Sometimes simply leaving the house feels like a monumental task…especially when the door won’t open till you solve a puzzle! Leaving Home challenges you to move through a series of artful escape rooms in which simple actions—like getting dressed and making breakfast—are wrapped in devious conundrums. Can you pull it together and find the exit?

What we love: Those “Aha!” moments when you realize the solution was hiding in plain sight. Like that odd diagram on the fridge door—could that be coffee cups viewed from above? By the time you’re flushing the toilet and banging the bathroom trash-can lid in a particular sequence, you’ll know you’ve cracked the code.

Quick tip: Many puzzles can be solved by observing nearby patterns. Rearrange the painting on the kitchen wall to look like the checkered tablecloth, for instance...

Meet the creator: Known for inventive puzzlers like sugar (game) and pink (game), Belgian solo developer Bart Bonte handles all the code, graphics, and music in his creations. The idea for Leaving Home—his 23rd game on the App Store—came together while he was on his couch, musing about the patterns in his rugs, cushions, and striped shirt.