Can You Escape York: Operation Contagion | Review
Can You Escape – Operation Contagion Review | You are a crack team of scientists, developing a cure to the deadly CY-Virus sweeping the globe, infecting humanity with the zombie…
Scarlet Envelope: Christmas Postcards | Review
Merry and bright puzzle cards! Each of our Christmas cards is a mini-game of family-friendly & brain-teasing gameplay. Decipher Santa’s wish, solve multi-layered puzzles with Rudolf, THINK, and HAVE FUN!…
Escape the Past: The Deacon’s Cabinet | Review
The Deacon’s Cabinet Review | A historical heist escape room which challenges you to outsmart the infamous Deacon William Brodie – Edinburgh’s favourite villain, and the inspiration for Jekyll &…
Inside the World Escape Room Championship Finale
If you think you’re fast at solving escape rooms, then there’s really only one place to put your skills to the test: The World Escape Room Championship. Organised by Lock…
The TERPECA voting season 2024 is here!
It’s that time of the year again, TERPECA season is well under way and voting is now open! But first, what is TERPECA? The Top Escape Rooms Project is an…
Spencer Beebe & Christine Little: Squirrels Gone Wild | Review
Squirrels Gone Wild Review | Scamper into a charming tale propelled by clever puzzles, endearing characters and an irresponsible amount of squirrel puns. In Squirrels Gone Wild, You’ll be tasked…
4 Kickstarter Puzzle Games This November
Since the lockdown (which, if you want to feel really old, started almost a whole 5 years ago by the way) we’ve seen fewer and fewer puzzle game Kickstarters and…
Escape Plan: Pushed for Time | Review
Pushed For Time Review | Pushed for Time is an episodic Escape Room Adventure that starts in front of an abandoned elevator in an old Parisian hotel. You’re here, recruited…
EscapeWelt: IQube Duel | Review
IQube Duel: These unique puzzle boxes, designed as an escape room in a box, come in two vibrant styles. They’re perfect for some friendly competition with friends and family. Race…
Red Herring Games: Murder on the Ghost Train | Review
Murder on the Ghost Train Review | Don Breathin, owner of the popular theme park “The Frightening Fair” has been found dead – on board his very own ghost train…
Meet David Staffell: Puzzle Game Design, Escape Rooms, and Beyond! | Interview
We’re thrilled to introduce the newest writer, David Staffell! 🎉 As a seasoned escape room designer best known for his work at Bewilder Box, David brings a wealth of knowledge…
The Centre for Immersive Arts – Preserving the History of Immersive Entertainment
In a recent announcement from Portland-based escape room designer, Laura E. Hall, the Centre for Immersive Arts (CFIA) has opened. The CFIA is dedicated to collaboratively preserving the history of…
TERPECA announces new ambassador for the UK
So this piece of news is an exciting two-fer: It’s both about the UK escape industry, and also deeply personal to us here at The Escape Roomer. We’re incredibly excited…
Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is offering a $15,000 grant to puzzle game developers
Draknek & Friends has announced the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant will be returning in 2024. The new grant opportunity seeks to support a cohort of developers from traditionally underrepresented…
Bewilder Box: Judgement DAVE | Review
The Masternet 9000 (a rogue artificial intelligence) has staged a mutiny of the Bewilder Box Initiative. As per Dr Wilder’s orders, you and your team must journey deep into its…
Guilty?! – A National Justice Museum Escape Room | Review
Guilty?! – A National Justice Museum Escape Room Review | It’s 1831 in Nottingham. King George IV died the previous year and King William IV is yet to be crowned,…
Escape Reality Glasgow: Conspiracy | Review
Escape Reality Glasgow: Conspiracy Review | You have arrived at the apartment of your friend, Richie Walsh, who you have not heard from for several days. He has always been…
Scarlet Envelope: Time Trap Island | Review
Time Trap Island Review | Welcome to Time Trap Island, where reality is twisted and the very fabric of the universe is messed up. Formerly the base of a secretive…
Case Closed: Radio Nowhere | Review
Radio Nowhere Review | Playing the best of the 70s, 80s, and beyond, Radio Nowhere is the station everyone’s listening to. But when a body turns up in the recording…
The Best Escape Room Games at the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 2024
It’s that time of the year again! And no, I don’t mean Christmas… But you’d be forgiven for thinking it was, for the amount of new games that have magically…