The Clock Tower

I played Escape the Clocktower on 7/9/26 as a walk in booking, we had been given a preview of another room and were interested in booking the soonest available game as the set we saw looked incredible. Right off the bat, there was a game component that had not been turned on and was blue screened in the room, we acknowledged it and attempted to notify our game master. We started out with the first puzzle but did not solve it until more than ten minutes had elapsed despite doing the puzzle correctly multiple times. It was clear that this was a broken game element and that our game master was not paying close enough attention to us playing to activate the puzzle when we needed. This was made worse by us asking for a clue and being told that we needed to do something we had already done. Our game master eventually noticed the blue screened game element which required another employee to enter the game for a little over five minutes. They did pause our time during this fix but we were not pulled out of the room during it, which felt odd. We then did the puzzle correctly and nothing happened. We tried to do a bunch of other things to no avail and then asked for a clue and then were told to do something we had already done. There was no soundtrack playing in the room which honestly, was uncomfortable. This room had a lot of puzzles that were very interesting, incredibly unique puzzles that I’ve never seen in an escape room before. The concept was interesting, the set was full of references to time traveling films and movies, and there were several moments during the game where I was genuinely in awe of the puzzles. I wanted to enjoy this room. It was nominated four years in a row to be a top contender in the world of escape rooms from 2019-2023, but it clearly needs a full overhaul to fix the broken elements and it definitely needs a far more attentive guide than Will (or whoever was actually running the game, if Will was covering the front like some other companies do). This company does offer shared experiences so if that isn’t your cup of tea, I would avoid coming here. The price point was honestly what drew us in, there aren’t a lot of escape rooms for two players that don’t cost a ridiculous amount of money. But this isn’t worth the money. I walked away wishing I had spent more money at a different escape room. (This was cross posted to google reviews)

I personally would not recommend this experience as it currently stands (as of July 2026). It needs to go through some major repairs and gameflow overhauls to stand up to a modern escape room experience. From a lack of any music in the room, to poorly acted scenes of the character you are trying to save (not a spoiler, this is revealed as part of your intro to the room), to clearly broken puzzles that required you to tell your game guide when you had completed it properly, and an overall lackluster flow from one puzzle to the next, this room has some major issues that need addressing. Very early into the room, we had to have a full game pause while one of their employees (not our game guide) came into the room to fix a computer that fully blue screened before we had even entered the game, and made comments about to our game guide before starting. On a positive note, I think that the concept itself has a lot going for it! Time travel is, in my experience, one of the least frequently approached escape room themes, and the steampunk aesthetic really helped sell the vibe of Simon Wells’s The Time Machine, which the room was obviously taking heavy inspiration from. I think they definitely could have and should have gone further with it, it definitely feels like the puzzles were designed loosely around clocks and a steam punk aesthetic, and the professor getting stuck in a time loop was hastily tacked on at the last minute. Overall, I was a little disappointed by this room. The set design was amazing, but the puzzles and the flow really let the room down. If you plan to play this game, just be aware that you will likely be spending a significant period of time sitting there waiting for your game guide to realise you have be doing something right and trigger it for you.

Loved the theme of this one! Puzzles were fun and challenging and we actually needed. A few clues ! We usually don’t ask for clues ! Definitely a one for more experienced gamers

We enjoyed this room. The design was fun, and immersive. And the puzzles a great mix of high tech and physical. This room isn’t a strictly linear one, which we should have gone in expecting, given that it’s about time travel. We lost some time thinking that we had to solve every puzzle as soon as we encountered it, which was our bad. I love that parking is free for the Galleria, but that was seriously offset by having to pay extra for a “private” room. Had we not done so, we might have had to do the room with complete strangers. I know that used to be the norm, back before the pandemic, but this was the first place in years I’d seen that makes you pay for private. The fact that Morty had it listed as all private, and the extra fee doubled the cost of the room was extremely annoying.

It took us two times to finish this one with just me and my husband. The game master was great, super nice, and the room overall was very cool. A couple of the puzzles needed a little extra elbow grease to activate, but the game master was very attentive and let us know to try again. I would totally recommend this one.

Definitely an older gen room for a lot of the puzzles but still interesting and different from a bunch we've done before. We did it with a small group but definitely would be easier with more people.

Last puzzle was a thinker! Math and counting ! Which clocks to work on was confusing but overall fun.

There's quite a bit of novelty in this room. Somethings handled a little strangely, but it was at least all themed correctly. For this room I would say 4-6 is a good number to run this room with enough for everyone to a little or try and keep track of everything. Would suggest you brush up on how to "keep track of time" specifically. Ending was a little underwhelming though. If anything wasn't supposed to behave the way it was supposed to, the GM (Nick) kept a close eye and informed us accordingly. Great and engaged GM!

Escape Room's The Clock Tower feels dated but has the best design in the location. The story premise is interesting - time travel - but there was a lot of incoherence. I did not understand why some of the puzzles worked. The last puzzle was also just such a pain and not too much fun. We had a group of 5 when we went but I think that this group had a lot of experience so we had an idea of when to move on and when to nudge the game master to check if we did a puzzle correctly.

We booked this as a private group of 5 with 4 beginners (and me, not the brightest squirrel in the tree) not realizing it was the hardest puzzle! Two of our group were kids, but they caught on fast and loved it by the end. I didn't love the flow of puzzles in the first part; the solutions felt a bit clunky and repetitive. My other moment of GAH was the mathing, which I'm not a big fan of in puzzles. But after that first room, we really dug solving the last two. If the puzzles in the first part were tweaked a little, this would get a big thumbs up from me. But all in all, we had a great time and the kids were already excited to do the next one, so that's a win for me!