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The Apartment Nextdoor - A Dark Experience

Very positive (315 ratings)

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You arrive finally and feel like there's something more to this apartment than you think. Do you leave or stay to “see” what the room has in store?

  • 2-6
  • 60 mins
  • Medium
  • Spooky

Ratings

All ratings (315)

Very positive

Gameplay
Very positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive

Reviews

@UndercoverBlobfish
UndercoverBlobfish

100 escape rooms

The darkroom aspect was cool, but everything else was underwhelming to me. There was no introduction to the room to provide context for how you ended up there in that setting, so the start was a little jarring. There also weren’t many puzzles to solve and I wasn’t really using my brain, just following instructions as they were provided, which was a little boring for me. Because of that, I wouldn’t really classify this as an escape room, it was more like a private haunted maze experience. Not really my jam, not really an escape room. I’d only recommend this to people who enjoy horror stories and creepy haunted house type of experiences.

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Gameplay

Not much of a game, to me, more of just following directions.

Atmosphere

I thought the novelty of playing a room in complete darkness was cool.

Customer service

Meh. No intro story at the beginning to explain the setting, she just pretty much told us good luck and then you had to make up your own reason for being in this situation.

Particularly interesting or different

No

The darkroom aspect was cool, but everything else was underwhelming to me. Not many puzzles to solve, I wasn’t really using my brain, just following instructions as they were provided, which was a little boring for me.

Story

Meh, once you’ve done a dozen of the creepy, horror, serial killer escape rooms, you feel like you’ve done them all and the novelty wears off for you.

Difficulty

Easy

I wish there had been puzzles in this room. There was only one, arguably two puzzles, the rest was just locating things and following directions.

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

2

More than 2 wasn’t necessary and wouldn’t enhance the experience. It just might help you get done more quickly.

Scary

Scary

It is intended to be scary.

Minimum age

12

I would only bring a kid to this room who already loves horror and creepy moves and relishes that. Otherwise it could be too unpleasant for a kid, or even an adult who hates that sort of stuff.

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

Could be a challenge for someone who has mobility challenges, but otherwise seemed very accessible.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Sep 2, 2025 | Experienced Sep 2, 2025
@KyleJanSan
KyleJanSan

8 escape rooms

Great horror escape experience with friends. Highly recommend it for groups. :)

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Ideal number of players

4

Aug 18, 2025

r

roughdraft

89 escape rooms

A unique experience for sure. Definitely easier with fewer people as there were fewer cooks in the kitchen. ;)

Aug 9, 2025
@GarlicBread42
GarlicBread42

147 escape rooms

A surprisingly fun story-based game that manages to find a type of gameplay that is fun in pitch black (though it is very much story based and it’s not the deepest story ever). I don’t want to say anymore because it’s best to go into this experience blind (no pun intended). Something you should experience if you find the pitch black idea interesting though not much past that.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

3

Scary

Spooky

Minimum age

14

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Parking

Medium

Jul 21, 2025 | Experienced Jul 19, 2025
@UsagiHo
UsagiHo

60 escape rooms

𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿

Jun 30, 2025 | Experienced May 15, 2023

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wcw10891

301 escape rooms

I've done a few pitch black rooms and this is my favorite one. The use of props and furniture was unlike anything I'm witnessed. 4 people was perfect for this room.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

20+

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

14

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

Pitch black. Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Mar 23, 2025 | Experienced Mar 1, 2025
@Amos
Amos

87 escape rooms

I give this room a 4/5 (ck out my bio for rating system). The set design/theme was awesome! I know you're thinking, how can I comment on the set design when I couldn't see it but vision is not the sense I'm referring to here! Having to feel the set was a very unique experience and made it all the more enjoyable. My rating was based on the novelty of the room being in complete darkness and the way they created puzzles to move you through the experience. Very creative and enjoyable! That being said, I wouldn't go running to find another complete darkness type of escape room - the puzzles are easy and basically just a hunt and find concept - but I would recommend to try at least once. Take caution though, it truly is black in there. My hubby ended up with a battle wound from a hasty head motion!

Feb 21, 2025
@FleurDeLiz
FleurDeLiz

76 escape rooms

I really love this escape room! Such a unique and fun experience! Never had done anything like this before. I thought when they said "pitch dark", they mean there will be some flashlights ... but NO. You and your team will be immersed in darkness with just your other 4 senses to rely on. 😆 I imagine the GMs for this escape room are having a blast watching people run on/grope each other. 😆🤣 One thing that I did want to point out was that during our game, our GM realized that the room wasn't properly reset and were missing some key elements. I wish they would've given us discount codes, or free stickers as compensation but that didn't happen. Ohh well ... 🤷🏻‍♀️ Overall though, I had a great time! Very fun room. Not too scary, no jumpscares and no live actors. I think it's just the right amount of spooky. 😁

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Gameplay

The room wasn't reset properly. The GM had to interrupt our game to tell us.

Atmosphere
Customer service

Shoutout to GM, Ivy!

Live actors

No

Dec 9, 2024

t

thekneed

10 escape rooms

Fun room, was spookier than we thought it was going to be, but still a fun time. Puzzles were the right amount of challenging considering that it was pitch black.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Was anything broken?

No

Dec 6, 2024 | Experienced Oct 22, 2024

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