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Scholar's Mate - First Move

Scholar's Mate First Move is a first-person horror experience in a psychiatric hospital. Use your wits to escape from this sinister place.

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June 29, 2023
3 years and 80 days ago
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In Scholar's Mate First Move you will play as Judith, a young college student who was going back home after finishing the semester. After waking up disoriented in an abandoned hospital room, she will try to escape and get back home safe. Exploration and ingenuity will be your only chance to get out of this strange and dark place alive.

Will you succeed?





  • A first-person horror experience in the purest "EscapeRoom" style.
  • Investigate, think and solve.
  • Original voices and music.

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