Cruel Games: Red Riding Hood: Chapter Five: The Balcony

Take our Cruel Games: Red Riding Hood Walkthrough along on your adventure as insurance against the evil Storyteller and his dark and twisted plans as you are forced to act out the role of Red Riding Hood for his sick enjoyment in order to save your fiancé. You'll enjoy the endless supply of helpful hints and tips along with step-by-step instructions, puzzle solutions, and detailed screenshots showing you exactly how to best this evildoer.


Balcony

  • Take the BLOWTORCH and RUBBER BELT hanging from the railing.
  • Zoom into the jacket.
  • Snip the stitches with the KNIFE.
  • Take the second PRUNING SHEARS PART and the third TOKEN.
  • Click down two times.
  • Go left.

 

Bedroom

  • Zoom into the bedpost.
  • Match the two PRUNING SHEARS PARTS to receive the PRUNING SHEARS.
  • Zoom into the box.
  • Place the three TOKENS in the available spaces to initiate a mini-game.

 

Tokens

  • The object of the game is to swap the tokens until each is in the right space.
  • See screenshot for solution.
  • It shows the final swap.
  • Take the maze walkthrough from the now opened box.
  • Click down two times.
  • Press the button for the first floor.
  • Click down.

 

Exterior

  • Zoom into the bush.
  • Prune the bush with the PRUNING SHEARS several times.
  • Take the first GEAR.
  • Zoom into the gate.
  • Open it with the BLOWTORCH.
  • Zoom into the gate.
  • Proceed through the maze.
  • Assuming the paths are numbered 1 to 3 from left to right, use this sequence: 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3.

 

Cottage

  • Take the SHOVEL.
  • Zoom into the figure.
  • Take the STETHOSCOPE.
  • Zoom into the grass.
  • SCYTHE the grass.
  • Take the doll.
  • Click down.
  • Play the HOA.

 

Fountain Hidden Object Area

  • Find the items listed.
  • Receive the LADDER.
  • Go forward two times.
  • Descend the rope.

 

Safe

  • Zoom into the safe.
  • Spray ANTI-RUST SPRAY on the handle.
  • Place the SAFE DIAL on the safe.
  • Place the STETHOSCOPE in the scene.
  • Spin the dial to 30, 60, and 50.
  • Take the second GEAR.
  • Go up the rope and click down two times.
  • Play the HOA.

 

Carriage Hidden Object Area

  • Find the items listed.
  • Receive the third GEAR.
  • Enter the casino elevator.
  • Push the second floor button.

 

Flowerpot

  • Zoom into the flowerpot.
  • SHOVEL the soil.
  • Take the RULER.
  • Click down.
  • Push the first floor button.
  • Click down.
  • Go through the gate.
  • Zoom into the door.
  • Put the three GEARS and RUBBER BELT on the machine to initiate a mini-game.

 

Gears

  • The object of the puzzle is to swap the gears until they align and the machine begins working.
  • See screenshot for solution.
  • It shows the final move into position.

 

Ruler

  • Place the LADDER in the scene.
  • Zoom into the window.
  • Lever the window up with the RULER.
  • Enter the window.
  • Zoom into the bag on the wall.
  • Remove the ropes by clicking to unlace.
  • Take the TONGS.
  • Zoom into the chest.
  • Take the WIRE CUTTERS.
  • Click down.
  • Go into the house via the front door.

 

Dolls

  • Take the fifth GARDEN GNOME.
  • Zoom into the bucket.
  • Remove four bricks.
  • Take the BUCKET.
  • Zoom into the fireplace.
  • Place the DOLL in the scene.
  • Switch the dolls so that each match the symbol on the stand. From left to right: Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel and Snow White.
  • Click down two times.
  • Enter the casino elevator.
  • Push the button for the basement.

 

Basement

  • Zoom into the wall.
  • Place the BUCKET in the scene to get the BUCKET OF WATER.
  • Zoom into the cage.
  • Cut the cage with the WIRE CUTTERS.
  • Take the second WIND-UP BIRD.
  • Click down.
  • Push the button for the first floor.
  • Go forward.
  • Zoom into the fireplace.
  • Douse the fire with the BUCKET OF WATER.
  • Pluck out the GRAMOPHONE HANDLE with the TONGS.
  • Click down two times.
  • Proceed through the gate.

 

Birds

  • Zoom into the tree.
  • Place the two WIND-UP BIRDS into the nest.
  • Note the symbol pattern.
  • Go through the window.
  • Zoom into the chest.
  • Swap the pictures to align them correctly (apple, bird, pumpkin, bat).
  • Take the SPATULA.
  • Click down and move through the door.

 

Cottage

  • Zoom into the gramophone.
  • Attach the GRAMOPHONE HANDLE.
  • Click the handle.
  • Take the WOLF HEAD.
  • Zoom into the trapdoor.
  • Place the WOLF HEAD into the space.
  • Go downstairs.
  • Take the KEROSENE.
  • Zoom into the mask head on the left.
  • Pour the KEROSENE into the bowl in its mouth and light it with the CANDLE.
  • Repeat the process with the mask head on the right.

 

Crate

  • Zoom into the crate.
  • Pull the nails with the TONGS.
  • Click the lid.
  • Take the note.
  • Click the straw three times.
  • Take the sixth GARDEN GNOME.
  • Click down three times. Enter the casino elevator.
  • Push the button to the basement.
  • Zoom into the chest.
  • Scrape the plaster with the SPATULA to initiate a mini-game.

 

Disks

  • The object of the game is to spin the disks so that the symbols facing each other between the lines match.
  • See screenshot for solution.
  • It shows the final move into position.
  • When finished, take the GLUE.
  • Click down.
  • Push the second floor button.
  • Go forward.

 

Gnome

  • Zoom into the alcove.
  • GLUE the gnome to get the seventh GARDEN GNOME.
  • Click down two times.
  • Push the first floor button.
  • Click down.
  • Go through the gate.
  • Enter the house.
  • Go down the trapdoor.
  • Zoom into the end of the tunnel.
  • Place the seven GARDEN GNOMES into the spots.
  • Go forward.

 

Lair

  • Zoom into the table.
  • Take the note.
  • Click the wooden piece to move it.
  • Take the second LOADED TRANQUILIZER GUN.
  • Click the lamp.
  • Take the SMELLING SALTS.
  • Zoom into the bookshelf to initiate a mini-game.

 

Books

  • The object of the game is to move books of the same subject matter to the same shelf.
  • Use the empty slot to move them around until all are in order.
  • The hints on the shelves are heart, coins and two people holding hands.
  • The solution is top shelf: Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, and Cinderella; middle shelf: Ali Baba, The Prince and the Pauper, and Puss in Boots; bottom shelf: Snow Queen and Hansel and Gretel.
  • Take the GEM from the secret compartment when finished.

 

Wolf

  • Zoom into the wolf head.
  • Place the GEM into the space.
  • Click the lever.
  • Go forward.
  • Shoot the man with the LOADED TRANQUILIZER GUN.
  • Zoom into the control panel to initiate a mini-game.

 

Panel

  • The object of the game is to press the arrows in the proper sequence.
  • To do this, click right, down, right, down, up, and left.
  • Click the button to lift the lid.

 

Salts

  • Zoom into the sarcophagus.
  • Wake the man with the SMELLING SALTS.

Congratulations, you have completed Cruel Games: Red Riding Hood!