The DungeonPuzzleWorksEscape roomIRLIf you’re a fan of dungeons and dragons, fantasy, or medieval themes, you’ll like this room. The aesthetics make you feel like you’re in a fantasy prison. You will need a minimum of three people, but I recommend more, and make sure they’re people you communicate well with because you will need it. This room is definitely more challenging, but it looks great and has fun puzzles for everyone to enjoy.
Pirates Of The Spanish MainEnigma Adventures - Maple GroveEscape roomIRLThe aesthetics of this room are super impressive and will continue to wow you each step of the way.
Nightmare at the MuseumPuzzleWorksEscape roomIRLThis is Puzzleworks newest room and we were so excited when it opened. We were lucky enough to get to beta test, so there have been some significant changes since we played. But what I can say is that we absolutely loved it. A scary escape room is hard to pull off, because it’s hard to control the level of adrenaline when people may start and stop with puzzles. This room was able to keep that level of scariness up the whole time in such a great way. If you really hate scary things this probably isn’t the room for you, but even those of us who don’t prefer scariness had a lot of fun. There are no live actors, which made me feel safe while still keeping my adrenaline up. This is one of the best escape rooms I’ve ever done, and I recommend it to everyone. We definitely plan on going back sometime to see the updates that have been made since we last played.
UtopiaLock and Key EscapeEscape roomIRLI’ve done over 40 escape rooms and Utopia is one of my absolute favorites. My friends and I decided to play it after finishing a different room here and we’re so glad we did. The theme was creative, the teamwork required was great, and the adrenaline to escape in the last few seconds made it that much more exciting. It’s definitely a hard room, and we could escape with 4 experienced players but I would recommend 6 for most groups.
ClueBreakout Games - Des MoinesEscape roomIRLIf you like the game Clue you’ll like this room. It truly feels like you’re in the middle of the game. The puzzles are fun but nothing super noteworthy. The theme and aesthetics are what really sell this room, and they do it so well.
Prison BreakThe Escape Game - MinneapolisEscape roomIRLWe really liked this room. It was super immersive, it had a really good prison feel. The game masters were really nice and helpful, they were ready to give us a hint when we needed one to help push us forward. We definitely will be coming back.
The Istanbul GambitEnigma Adventures - Maple GroveEscape roomIRLSecret agent rooms are so common, and the story of this room doesn’t offer anything particularly interesting to the genre. But the gameplay itself was interesting and enjoyable. There’s a subplot going on the whole time with optional puzzles you don’t have to solve to win, which is a pretty cool aspect.
The HospitalPuzzleWorksEscape roomIRLThis is marked as spooky, but the only scary thing about it is the number of OSHA violations (in the fictional hospital not the real escape room). I didn’t think I’d love this room because of the theme, but I really did. The puzzles are fun, especially for people who are more logical minded. This room has the coolest set design element I’ve ever seen and it’s worth it just for that.
The Cursed Carnival [Abandoned Carnival]Lock and Key EscapeEscape roomIRLThe story of this room was unique and engaging, and served to uplift the experience as a whole. The room itself has some fun nods to the carnival theme, but could definitely do better at actually making you feel like you’re at a carnival. The ending was fun. I was on edge the whole time but there was nothing legitimately scary.
The DepthsThe Escape Game - MinneapolisEscape roomIRLI really enjoyed this room. There were screens with effects that really helped make it feel like you were in a sub descending underwater. We found the puzzles very easy as a group of very experienced escape room players. I wouldn’t recommend this room for more than 4, especially if you have escape room experience. But it was very fun and the ending is one of my favorite things I’ve seen in an escape room.
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