Plague

Very positive (31 ratings)

The Escape Key

Escape room
IRL

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Back in 1636, half of Newcastle's population had succumbed to the Black Death. Enter our plague escape room, which overlooks a real plague pit. Can you outwit the crazed plague doctor and escape before the horror of the Black Death gets you?

2-8
60 mins
Expert
Spooky

Ratings

All ratings (31)

Very positive

Reviews

Tia

20 escape rooms

Was a very fun room. I highly recommend trying this room! There were a couple jumpscares, that resulted in laughter, however if that's an issue dont let that stop you as they can remove those if you talk to them and it won't affect the gameplay. This room is in no means a horror room. The game Master was great fun! Great energy, very friendly, ensured to keep you in track. They'd give you as much or as little help as you required ******Mini hint - no solutions******* . . . . . . There is Maths involved, I would recommend familiarising yourself with how to multiple fractions I.e a*(b/c)

Gameplay

Atmosphere

A hint of spooky but they can work with you in this - by no means a horror theme. There is incense, but they can remove that if its an issue. It can get warm in there in the summer, however they can open a window, though this will reduced the atmosphere slightly

Customer service

So friendly, very welcoming. Great energy

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story

Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

Scary

Spooky

Only a little bit spooky

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Car park less than a minute away

Aug 28, 2025 | Experienced Aug 26, 2025

GingerLinstead

33 escape rooms

Another good room with a lot of atmosphere. Smells good with the incense too. Some maths problems but nothing too hard. The game play is good we th some well though through puzzles. A couple of jump scares but nothing too horrible.