Choose The Lost Castle: Escape Room
Choose The Lost Castle: Escape Room if you want a RPG experience. On Steam, it's currently about 86% cheaper on the Steam Store. The Lost Castle: Escape Room launched in 2022.
The Lost Castle: Escape Room vs Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary
The Lost Castle: Escape Room and Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary both land in Strategy, Indie, Adventure 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 Strategy, Indie, Adventure on Steam. The Lost Castle: Escape Room (2022) is 3 years older than Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary (2025). Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary scores higher on Steam reviews (71.8% positive) than The Lost Castle: Escape Room (36.4% 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 Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary
Choose Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary if you want a Simulation experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary launched in 2025.
Both The Lost Castle: Escape Room and Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary sit in Strategy, Indie, and Adventure 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
 The Lost Castle: Escape Room |  Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2025 |
| Genres | Strategy, Indie, Adventure, RPG, Casual | Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 0.99 USD | 6.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 36.4% positive (11 reviews) | 71.8% positive (39 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Exscape | PlayTogether Studio |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- The Lost Castle: Escape Room (2022) is 3 years older than Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary (2025).
- Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary scores higher on Steam reviews (71.8% positive) than The Lost Castle: Escape Room (36.4% positive).
- The Lost Castle: Escape Room is currently ~86% cheaper on Steam than Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary (0.99 USD vs. 6.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
The Lost Castle: Escape Room vs Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary — FAQ
- Should I play The Lost Castle: Escape Room or Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary first?
- If you want chronology, The Lost Castle: Escape Room (2022) came out before Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary (2025). 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 The Lost Castle: Escape Room and Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Indie, Adventure 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 The Lost Castle: Escape Room and Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: The Lost Castle: Escape Room ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary ships Online Co-op, Co-op.