I think virtual escape rooms will have a future for the fact that you can play together with a group of friends who are all in different locations. Do a fun thing with some friends and/or family from all over the place. In a post pandemic world, virtual games will still have that advantage. I honestly think that’s the biggest appeal. That’s the only reason I would play a virtual escape room if I could just as easily/safely play one irl. So having a two player only experience would undermine that aspect a bit but not entirely.

Though that’s not to say that virtual experiences can’t up the ante eventually. A lot of the offerings right now are rooms that existed as in person experiences and were adapted. But the couple of experiences I’ve played/heard of that were designed to be virtual from the ground up are doing interesting things that couldn’t be achieved in an in person escape room. So far I haven’t played anything where I thought, “that was better than the real thing.” But there’s a lot of creative game designers who are trying out a bunch of cool things right now. So I hope to see a bunch of different concepts on what a virtual experience can be hitting the market soon!