
- Click on the door. (H)
- Use the number 2854 to unlock the door. (I)
- Collect the mop. (J)
- Use the mop to clear the wet floor. After that, use your gloves to clear the electrical wire out of the way. (K)
- Click on the door to view the lock puzzle. Use the lock pick set to move all of the barrels in the lock mechanism until they are all in the same position. (L)
- Escape the room. (M)
Chapter 2 – The Institute
- Collect the dog figurine. (A)
- Collect the cat figurine. (B)
- Read the newspaper. (C)
- Go to the next room. (D)
- Collect the third figurine. (E)
- Click on the left drawer and collect the figurine inside it. (F)
- Collect the fifth figurine. (G)
- Click on the poster. (H)
- HINT: Every figurine has a number attached to it. When you match the figurines in order to the poster, you get the number 23612.
- Go to the hallway. Click on the suitcase. (J)
- Use the number 23612 to unlock the suitcase. Collect the vinyl record inside it. (K)
- Go to the office room. Place the vinyl record into the phonograph. After some time, it will tell the pass code that will be used to escape the office room (314). (L)
- Use the number 314 to unlock the door. Go through it. (M)
- Collect the magnetic key card from the nurse and complete the chapter. (O)
Chapter 3 – The Warning
- Click on the card reader. (A)
- Use the nurse’s key card to proceed to the next room. (B)
- Collect the music sheet. (C)
- Collect the second music sheet. (D)
- Click on the shelves to organize them. (E)
- The Solution. (F)
- After organizing the shelves. Move the orange violin in order to find a gear. Collect it. (G)
- Go to the dining area. (H)
- Collect the third music sheet. (I)
- The instruction paper will help for the next puzzle you have to solve. (J)
- Click on the tray. (K)
- The correct way to solve the puzzle. (L)
- Give the tray to the old lady. She will move therefore revealing a fourth music sheet. (M)
- Collect the rope. (N)
- Go to the kitchen. (O)
- First, collect the stool located in the kitchen.
- Move all the apples you find in the bowl. (P)
- Move the garlic into the garlic rope. (Q)
- The bananas will go into the white bowl. (R)
- And lastly, the cookies will go into the white jar. (S)
- After organizing the place, 8 music sheets should appear, collect all of them. If you don’t have 12 of them by now, try to see if you have missed any fruit.
- Go to the music room. Place the stool to reach the rusted gear. (U)
- Switch the rusted gear with the new gear you just found. After that, the stage will be fixed. (T)
- Click on the music stand on the stage to reveal another puzzle. Add all of the music pieces you just found with the existing ones on the stand and rearrange them to complete the full music sheet. (V)
- Go to the kitchen.
- Click on the safe. Place the music sheet onto the safe since it is a hint on solving the puzzle. (X)
- Solution: 3 times clockwise (A), 4 times counter-clockwise (G), 5 times clockwise (D), 2 times counter-clockwise (E), 2 times clockwise (F).
- Collect the hammer inside it. (X)
- Use the hammer to destroy the barriers that are blocking the door in the music room. (Y)
- Escape the room. (Z)
Chapter 4 – Dreams and Reality
- Go out onto the patio. (A)
- Collect the moon piece. (B)
- Collect the wooden plank. (C)
- Zoom onto the broken ladder. Remember the position of the climbing roses, since their position is used as a hint for the next puzzle. (D)
- Go inside again. Click on the box. (F)
- The correct way to solve the puzzle. Collect the second moon piece after solving the puzzle. (G)
- Go to the workshop. (H)
- Click on the nails. Collect the nails by tapping them and combine all of the pairs that match. You will then collect a box of nails. (I)
- Go to the living room. Collect the hammer. (J)
- Collect the second wooden plank. (K)
- Collect the third wooden plank. (L)
- Go to the workshop. Place the moon pieces on the slots located on the large door. (M)
- Collect the fourth wooden plank. (N)
- Go outside again. Zoom on the ladder. (O)
- Place the planks and the nails on the broken ladder. Use the hammer to fix the ladder. (P)
- Tap above the ladder to climb in order to complete Chapter 4. (Q)
Chapter 5 – The Mad Scientist
- Collect a box of matches. (A)
- Click on the letter hint. Read it. (B)
- Go to the hallway. Collect the chemistry bottle. (C)
- Read all of the writing on the walls.
- Go to the next room. Notice the writing on the wall.
- Collect the second chemistry bottle. (D)
- Collect the third chemistry bottle. (E)
- Collect the fourth chemistry bottle. (F)
- Go to the green surgical room. Collect the scissors. (G)
- Go to the orange room. Use the scissors on the teddy bear to cut it, you are going to find a key inside it. (H)
- Go to the surgery room. Use the key to open the locker. (I)
- Collect the letter inside the locker. (J)
- Read the letter. (K)
- Tap on the teeth poster on the wall. There are 2 other ones located on the right side. (L)
- HINT: X = 3 + Teeth (5 + 3 + 8 = 13) + Sum of values excluding alpha and omega ( 4 + 3 = 7) + 3. The result number is 31373.
- Go to the orange room. Use the number 31373 in the combination lock. Collect the shovel. (M)
- Use the shovel to dig through the rubble located in the starting room. Collect the fifth chemistry bottle. (N)
- Go to the surgery room. Click on the chemistry equipment. (O)
- Firstly, place all the bottles on the shelf, one is already there. There should be 6 in total. Use the matches you found in the beginning to light the fire under the mixing beaker. (P)
- Drag B42 and Ti into the mix to get a blue mixture.
