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Dr Livingstone, I Presume? Reversed Escape Room
Developer Vulpesoft
Experience the reversed escape room game. Solve many different types of puzzles and venture deeper and deeper into the mansion's heart. Investigate what lies behind the mysterious letter from your dearest friend. From the Steam store page
114 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Sep 14, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
64
Fresh
73 positive · 41 negative
95% range 55–72%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
124 of 176 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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60 of 114 · most liked firstDr. Livingstone is a very well thought out adventure that tells a fictionalized account of the friendship between Henry Stanley and David Livingston. You play from the first person perspective of Henry and have arrived at David's house in Africa to check on his well being. You find the house in disarray and must work your way through looking for your friend. The game is like an 'escape the room' exercise with an ongoing narrative told through David's letters/memos and Henry's comments. You…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For 15 bucks, I was ripped off...:( Don't get me wrong--The people that designed the graphics did a fantastic job; as did the sound people. The game ran perfectly so the programmers were fantastic. SO, What was the problem? The puzzle designers were Lost In Space! Some of the puzzles were SO RIDICULOUS that, even after you Knew the answer, you would have to spend 'AGES' with the tedious nonsense of of trying to input it EXACTLY<<<An example would be a puzzle where you had Already Found a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dr Livingstone, I Presume? is an astonishingly beautiful escape room game based on historical characters and facts, yet the game’s narrative is given a slightly fictional interpretation, as envisioned by the creators. You take the role of the journalist Henry Morton Stanley, who receives a letter from his friend, David Livingstone - a renowned explorer - urgently asking for his help. While historically Stanley embarks on an expedition to Africa in search of the famous missionary who had…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Based on the 1939 film Stanley and Livingstone, Dr Livingstone, I presume? is a puzzle game immersed in the scenery of an African house, in which a whole series of puzzles try to prevent you from finding your missing friend. The difficulty level of the puzzles increases as the game progresses - the last room in the game is already quite demanding. Great music, it's very nice to listen to it even after playing the game. The graphics are very atmospheric - I have not seen any other production in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game could be great. You can see that I played it for 4 hours, which is a fairly chunky amount of time for a game I'm putting a thumbs-down for. The game has a lot of good puzzles. I love looking around, trying to find all the pieces, examining the rooms and puzzles, finding the solutions. Lots of good serotonin to be had. If you're one of the lucky people for whom this game will work properly, then you'll have a great time. But if you're like me, you'll struggle until you realize the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →when henry stanley receives a plea for help from renowned explorer and friend david livingstone, he immediately sets out to visit him, humming toto's africa under his mustache. upon his arrival, he finds the house empty, but he's determined to find out what happened. 'it's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you...' even though it's an escape room-like with some foreboding, it's just as much a touching story of friendship and reminiscing about the good old days, with stanley constantly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short run-of-the-mill puzzle game with a slightly interesting story. Just would like to point out that I was constantly getting soft locked from completing puzzles in the clinic. Other than that, I almost fell asleep which is the goal of these games anyway. Thanks for curing my insomnia and then waking me up with anger because of the buggy clinic level.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dr Livingstone, I Presume? is a first person perspective adventure game, with a heavy emphasis on environmental puzzles, rather than inventory-based ones (although there's a couple of them here as well!) The game stars a friend of Dr Livingstone, who arrives at his house after receiving a worrying letter, only to find the place completely desolate. It's up to the player to solve puzzles, find notes and keys, gain access to subsequent rooms and finally piece everything together to find out what…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The gameplay was mostly tedious. The biggest challenge in the puzzles was finding objects in the rooms; floaty controls and a requirement of opening and checking countless drawers and cupboards with said controls. The logic required in solving puzzles was usually very easy or not particularly logical but solvable with some easy trial and error. Ultimately for a game that calls itself an escape room, puzzle quality should be very important, and I am afraid the puzzles here were just boring.