Anomaly: Escape Room Guide: Starting out in Royal Garden
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OverviewAnomaly: Escape Room drops you into a series of themed rooms — a haunted hospital, a cave, a spaceship, and more — and challenges you to puzzle your way out of each one. This guide covers how to start, how to handle multiple endings, how to play with friends, and what to watch out for along the way.
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Starting out in Royal Garden
Step
Every new player starts in Royal Garden, which is the tutorial map. If puzzles feel unfamiliar, Easy Mode is also available on Forgotten Temple.
- Choose Easy Mode available on Royal Garden and Forgotten Temple.
- Explore every corner walk through the whole room and look for letters, numbers, symbols, and patterns on walls, floors, and objects.
- Complete the tutorial earning the Royal Garden badge confirms you have completed the tutorial map.
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Maps in the game
TipsAfter Royal Garden, new maps open up, each set in a completely different place.
- Royal Garden is the tutorial map.
- Forgotten Temple also offers an Easy Mode option.
- Spaceship is described by the developers as requiring a lot of skill.
- Abandoned Hospital and its sequel, Abandoned Hospital 2, are both noted as tough journeys.
- The Caves, Witch's Lair, Pizzeria, Nuclear Storm, and Crime Scene each bring a completely different atmosphere.
- Christmas Mall is a seasonal map with its own badge.
Good endings and bad endings
CheckEight maps — Forgotten Temple, Pizzeria, Nuclear Storm, Abandoned Hospital, the Caves, Witch's Lair, Crime Scene, and Abandoned Hospital 2 — have an official bad ending built in.
- Return to completed maps and try different choices to trigger the bad ending.
- Track which endings you still need Forgotten Temple, Pizzeria, Nuclear Storm, Abandoned Hospital, Caves, Witch's Lair, Crime Scene, and Abandoned Hospital 2 all have bad-ending badges.
- The badge for a bad ending is separate from the badge for escaping, so collecting both doubles your badge count for that map.
Playing with others
Tips
A standard server holds up to five players. If you want a bigger private session, a private server supports up to ten.
- Call out every clue in chat the moment you find it.
- If the group is stuck, stop and talk through every clue collected so far before moving on.
- A private server fits up to ten players.
When you are completely stuck
CheckA slow, deliberate second pass through the room can help.
- Walk the whole room again and click every object.
- Open your inventory and look at each item.
- Re-check any numbers, letters, or symbols you noted down.
- In multiplayer, ask teammates what they have found.
Flashing lights and jumpscares
WarnThe developers flag this directly: the game uses strong and flashing lights as part of its atmosphere, and jumpscares can happen without warning.
Login streaks and badges worth tracking
SummaryBeyond the map badges, two badges reward simply showing up. Playing two days in a row earns the Experienced Escaper badge. Keeping a seven-day streak earns the Royal Escaper badge.
- Two-day streak earns the Experienced Escaper badge.
- Seven-day streak earns the Royal Escaper badge.
- Normal escape badge one per map, earned by successfully getting out.
- Bad ending badge one per applicable map, earned by reaching the alternate conclusion.
- Total badges twenty-five in the game, covering every map, both ending types, and login streaks.
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Glossary
Glossary- Royal Garden
- The tutorial map where every player starts; it also offers an Easy Mode.
- Easy Mode
- A gentler difficulty setting available on Royal Garden and Forgotten Temple.
- Bad Ending
- An alternate conclusion built into eight maps; reaching one earns a separate badge from the normal escape.
- Inventory
- The on-screen panel that holds every item you have picked up in the current room.
- Private Server
- A separate session that fits up to ten players instead of the standard five.
- Jumpscare
- A sudden sound or movement the game triggers unexpectedly as part of its atmosphere.
Common questions
FAQHow many players can join at once?
A normal public server holds up to five players. If you host a private server, that limit rises to ten.
Can I play on a phone?
Yes, the game is suitable for mobile players and works on smartphones.
Is there any reason to replay a map I have already beaten?
Yes — most maps have a bad ending with its own badge, separate from the badge for escaping normally.
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