Choose Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege
Choose Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege if you want the Steam Leaderboards side of the pairing. 4,684 Steam reviews back the pick.
Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege vs Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories
Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege and Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories both land in Adventure, Free To Play, Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Adventure, Free To Play, Casual on Steam. Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege (2020) is 2 years older than Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories (2022). Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories scores higher on Steam reviews (83.9% positive) than Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege (79.8% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories
Choose Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 83.9% positive across 2,831 reviews.
Both Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege and Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories sit in Adventure, Free To Play, and Casual on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online Co-op, and Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege |  Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2022 |
| Genres | Adventure, Free To Play, Casual | Indie, Adventure, Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 79.8% positive (4,684 reviews) | 83.9% positive (2,831 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Bitbeast Games | 0 Deer Soft |
Side by side
- Both share Adventure, Free To Play, Casual on Steam.
- Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege (2020) is 2 years older than Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories (2022).
- Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories scores higher on Steam reviews (83.9% positive) than Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege (79.8% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Both support cooperative play.
- Both are Deck Playable.
Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege vs Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories — FAQ
- Which is better, Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege or Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories?
- On Steam reviews Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories scores higher (83.9% positive) than Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege (79.8% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege or Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories first?
- If you want chronology, Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege (2020) came out before Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories (2022). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege and Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories similar?
- They overlap on Adventure, Free To Play, Casual on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege and Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories ships Online Co-op, Co-op.