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Experience the reversed escape room game. is a very misleading statement. Because this is very much a pretty basic escape room game at its core and nothing special. But that is not the problem with it, because it is a decent even if pretty easy puzzle game. The first problem is the controls, they are just simply plain bad. They completely killed my enjoyment of the game. And the second problem is the fact there is just so many empty drawers/cupboards and unless items that you can't interact…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, humm. The house that the story takes place in looks nice, but otherwise there are a lot of frustrations. The narrator is very slow and the story doesn't have enough explanation to be understandable (and I read Henry Stanley's book!) The gestures for moving things are very difficult to accomplish, at least for me. taking long swipes with the mouse in unintuitive directions for even simple things like opening doors. Turn screws is worse and half the time I barely start them turning in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love escape room games and I just replayed The Room series again today before trying this out. The visuals, music, and story were good, but I could not get past the finicky controls and frustrating nature of many of the puzzles. The one inside the mannequin was the absolute worst! It's alright for what it is, but as much as I hate to say it I'm glad to be done with it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a disappointment. I'm a big fan of puzzle adventures but this is so poorly designed, it's amazing. I spent half an hour looking for some item in the kitchen and even after having found all items, I still don't understand what's going on or what you're suppose to do. And I'm not a puzzle novice. The gameplay is basically; walk around and grab items. Plug items in slots and guess what has happened or needs to happen next. I haven't played beyond the kitchen because it's simply too…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Poor controls, bad audio and visuals. It just isn't an enjoyable puzzle game. Controls are just a pain to deal with and involve the same mundane exaggerated mouse movements over and over again like cranking a wheel by moving your mouse from one side of your screen to the other a few dozen times because looks like it should work on screen doesn't, or you'll be sliding your mouse pointlessly in one direction several times to undo one of multiple screws. Really could have used some better…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has good puzzles, and a fun theme, but the controls are SO finicky and janky that it's just not worth playing, even if it were free. It would've been easy for the developers to fix, just let rotation be controlled with the keyboard instead of the mouse. As it is, this game is 25% solving puzzles, and 75% fighting the controls. Turning a key is half the game and this mechanic is completely broken.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The music & environment in this game are good and makes it very immersive. Unfortunately, that's about it for the good points. The game takes it a bit too far when 99% of the shelves and drawers you can open are filled with things that look like you could interact with, but can't. However, you do have to scan like crazy in the 1% of times to find a missing object, which makes the overall experience extremely frustrating. The story is also very boring and I could not care for either character,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dr Livingstone I Presume is a "chunky and clumsy" escape room game. The "Reversed Escape Room" doesn't made any difference between the traditional escape room game as I confirmed I cannot escape each room without solving all the puzzle, so why bother to say it's "Reversed"? Suppose I'm free to go home anytime compared to traditional escape room? I don't get it. The graphic is ugly and the low poly & minimal use of colours made the game way harder to find a object that it should be. Music is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a puzzle game with a nice story, Dr Livingstone can hold your tension over the chapters, though some items, you need to find, are not easy to spot. The graphics look nice, yet, for me they were not ideal to spot small objects. But this is a minor detail. On the whole, a well made game with a cleverly solved hint system: it comes as a journal, and gives nudges on how to proceed, in case you are stuck. The puzzles are varying in difficulty - all are solvable. I had a good time in the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/9686972/]Follow "First Person Exploration and Puzzle Games" for more games like this! A decent first-person puzzle game with surprisingly high production quality, but a handful of poorly designed puzzles bring the whole experience down. Specifically: • For one puzzle, there are four valid solutions, but only one is accepted, completely arbitrarily. • For another puzzle, the answer is written down on a sheet of paper in tiny font, a bit hard to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I almost never leave negative reviews for games I don't like but this one was exceptionally bad. The camera movement feels nauseating, The story feels almost pointless. The title of 'reversed escape room' is incredibly misleading, it's literally just an escape room but you go deeper in instead of trying to exit. The puzzles are locked to screens which limits your actual interaction with the environment when trying to solve things. Some puzzles are so finicky that even after you solve them the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm