Trapped in the Dollhouse Game

Trapped in the Dollhouse, from developer AJ Ordaz, drops you inside a dollhouse that looks charming for about ten seconds before it stops feeling like a toy. You wake up shrunk down among oversized furniture and painted-on smiles, and the only way out is to figure out what this place actually wants from you.

It plays as a point-and-click escape room: wander from room to room clicking anything that looks like it might open, react, or matter, and pick up whatever you find. Most rooms come down to one closed door and one nearby puzzle — a coded lock, a matching game, an object that only makes sense once you've seen it somewhere else — and the game rarely explains itself, so a lot of the tension comes from not being totally sure what's a clue and what's just set dressing.

Controls

• Click (desktop) or tap (mobile/tablet) to examine, pick up, and interact with objects
• Select a collected item from your inventory, then click/tap a target to use it

Tips

• Click on decorative-looking objects too — bows, toys and photos on the walls often hide the switch a puzzle needs.
• Write down or screenshot any code or symbol you find; the lock it belongs to is often in a different room, sometimes several rooms later.
• If a room feels solved, go back through it once more — new items you're carrying can open up interactions the room didn't offer the first time.

A slower-paced pick for anyone who likes escape rooms or hidden-object games with a horror edge, rather than reflex-based play.