- Drag K6 and A to get a red mixture.
- Drag S and O.P to get a yellow mixture.
- Now, mix the blue and yellow solutions to get the most important out of them all, the green acid.
- Go to the starting room. Pour the acid into the door lock to destroy it, after that you can escape the room. (Q)
Chapter 6 – Wrath
- Collect the film strip fragment. (A)
- Collect the second film strip fragment. (B)
- Go through the door on the left. (C)
- Pick up the third film strip fragment. After that, go through the door located on the right to go to the bathroom. (D)
- Open the cabinet door under the sink. (E)
- Open the mirror cabinet. (F)
- Collect the list of chemicals inside it. (G)
- Click on the puzzle. (H)
- Place the list of chemicals with the bottles that are displayed to you. You need to match the bottle labels to the chemical formulas on the shelves while using the list of chemicals. We need to get the correct NH3 bottle. (I)
- The correct way to solve the puzzle. After completing it, collect the NH3 bottle (Ammonia). (J)
- Use the bottle of ammonia to clean the toilet. (K)
- Tap on the tank to find a key inside it. Collect it. (L)
- Go to the first room. Use the key to unlock the cabinet drawer. (M)
- Click on the files. (N)
- The correct way to organize the files. (O)
- Collect the fourth film strip fragment. (P)
- Go to the movie projection room. Click on the projector. (Q)
- Place all of the film strips in the projector. Each piece has shapes on each side that will match with the other piece and combine them together. The image shows the correct way to solve the puzzle. (R)
- After completing the puzzle, a scene will be shown on the screen. See the numbers 4 and 21 on the screen? They are the numbers that will be used to escape this room. (S)
- Click on the door. Use the number 421 to unlock it. (F)
- Escape the room.
Chapter 7 – Secrets
- Collect the toy train. (A)
- Go to the house pointed on the screen. (B)
- Collect the second toy train. (C)
- Collect the third toy train. (D)
- Click on the heart pattern picture on the wall. Tap each time until you create a black heart shape. (E)
- Go to the bedroom. (F)
- Collect the toy train below the bed. (G)
- Collect the toy train that is below the bed on the right side of the room. (H)
- Click on the drawer. (I)
- Collect the notebook inside the drawer and read it. (J)
- Click on the puzzle. (K)
- The correct way to solve the puzzle. Collect the key after completing it. (L)
- Use the key to unlock the door. (M)
- Escape the room.
Chapter 8 – Trial
- Click on the riddle. (A)
- Solve the memory riddle. Find all of the cards that match with each other to complete the puzzle. (B)
- Collect the gold key. (C)
- Click on the scale puzzle. The image shows the correct way to solve the riddle, place all of the objects you have on the correct place to balance each side of the scale. (D)
- Collect the next key. (E)
- Click on the next puzzle on the right. The pieces need to be placed in order to match the colors on each side. The image shows the correct way to solve the riddle. (F)
- Collect the third and final key. (G)
- Use the three keys to unlock the door. (H)
- Escape the room.
Chapter 9 – Into the Nightmare
- Click on the right locker. (A)
- Collect the flamethrower. (B)
- Go through the blue room. Use the flamethrower to get rid of the spider webs. Tap to match the pairs of the words and symbols on the wall to remove them. After removing all of the pairs that match, only 5 numbers will be left, which are 2 6 9 1 and 4. These numbers will be used as a hint for the next puzzle. (C)
- Go to the next room. Click on the red toolbox. Use the number 26914 to unlock it. Collect the crowbar inside it. (D)
- Go to the starting room and open the metal grate in the floor by using your crowbar. Collect the screwdriver inside it. (E)
- Go to the red room and click on the coloured wires. Combine the wires on the right to make the colors on the left. The image shows the correct way to solve it. (F)
- Remove the vent with your screwdriver. (G)
- Escape the room. (H)
Chapter 10 – Rebirth
- Collect the gem. (A)
- Go to the end of the tunnel. Collect the large rock. (B)
- Use the rock on the cracked tile in order to find a battery. Collect it. (C)
- Collect the flashlight. (D)
- Collect the blue rock while using your flashlight. (E)
- Collect the red rock while using your flashlight. (F)
- Collect the orange rock while using your flashlight. (G)
- Go to the next room. (H)
- Click on the puzzle. (I)
- The image shows the correct way to solve the puzzle. Collect the key. (J)
- Collect the purple rock. (K)
- Collect the green rock. (L)
- Place all of the rocks on the slots located in the door to unlock it. Go through the door. (M)
- Click on the puzzle. (O)
- Use the number 134128 to solve the puzzle. (P)
- Pull the lever to drop Adam through the trap door. (Q)
- Use the key to free the girl. (R)
- She will then give a disordered newspaper article that you need to rearrange. (S)
- The correct way to rearrange the newspaper article. (T)
- Game is completed.
Conclusion
Adventure Escape: Asylum is an amazing escape game. The vibe it gives is very intriguing. The ambient music and it’s art style are beautifully crafted and well put together. The challenging puzzles, the diary entries and movie-like writing make it a classic among the escape game community! I have played a lot of escape games and this honestly is my favorite, the story line alone makes it really exciting for me. I sincerely recommend everyone to enjoy this masterpiece, as you will not be disappointed.