sure a lot of time went into this game, but it's just plain boring. I love escape the room style games but when the objects you need are like 4 pixels (e.g. pepper), it's an aggravating experience to play. I made it about 20min before I got frustrated and bored with it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's a bunch of good in Dr Livingstone, I Presume?, but is ultimately hampered by some issues. + Fully voiced + Discover the story through scattered letters and audio comments, or keep it minimal and only listen to the audio comments when entering new areas + Story depth; although fantastical, makes the premise believable and care-able + Varied puzzles + Multiple differently themed rooms with a connecting relation/story * Main story progression upon entering a room completely locks…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are some fun puzzles here and there, but generally I found myself underwhelmed and annoyed. I especially found the controls to be frustrating--I've played plenty of escape room type games using a trackpad just fine, but it felt very tedious here. Performance is not great for how the game looks, and there were persistent issues with texture filtering that made things quite ugly at random (perhaps related to alt-tabbing in and out of the game?) unless I went and switched texture quality in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was doing very well, but after arriving at the Clinic, I was unable to advance. Due to the fact that i was unable to grab an objective after completing the puzzle. this could be solved by including a "reset level" in order to fix this kind of bug in future. As it stands though I'd have to start a new game, with no guarantee that it would fix the problem. I even read a walk through in order to skip the puzzle and attempt to advance. I made it a little further just to have the game circle back…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dr Livingstone, I Presume? is a puzzle game with some narrative elements whereby you are searching for your old friend in a house. First off, "Reversed Escape Room" is a completely irrelevant concept with no bearing whatsoever on the game or how its played; whether you need to exit several rooms to reach a final room or exit several rooms to reach outside makes no difference whatsoever. Secondly, the puzzles are mostly about finding the sometimes hard-to-spot item somewhere and then fiddle…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →all in all, nice puzzler. but at least for me, everything was way too dark. I had to look up a walkthrough simply because I couldn't see stuff I should have been able to see. This game has no gamma slider in the options, so no way to improve it. Also, with just 4 hour of playtime (and that is with the darkness problem) this is pretty short for the price it asks. sadly, the demo will not help you determine if it's too dark, as that room is brightly lit. EDIT: confirmed fixed
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game really makes you think and look around. There are drawers everywhere and it is a real fun just opening them. But there is more! The puzzles are really well designed. I like the idea of some sort of inverted escape room experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i want to like this game more than i do. the writing is good. the visuals are gorgeous. the music is amazing. there's passion poured into every nook and cranny, and it shows. which is why it's such a shame that the gameplay features some of the most frustratingly obtuse puzzles i've ever seen in an escape room game. it's not that they're difficult-- most of them aren't. it's just that finding the items you need to complete them is nearly impossible, because there is little to no…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Motion blur is possible to be turned off only on the lowest possible "processing" setting. The controls are not smooth at all, to the point where I used a walkthrough to see how to solve some riddles because manouvering a mouse by myself was too much. And when I reached the 4th door, the game crashed and after reloading I'm stuck forever in the completed room, not being able to enter a new one. I usually try to complete all games but here I really wonder If I want to.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Puzzle mystery + graphics + interesting theme = Atmospheric and challenging. Solve various puzzles in first person perspective to find out what happened to Dr. Livingston. Hints available to guide you. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35180752-3-point-play/] Follow our curator for similar games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked this game very much. The story was interesting. I wanted to keep exploring and find out what happened to Dr. Livingstone. The music was relaxing and nonintrusive and the voice overs were well done. I also enjoyed the art work and graphics as I explored the house. The levels were very contained, so there is no backtracking and looking for objects from one end of the house to drag to the other and back again. I thought the puzzles themselves could be challenging but quite doable.