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The Witching Hour

Mixed (57 ratings)

  • Escape room
  • IRL

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Ghost stories always seem silly, until the lights go out. Everyone has heard whispers of the once great Maycroft family, especially the story of young Susan Maycroft. Executed for practicing witchcraft, they say Susie still haunts her ancestral home, seeking vengeance on those who wronged her. You laughed when you first heard that story, but you aren't laughing now. ​Cursed by the Witch, you are desperate to shatter the spell before it claims your soul! Don't be afraid! After all, stories are only stories, right?

  • 1-6
  • 60 mins
  • Expert
  • Spooky

Ratings

All ratings (57)

Mixed

Gameplay
Mixed
Atmosphere
Mixed
Customer service
Very positive

Reviews

Loved this room! It is challenging! Low tech, excellent theming, tons of puzzles. Alex our GM role-played as our assistant and was excellent at it. Clues come in the form of the GM entering the room in character. She was very quick to assist and knew exactly what we missed. We had 8 players, all seasoned ages 13-69. Much of the room is non-linear, giving everyone something to work on. We solved it with 14 seconds left!

Gameplay

Non-linear, good flow, challenging

Atmosphere

Candle lit only

Customer service

Excellent

Physically active

Somewhat

Oct 27, 2025

l

ladybrgndy

20 escape rooms

Pros: Spooky theme with a lot of puzzles that will take up the whole 60 mins. The puzzles were creative and fun. Cons: 4% escape rate probably because it’s too much for the time. This could easily be a 75-90 min room. Also there is zero tech. There was at least 15 - 20 locks.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Oct 26, 2025 | Experienced Oct 26, 2025
@KarinaMD
KarinaMD

135 escape rooms

HEAVY puzzle lock room, bring friends. We are enthusiasts and were on the right track through the room. It makes sense there is just way to much to do for 2 people.

Gameplay
Atmosphere

Dark and well designed

Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Hard because of the sheer quantity of puzzles and locks to get through in 60 minutes. This could be a 90 minute room.

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

6

6-8 people recommemded and will be will be quishy at first but improve not to far in the game. 4 can do it but the quantity of puzzles and locks take up the time.

Scary

💩👖

If you don't like the dark or halloween themed spaces you may be spooked/scared. But I hate horror films and it's not scary to me just halloween decorated.

Minimum age

16

Kinda spooky for the littles and the poor lighting may out them under foot aka in danger.

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

Yes

The gamemaster said the story in costume and they came in to give hints in costume, thats it.

Physically active

Very

You are walking everywhere in that space constantly.

Accessibility

Big step to get over so not really wheel chair/climbing friendly. Completely dark room with very minimal light. No strobes.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Limited

Limited street park but a garahe is near by.

Oct 26, 2025

j

jamesknight28

3 escape rooms

Six people is ideal. Everyone will be working on something. I loved this room though. Very challenging and rewarding.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service

Best DM ever.

Difficulty

Expert

One of the hardest I’ve ever experienced. Not because the puzzles are so difficult but because there is so much to do.

Jul 15, 2025 | Experienced Jul 12, 2025
@ialiff21
ialiff21

10 escape rooms

We really enjoyed the puzzles in this room but even with 75 minutes we weren’t able to escape. My boyfriend and I have done 30+ rooms and struggled finding enough time work through all of them. We enjoyed the rooms and the props/decorations. Only suggestion would be to turn off the timer when using a hint because it took a while for the girl to come into the room and figure out what hint/clue she wanted to give us.

Oct 20, 2024
@lucycherry
lucycherry

105 escape rooms

I love a good challenge, but this wasn’t my favorite. I played with a group of very smart and experienced individuals, and we managed to escape, but with only a few minutes left. I know that part of the challenge is the complete darkness, but it was more of an annoyance. No one wants to play an escape room with one hand (because the other is always holding a damn candle). Nevertheless, the logic puzzles were cool. They definitely fit the theme. I’d say it’s worth a play if you’ve got a good group. It’s the type of escape room that’s good to have on your list as one you’ve tackled, but it’s not necessarily the most fun while playing.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Expert

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

5

Scary

Spooky

Minimum age

15

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Limited

Nov 25, 2022

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