Play Escape from Hell Online

Escape from Hell came out in 1990 as part of Electronic Arts' MS-DOS Classic Games line, a time when text parsers and static graphics were still a common way to build an adventure. You play a nameless soul who has just died and found themselves damned, left to navigate the circles of hell with little more than your wits and a dry sense of humor.

You control your character through typed commands, exploring screen by screen, picking up items, and conversing with a cast of tormented souls and petty demons. The main goal is simply to get out, which involves solving logic puzzles, trading insults with devils, and often choosing whether to help or exploit the other lost residents. The pacing is slow and deliberate, demanding careful observation and experimentation; the difficulty comes from the often obscure solutions and the game's willingness to let you fail permanently. It feels like being stuck in a grim, absurdist play where every interaction could either save you or dig your grave deeper.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".