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I stand behind all the reviews saying the controls are awful. This game was downright painful to play. Some of the puzzles were so hard to navigate, which is a shame because otherwise it was a pretty decent puzzle game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The controls made me sick. The mouse feels hard to handle. And I don't understand which part is defined the Reversed Escape Room? As for the puzzles, some are pretty straightforward and easy, but others feel clunky or overly complicated. You might even need to take screenshots just to remember patterns or figure out how to assemble puzzles. Again, solving them feels more annoying because of the control issues. That said, the story does have a nice emotional touch at the end. It tells a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very tiny hot spot icons and awkward controls made this playthrough a totally unenjoyable and frustrating experience. Got so bad that I quit the game and deleted from account.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The controls are awful, even when i maxed out the mouse sensitivity it still felt very slow and sluggish.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a polished puzzle game in terms of voice acting and visuals, but the execution of the puzzles are poorly done and therefore not satisfying, the main puzzle logic is way too simple and the hardest part it finding the pieces or understand a very minuscule logic behind it and do it in a very certain way. 3.5 / 10 (Bad)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bugs, clunky movement and annoying voice acting. it was very frustrating going through the game. i was very far in the game and had almost two years break because i was so fed up with it. i had a bug that didn't make me do the "audio related" puzzle. for the first time i had to look for a video on how to solve it. i was so angry i just never bothered finishing it. now... i did finish it and i know why i didn't even bother. it is so frustrating i rather watch paint dry. i love puzzle and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The idea of a reverse escape room sounds neat, but the execution is... kinda eh. The ability to open most drawers and cabinets doesn't add much since most of them have nothing useful or interesting inside. It's busywork. The puzzles aren't hard (I suck at puzzle games, btw), but one almost made me quit: the strange ball puzzle. You have to rotate four segments to match the shape of a lock. Sounds easy, right? The issue is that you have to do it with the mouse, whose controls aren't that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An interesting take on the genre. Controls are a little wonky, but it's not a deal breaker. Not a lot of different music but it is a very short game and what is there are absolute bangers. Achievement hunting with this one is kind of a pain in the butt, but it is doable. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, though. This game is very dark. Spoilers: The game leads you along into thinking Dr. Livingstone is in danger, with panicked letters asking for help and ransacked rooms. Ultimately, you find out that he's getting…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent escape room game but mechanics failed. I got stuck on an object selection after solving a puzzle. There was no way out and I could not find a work around. I validated files etc but did not want to clean install and start over. I am watching a YouTube walkthrough yo finish it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A gentle game, if a little clunky to work with. I enjoyed the idea of the story. Really, there was no surprises, so it was just gently working through the puzzles. The interface is a little "wooden" if you will pardon the pun. It felt awkward at times, especially opening doors and draws. I think one can go for almost too much fine-grained interaction. I loved the artwork and the styling - it suited the story perfectly. I was less happy about the voice over. Stanley was a Welshman who later…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beautiful game! Graphics and puzzle design are top notch! I highly recommend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was struggling with if I could recommend this game or not, but because I got it on sale - (10€) - I decided to recommend. The game is hindered by some poor UI and controls. Often you don't know what you can interact which can cause frustrations. Some - a good deal - of the puzzles seems illogical or unintuitive meaning you're either just trying something to try it or worse, you actually know what the solution should be, but you're missing some small part to click on or solving it half…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fine little game, that looks and plays like an escape the room type, but it felt closer to a typical adventure game because of heavy emphasis on story and characters. The plot is simple; you travel to your friend Dr Livingstone's home to meet him, however he is nowhere to be found. Piecing together the clues room by room, you try to solve the mystery behind his disappearance. Positive: - I was surprised by the quality of the narration. Story starts like a standard mystery but then…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello, It's not a type of game I would usually play but I can recomend it to any escape room entusiasts. I had quite a hard time figuring out what should be done to solve the puzzles and in what order but then again - I don't have much experience with this type of game and with a little help I managed to succesfully finish the game (which speaks well about puzzles quality). What I found a bit unnerving is the mechanic of opening the doors and the drawers. It requires time to get used too…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't play puzzle type games too often, but this one really drew me in! Huge respect to the game creators for taking care of all the details, which build a great atmosphere. The whole audiovisual setting is amazing, exploring subsequent rooms is a great adventure in itself. Narration and plot allows you to empathize with the characters, and solving puzzles engages and gives real satisfaction. The game was made with care and commitment, you can feel it in every stage of the story. I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very nice puzzle game. If you like escape rooms you should like this too
