ɛskˈeɪp ðə ɹˈuːm ɡˈeɪmz wɜː bˈɔːɹn ˌaʊɾəv fɹˈiːwɛɹ bɹˈaʊzɚ ɡˈeɪmz kɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd ɪn ɐdˈoʊbi flˈæʃ, bˌʌt hæv sˈɪns bɪkˌʌm mˈoʊst pˈɑːpjʊlɚɹ æz mˈoʊbəl ɡˈeɪmz fɔːɹ ˈaɪ ˌoʊˈɛs ænd ˈændɹɔɪd.
Escape the room games were born out of freeware browser games created in Adobe Flash, but have since become most popular as mobile games for iOS and Android.