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🏆 Winners of Build-a-Room: The Artifact Challenge!

Escape Simulator · published 5 Mar 2025, 19:30 UTC

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Builders, you’ve outdone yourselves! This was one of the best Build-a-Room contests ever. The challenge? Create an escape room using at least three objects from The Artifact Pack. The results? Absolutely stunning!✨

A massive thank you to everyone who participated. Your creativity, puzzle design, and storytelling blew us away. Special thanks to our guest judge, Wollo, for joining the Pine Studio team in evaluating all the incredible entries.

Now, let’s get to the winners!

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Experienced Builders Category

🥇 1st Place: The Dreamweaver's Cottage by BrushStroke – $500 cash prize + 2 keys for the upcoming Escape Simulator DLC

We had a three-way tie for second place! Instead of forcing a decision, we thought it would be fair to give out three second-place prizes! In no particular order:

🥈 Temple of the Wooden Warriors by Dr Krank – $100 Steam gift card + 2 keys for the upcoming Escape Simulator DLC
🥈 The Secret of The Golden Bread by Bartololomeo – $100 Steam gift card + 2 keys for the upcoming Escape Simulator DLC
🥈 Eclipse by KirbyDee – $100 Steam gift card + 2 keys for the upcoming Escape Simulator DLC

Rookie Builders Category

🥇 1st Place: The Fable of the Frog King by Ravn – $500 cash + 2 keys for the upcoming Escape Simulator DLC.

🥈 2nd Place: Pineville Zoo: Animal Care Expert by Ubi Popo – $100 Steam gift card + 2 keys for the upcoming Escape Simulator DLC

🏅Community Award won awesome The Curse of the Golden Monkey by Kukelia with more than 150 of your votes!

Honorable Mentions

While these entries didn’t take the top spots, we want to recognize their outstanding creativity and effort! ✨

A Stone's Throw Away by Eureka Paprika
Artefacts of our Past by apa-games
No One Leaves by GG3L
Temple of the Golden Monkey by Rogan
The Price of Adventure by Tenaciousmc

Congratulations to all the winners! 👏

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out these amazing rooms in the Workshop or directly in our in-game list! We can’t wait to see what you build next.

One more thing…

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If you love community-made escape rooms, keep your eyes peeled for an upcoming masterpiece! The Collab: World Tour Vol 2 is on the horizon, promising an unforgettable escape journey across the globe. It’s coming out soon, so you have just enough time to dive into World Tour Vol 1 and get ready for the next adventure. 🌍

Happy escaping!
Pine team

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