The Amsterdam CatacombsThe Amsterdam Catacombs
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The Amsterdam Catacombs

Overwhelmingly positive (229 ratings)

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Become the main character in this real-life horror experience. Explore the dark secrets of Amsterdam’s underground. Face your fears and investigate the evil that lurks in the Catacombs. This is a 90 minutes Room Escape experience. It involves moments of stress, darkness and flickering lights. You should be mentally stable and physically fit.

  • 2-6
  • 100 mins
  • Scary

Ratings

All (229)

Overwhelmingly positive

Gameplay
Overwhelmingly positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive

Reviews

@Soledango
Soledango

5 escape rooms

An underrated room - everything is just solid and heaps of fun, from the detailed and antique set design to the REAL underground location to the seamless flow and solid narrative frame. This room deserves more praise than some highly technology- and engineering-dependent names whose names circulate internationally.

Gameplay

Fun tasks and puzzle, always logical, great guidance with light and sound clues.

Atmosphere

Wonderfully detailed set, and the underground smell is great! The unease is great, while not actively scary.

Customer service

Very friendly GM (at least post-game :D), and committed to the bit.

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

This is exactly what a strong (yet accessible for less experienced players) room should be. Flow, story, surprises... without marvels of engineering, but does A LOT with less than other flashier games.

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

3

Scary

Spooky

Spooky but not scary (for us experienced players). Some noisy jump scares (not all necessary), but nobody will jump in your face. Unease created by the set, and one wonderfully claustrophobic scene for one single player. Also, trigger warning: religious themes :)

Minimum age

16

The end can get a bit intense. Remember it's fiction :)

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

Yes

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

Finally a room without color puzzles! Some crouching, light crawling - though the ceilings are low and some passages quite narrow (it's catacombs, after all...).

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Limited

Aug 11, 2025 | Experienced Aug 11, 2025

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jschwane

8 escape rooms

This was the best escape room I have ever done - BY FAR. Fully immersive from beginning to end, with live actors

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Aug 11, 2025

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elika326

162 escape rooms

Creepy fun abounds! I was worried about how scary it would be but it was wonderfully immersive but not emotionally scarring (lol). Highly recommend if you want a spooky environment with great actors and interesting puzzles. Chandler and Dalia were phenomenal hosts from start to finish.

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Difficulty

Hard

Aug 1, 2025
@Danecid
Danecid

45 escape rooms

I played this room with the wrong expectations and, unfortunately, I couldn’t help but feel underwhelmed. So I’d like to set the right expectations for future players going into this experience. It is a unique concept, and I can appreciate it for what it is. Light spoilers ahead: The gameplay area is actually very small, one of the smallest rooms I’ve done in the Netherlands. A large portion of the experience is dedicated to onboarding and story-building, which is done very well, but the buildup isn’t quite balanced with the payoff. I also expected it to be a scary experience with actors, which definitely made me nervous since I’m usually the scared one in the group. Don’t get me wrong the actors do a fantastic job, but the scary moments can be counted on one hand. Tho there is a solo moment for one of the players that I personally found quite uncomfortable. Even though it wasn’t the intense horror escape room I was expecting, I was still able to appreciate the unique gameplay concept, strong acting, and cool location.

Gameplay

Unique, not a clasic puzzles

Atmosphere

Everything in the room is nice, I just wish there was more

Customer service
Story

Very strong story-telling

Difficulty

Medium

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Spooky

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

Yes

Physically active

Somewhat

Jul 28, 2025
@MagsB
MagsB

118 escape rooms

Thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the Amsterdam Catacombs right from the start before you even enter the gate. The actors Orchidea & Dalia were fantastic and made the experience immersive. Puzzles were good but its more for the atmosphere, theming, actors and storyline. Definitely recommend a visit.

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Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service

Orchidea & Dalia were fantastic hosts and made the experience so fun

Was anything broken?

No

Jul 25, 2025 | Experienced Jul 21, 2025

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VeganGameGuy

344 escape rooms

I usually prefer games packed with complex (or creative) puzzles -- not the case here, but what this game lacks in puzzling, it makes up for in experience and set -- and in several unforgettable high-octane moments. Highly recommend even for the skiddish (it's seriously NOT that bad!, thia game is more laughs and giggles than screams of terror. MINOR SPOILER One note: it is well known that there's a "split" of sorts. You can choose how things are split...and I had told everyone ahead of time the "one" was me. In my opinion, the split was WORSE than I was warned about (and not because it's scary). Happy to answer questions on socials to help you decide whether you're up for it. There's a trick to it that I wish I'd figured out 30 seconds sooner than I did :)

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Game tech

High tech

Jul 23, 2025 | Experienced Jul 22, 2025
@keegankreutzer
keegankreutzer

28 escape rooms

Great experience! My fellow investigator and I both had a great time. Very intense room with excellent puzzles

Gameplay

Very unique game - great actors and frightening experience. Would recommend for anyone who is a fan of horror rooms. My fellow investigator and I loved it

Jul 11, 2025
@Sirjimmyvo
Sirjimmyvo

36 escape rooms

This is my 36th room and i've been on a win streak since my 2nd game. Even though I lost, this is my favorite room by far. The live actors really sold the immersion, the story and game mechanics were awesome.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Easy to find location

Yes

Jul 4, 2025

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