Escape the Darkest Hour: Torture Chamber
Very positive (865 ratings)
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There is a psychopath on the loose and you’ve been kidnapped! The killer likes to toy with victims and has left to make preparations… Escape within the hour or become the next victims!
- 2-10
- 60 mins
- Easy
- Spooky
Awards
- Nominee (2022) - TERPECA
- Nominee (2020) - TERPECA
- Nominee (2019) - TERPECA
All ratings (865)
Very positive
- Gameplay
- Overwhelmingly positive
- Atmosphere
- Overwhelmingly positive
- Customer service
- Overwhelmingly positive
Reviews

calexaren
40 escape rooms
Nice story. Nice atmosphere, eerie specially inside the 2nd room. Definitely some unique puzzles that I’ve only seen in this game so far but puzzles are a little easy to figure out. Still love this room tho
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Story
Difficulty
Easy
Game tech
Mechanical
Scary
Spooky

deniecee
252 escape rooms
The little ways that our game masters made this room fun for us with the creepy serial killer theme are top notch! I won’t spoil it but the personalization made this experience a memorable one. The puzzles themselves were of medium difficulty. A couple had us think for a little bit but the clues were right in front of us. The darkness does and will pose as a challenge when it comes to looking for certain clues. Our team of seven had slight trouble getting started in the first room but once we were able to figure that out, the rest of the puzzles flowed smoothly. There were jump scares and laughing! A great room to do at night to get the adrenaline running with friends

Panda
529 escape rooms
I found the creepy serial killer theme interesting, but the darkness, while obviously part of the room’s name, gave us trouble as usual. As soon as the GM, who was awesome by the way, helped us with the 1st puzzle that requires finding something in near pitch blackness, we basically steamrolled through the rest of the room. The room wasn’t completely reset when we came in, as in the door to the 2nd room was completely open, and we were exploring the room for a few minutes before they came in and said we weren’t supposed to be in there. They did reset the time, but oops! My favorite part was a special personalized interaction with the serial killer. Hello killer!
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
Mechanical
Scary
Spooky
Some scares and very dark creepy gory atmosphere
Was anything broken?
Yes
Door to 2nd room was wide open, and we had to be kicked out of it. The time was reset though
Live actors
No
No but there is interaction with the serial killer GM
Physically active
Somewhat
One person crawls. One person lies.
Accessibility
Dark
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Medium
Parking garage, but they validate 2nd hour

HaileyW
11 escape rooms
This is the first time doing an escape room with this group and I think this was a perfect room for us to get our bearings. It was a little easier than I was expecting, but it still had a really great atmosphere and a lot of the puzzles were creepy cool!
Gameplay
Atmosphere

spunjim
41 escape rooms
This was our very first escape room. We finished with seconds to spare which speaks to the relative ease of the room but it was definitely a lot of fun and very spooky.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Very scary
Customer service
Story

Amos
87 escape rooms
I rate this room a 3/5 (ck out my bio for rating system). The set matched the spooky serial killer theme perfectly. There were a couple fun surprises provided by our sneaky GM and a cool tech adventure. The puzzles were easy to medium in difficulty and nothing we hadn't seen before. I enjoyed the room well enough, therefore, would consider this an average escape room.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Difficulty
Easy
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krystagali
9 escape rooms
After reading other reviews, I was afraid to do this room knowing I hate horror movies and I’m terrified of the dark. Once in the room, and I got through the initial scare, I was a focused on the puzzles, I wasn’t bothered by the dim lighting and creepiness of the room. I really enjoyed the movement between rooms and appreciated the critical thinking required to solve the puzzles and open locks.
Gameplay
Great flow between puzzles. Most puzzles make sense. There are some puzzles that require you to use “tools” in the room aren’t obvious that you would need to use them.
Atmosphere
This room is CREEPY! I scare very easily and was ready to be terrified but was very glad that this room was more creepy than scary.
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Attention to detail made this room very interesting. At one point, you need to interact with your “captor” which is something I’ve never experienced before in an escape room.
Story
Difficulty
Medium
Game tech
Mechanical
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Spooky
Minimum age
14
Due to scare factor and violent theme, recommend at least 14 years old. Not a good room for young kids.
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Somewhat
Accessibility
This room requires some bending, crawling and changing positions which may be difficult for people with mobility issues. Room is very dark and may be difficult for people with low vision.
Easy to find location
Yes
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Alejandrinal
24 escape rooms
Wow!! What a fun experience. This was my groups third room escape room from Mission escape and they do not disappoint! AJ is a rockstar of GM. The experience was immersion in the best way. Definitely upping the spook factor in this room. The ambience was top notch. The puzzles fit the theme and were the perfect difficulty level!! I am excited to tackle on more room with them!
Gameplay
The flow of the rooms was great and made sense to the storyline.
Atmosphere
Customer service
AJ is fantastic
Story
Difficulty
Easy
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Spooky
Some jumps cares
Minimum age
13
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Somewhat
Accessibility
Dim lighting may obscure vision
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Easy

FleurDeLiz
76 escape rooms
The set design was great! It really makes one feel that they're in a rundown, dirty house owned by serial killer who perhaps struggle with mommy issues. The downside was that the room was quite dim which made looking for puzzles and solving clues quite a feat. But I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was part of large group of people so we all just divided and conquered. There was also a bit of theatrics at the end involving the GM, which was very fun and unexpected. 😅
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Ideal number of players
5










