Cloud vs installed escape room software
Follow the live operating path and compare outages, updates, remote access, backups, security, and owner responsibility.
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Make a better escape room software decision
Choose your current decision: evaluate platforms, understand how the system runs, plan hardware and automation, or move an existing room.
Written and reviewed by the ARC product team · Last reviewed July 2026
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Choosing a platform
How to choose escape room software
A weighted owner checklist for live-game control, automation, hardware, reliability, staff usability, migration, support, and total cost.
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Evaluate the operating model
Understand where the live system runs and compare products using the workflows your business actually needs.
Compare ARC, Escape Room Master, and M3
Review public pricing, how each system runs, hardware, automation, and day-to-day staff workflows side by side.
Read the guidePlan hardware and automation
Choose connections deliberately and build room logic that owners, builders, and future staff can understand.
Escape room hardware compatibility matrix
Match MQTT, PLCs, DMX, smart devices, custom controllers, and existing tools to operational requirements.
Read the guideMQTT, PLC, DMX, OSC, and Node-RED
Choose the right connection method, define clear device commands and states, build logic in ARC, and plan failure recovery.
Read the guideSwitch one room at a time
Use an importer for the useful starting content, then verify hardware, media, logic, resets, and staff operation before going live.
Migrate from Mythric M3 to ARC
Prepare an M3 story archive, understand what imports, and test one room before changing live operations.
Read the guideMigrate from Escape Room Master to ARC
Turn a saved ERM page into an ARC starter package, then review hints, automations, media, and hardware.
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Advice you can test in your own rooms
Connect every buying question to a live workflow, representative room, hardware connection, failure test, or staff recovery action.
- 01Run a complete game
Use normal staff and include setup, intervention, finish, and reset.
- 02Connect real hardware
Test the devices and controllers your business already depends on.
- 03Interrupt something
Disconnect internet or a controller and observe what staff can understand and recover.
- 04Build one change
Have the person who maintains your rooms create and test a real automation.
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Use the guides with your own rooms
Download ARC and try it free. When you're ready, subscribe and evaluate one representative room during your first 14 days free, before planning a larger change.