Escape from Norwood

Escape from Norwood is a story-rich exploration game with detailed 2D backgrounds and streamlined point-and-click interactions. You play as Lecia, a 13-year-old cursed with magic that does not fit within the five cardinal aelic callings. Hiding from the guards, she must find a way out of the city of Norwood as the Empress’s progress approaches, while her unusual magic lets her uncover plots that could shake the foundations of Magistan.

Explore Norwood

You can travel through the city and explore its locations on your own terms. Click characters, objects or places to see and choose available interactions; the game does not use text prompts. Characters follow routines, which you can observe to learn about them and find ways to help. You can keep track of missions and complete them in any order.

Solve puzzles

You can combine hundreds of items in different ways to trigger unexpected effects on the lives of the city’s characters, solve puzzles and move the story forward. Lecia’s Shroud abilities let her turn invisible, move unseen and observe secrets—including intimate and state secrets.

Lecia’s story

As Lecia investigates, she encounters plots and schemes that may affect Magistan as the Empress approaches Norwood. The story also asks what connects Lecia’s family to an empire where discrimination is based only on birth order.