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Be careful what you wish for An Englishman's home is his castle. Or his curio if he's a treasure hunter who's spent a lifetime collecting trinkets from all four corners of the globe. Alexander Curio was a true eccentric. A legendary explorer who left no stone unturned in his search for gems and gimcracks. To him, life was a gamble, with fate to be decided on a whim or a flip of a coin. A mysterious loner who loved to raise the stakes until they could be raised no higher. Alexander's life was one big puzzle. Only a select few ever got beyond his front door. You're about to join their exclusive ranks. At first glance, Curio looks like the home of an explorer whose passion for chasing treasures has taken him from the Thames to Timbuktu. But the clue lies in the name. Secrets lie within her seemingly innocent walls and trinkets hold the key to untold riches. Fortune favours the brave but riches come at a price. Who is the man behind the enigma? Was his death the result of some cruel, cosmic irony? And does he really want to share the treasures hidden away within the labyrinth he calls home? This is no ordinary home. Alexander is anything but an ordinary man. Now he's inviting you into his world. But once you enter, there's no going back
All (129)
Overwhelmingly positive
Gameplay
Very positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive
67 escape rooms
Awesome room, 4th room we completed at this venue and our fave by far.
Yes
Medium
Mechanical
4
Not scary
10
No
No
Not at all
Yes
Easy
223 escape rooms
This is an amazing room, one of our top 10 favourites and we’ve done a fair few. We loved everything about it, the design is totally unique and still has us wondering, in awe, about some of it. Make sure to listen carefully at the briefing as this helps gameplay where some may have struggled but we just found the whole experience superb. It all made sense and many parts are really really clever. Loved every minute of this room and would say is a must play for anyone that has done over, say, 10 rooms. This venue has a dedicated host throughout your game so you are never overlooked and we found ours perfect, not over feeding even if we took a while which made our escape all the more satisfying.
Hard
27 escape rooms
A very well themed room, found the difficulty to be off the charts and the puzzles didn’t really flow. Additionally one puzzle in particular was definitely made with at least 4 players in mind as for 2 players it was a big time waster. We got 2 hints in the full hour despite asking for more and asking for a hint to be repeated we were ignored both times. Our host just felt “off” with us from the start, and felt like they were not paying attention to us in the room! I’d like to finish off by saying that we did two rooms across two days here and our experience in the other room immaterium was much better.
Some very cool puzzles, however they did not flow and there was a lack of signposting. I think this mainly is what makes the room difficult.
Very well themed, fully immersive
Hosts attitude off, felt like they were not watching/listening to us in the room
194 escape rooms
This is one of very few rooms which left me thinking “excussse what?!!” in a great way! Some proper wow moments. Good mix of puzzles. Was sad not to escape!
Expert
58 escape rooms
The best escape room we’ve done to date! So unique and spent most the afternoon afterwards talking about it. As a 2 there’s a lot to do but different games and puzzles we’d never seen before. So close to getting out, gutted!!
No
63 escape rooms
really unique and cool effects, only issue is that if you fail they cannot show you how the rest of the room goes
Yes
37 escape rooms
One of my favourite escape rooms, super fun with a twist! Would 100% recommend. One of the harder rooms I’ve done so maybe not ideal for a first room.
Yes
Hard
High tech
4
Not scary
8
No
No
Somewhat
Yes
Medium
63 escape rooms
Such a unique room! It was a little tricky but nothing too difficult if you’ve had escape room experience. Definitely not one to miss! We managed nicely as a team of 3, some very interesting puzzles and a satisfying flow throughout!
Yes
Not scary
127 escape rooms
This room gets lots of plaudits and praise and it’s worth it. Can’t actually remember the plot, the room is so unique. A must do for any enthusiast.
Yes
Rotating room.
Don’t actually remember the plot. The room was so good.
Hard
High tech
4
Not scary
No
No
Not at all
Yes
Easy
106 escape rooms
A very difficult room, with puzzles that for us didn’t seem to flow or make much sense. We are experienced escapers, but this one we just didn’t get. The room itself was unique (I won’t spoil it!), so I’m glad we did it. But it was hard to tell when we had solved a puzzle as there was a lag between us doing something and the desired effect, presumably because we were waiting on the GM pressing a button?? Several times we asked for clues and received radio silence - this must have wasted 5 mins of game time. If I’m honest I wouldn’t recommend this one.
Cool room with something a bit different
Yes
Expert
High tech
Not scary
No
No
Somewhat
Yes
Medium
“... a lot of thought put into them as they all fitted well into the theme of the room.“
“... this room contained the single most impressive moment I’ve ever experienced in a game.“