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, I sure wished there was a neutral button, this game deserves that. On the bright side is the art style and the atmosphere, they are built well, no rooms look like they have been copy/pasted, background music is nice and chill, it has voice acting and it tackles a story about a subject I never saw covered, Dr. Livingstone. But that is about it for the good stuff. On the other side, the game has some horrendous controls, tedious exploration, tiny interactive areas, hard to see objects and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Evaluation: Enjoyable escape room game with immersive atmosphere and story. Experience: Overall, the game and the puzzles are good - certainly worth playing though as with most escape rooms there's not much replayablity. There is a hint system if you get stuck, and there's a few places where the solution is weird enough that I think most people would need that, but most of the solutions you can figure out on your own. The key turning mechanics are horrible, you have to click and drag it in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really good Story, great puzzles, totally recommend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is rather interesting and I like the concept of it based off the historic meeting of Stanley and Livingstone, but the story itself doesn't feel very integral to the game apart from the beginning and end of the game. The music and voice acting are quite nice, and the visual aesthetics are also fitting for it being set in Livingstone's home in Africa. The puzzles in the game are alright, some are easy, some have quite an innovative spin, and some just feel completely illogical and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really difficult to move around- ended up feeling dizzy
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3.6 not great, not terrible
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Dr. Livingstone, I Presume" is an excellent game designed by caring people who designed a touching and beautiful game. It isn't so much an adventure but a mystery that needs to be unraveled as you - playing as Henry Stanley - search for your friend, Dr. Livingstone. In a variety of rooms in Livingstone's home, you encounter all manners of objects and memories of your travels with the famed explorer. It took a few minutes to become familiar with the UI controls, but once you understand how…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →nah For real tho. This game is fine, just short. puzzles don't all make sense. The ending is awful, and doesn't really feel like an ending [spoiler/] 2/5. its worth 5 bucks maybe.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ah, this was a really beautiful Game.. A got stuck on some of the puzzle elements for sure, but mostly that is because I had missed something when looking at an area or item. You definitely are rewarded in this game for paying attention to small details. Visually, the game is stunning and the level of difficulty continues to ramp up at each "stage." In terms of the puzzles themselves, I think they would be a fun challenge for most people, but I'm really bad at puzzles. lol A few of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was great 5hrs of my life (not the greatest one, because there is life beyond virtual life). To be honest, it's my first game of this type, and I must admit I'm going to look for something similiar in the future. Some of puzzles were really intriguing and I had to think for a few minutes how to solve them (especially this one with key-handle, that was a really tough for me, also there was a little bug - in laboratory, there were drawings with human head, when you use lens, the number "5"…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really nice 'escape room' game. I enjoyed solving both puzzles and the mystery of what happened to Dr Livingstone. Music was great and created good atmosphere. The story was involving, and made me read more about history events, on which the game was based. There were few tiny issues: Some items are hard to spot, and sometimes I had to spend time looking for the last item needed, especially in kitchen area, with item required to open empty pepper vial, it was right next to me, but had the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very good escape/puzzle game. Highly recommended. Great graphics and story. Good mix of puzzles.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Visually unclear, sluggish and clunky The story and VA is good. The African setting is a breath of fresh air in the Escape Rooms genre. But thats as far as the positives go. The puzzles are mostly just not well designed, often either obtuse, rely on moon logic too much, or just not creative. I have seen some of them a hundred times. Plus they are often visually unclear, as the colour palette is pretty much limited to shades of brown and dark yellow (or other monochromes depending on the room).…
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