The Cooking Class

A supposedly ordinary Nova Scotia home becomes a sealed, uneasy trap in this first-person horror escape room. The Dupont family presents domestic comfort through the language of cooking lessons, but every quiet hallway and cluttered room carries the threat that something is deeply wrong. Its VHS-era presentation leans into worn tapes, retro slasher tension, and the uncomfortable intimacy of found-footage horror rather than loud, constant action. The result is a short, focused experience built around isolation, paranoia, and the feeling of being watched inside a place that should feel safe.

Players search the house for VHS tapes, each one offering part of the information needed to uncover an escape code. Tape locations are randomized, so the route through the house changes between runs and prevents players from simply memorizing one solution. There are no guiding markers, explicit hints, or hand-holding puzzle prompts; progress depends on checking rooms carefully, remembering details, and connecting the information hidden in the recordings. The Cooking Class favors environmental tension over combat, making every detour feel risky when you are unsure whether the house is empty.

Its strongest feature is the contrast between cheerful instructional-media imagery and a grim family story waiting beneath it. Randomized item placement gives the compact setting more replay value than a purely scripted escape game, while the lack of clues makes success feel earned rather than handed over. The premise also serves as the opening chapter of a planned Dupont Family trilogy, so its mystery deliberately leaves room for a wider legacy of secrets and horror. Fans of VHS-styled indie scares, escape-room puzzles, and games in the vein of lo-fi found-footage horror will find plenty to like, while players who need clear objectives or frequent action may find its deliberately obscure design frustrating.