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The 13th Floor takes place in the abandoned Henderson Hotel with a dark and twisted past. In your exploration in you are met with the ghost of the hotel’s final owner. He strikes a bargain with you to find his fortune within the hour. Solve the mystery of the missing fortune lost in Henderson Hotel, step into the elevator, and ascend to the 13th Floor, but be warned – this is no ordinary elevator, and if you fail, 13 floors is a long way to fall…
All (69)
Overwhelmingly positive
Y
33 escape rooms
Excellent, perfect little room with loads of fun tech and manual puzzles. The first I've done of this kind of theme, it worked brilliantly. I was in awe that every nook and cranny was perfectly decorated and designed.
Spooky, fun!
Medium
66 escape rooms
Another great game from the team at Escape Rooms Cardiff, never been disappointed! Loved the setting and storyline for this, different to others we’ve done and they have done an amazing job with a smallish space, they’ve fitted a lot in!
The story was good and the game flowed well and was a different setting to others we have done, was good fun!
Great set and the atmosphere was good, props were fitting to the era and was immersive
Really well, the team there are great - so welcoming and friendly
Yes
Novel setting and made great use of a small space
Good storyline that worked through the whole story
Hard
Mechanical
4
Spooky
Not scary as such and no jump scares but sometimes goes a bit dark and a spooky atmosphere
14
No
No
Not at all
Yes
Easy
C
11 escape rooms
Fantastic room, really well themed (at times forgot we were not in an actual elevator) and it flowed really well. Recommend this to all escape room players
186 escape rooms
We’d heard a lot of buzz about TERPECA 2024 nominee The 13th Floor, which is the newest addition to ERC. This was our second game of the day, and quite a departure from the more ‘traditional’ Cardiff Castle. It stood out from the other games we’ve played due to its effective use of a smaller space and the novel approach to gameplay. It is a modern 2.0 escape room that utilises electronic locks, along with other immersive elements, which add some extra surprises. This technical wizardry, made possible by the room’s modern technology, boosted immersion and led to some fun reveals along the way. The set design looked so authentic that one of our team who is afraid of heights, was scared to enter the lift at the start! Alex (GM) had to reassure us that it wasn’t an actual lift, but that the technology used would simulate the feeling of movement. As we stepped inside and the doors closed behind us, we had no idea what to expect… The 13th Floor is a fantastic linear room that slowly reveals each puzzle in a fun way as the elevator ‘ascends’. There are lots of tactile puzzles to solve, with plenty of teamwork required. The story was also engaging and had us invested in urgently working through each level. Despite its spooky vibes, I wouldn’t class this as a horror room – it was unsettling at times, but never felt all-out scary. We escaped with about 10 minutes to spare, after losing a decent chunk of time on one puzzle. We kicked ourselves as we had missed a key detail that would have allowed us to solve it much more quickly. This room was a big hit with us and definitely deserves its TERPECA nomination! Kudos to the team at ERC, who have managed to create a very memorable experience in a relatively small space using some great technological enhancements. For the full article covering my trip to Escape Rooms Cardiff, visit: https://escapepuzzler.com/escape-rooms-cardiff-uk-part-1-feature/
No
169 escape rooms
Fun atmosphere, felt like a high tech new room that ran slick. Makes me want to try their other rooms.
84 escape rooms
What a treat! This is such a great game. Loved every minute of it, great puzzles and effects, I really felt like I was in a working elevator!
73 escape rooms
Amongst my favourite rooms that we’ve done so far! So clever to squeeze so many puzzles into such a small space! Done as a team of 2 experienced players.
Special effects were incredible!
Yes
Hard
4
Spooky
No
No
Somewhat
Yes
Easy
Parking in st. David’s shopping centre and about a 10 min walk
73 escape rooms
We could hear the staff cheering us on at the end! Amazing how much it felt like a real lift!
Yes
44 escape rooms
One of my favourite escape rooms in Cardiff. Really cool concept. Lots of different puzzles to solve!
67 escape rooms
We were advised this is the best escape room in Cardiff, and I think they might have been right.
Great concept, great use of such a small space. I have never seen a lift concept before and the execution was flawless
Exceptional atmosphere, probably one of the best atmospheres I have seen created
Yes
Such a great use of space
Hard
I would only recommend this for experienced players, as there is quite a bit to do, despite being linear.
High tech
2
Scary
The concept is a haunted lift, it is designed to make you jump, lights turn off etc. But I am a wimp and I was fine
13
No
No
Somewhat
Tunnel to crawl through, but not essential for the whole team
Yes
