Kingdom Of Cat-tastrophy

This room had a lot of challenging puzzles, at least for our group of 2 experienced enthusiasts. Some of them really challenged our thinking. When we thought we’d figured it out, it turned out to be something different. So I appreciated the difficulty, but also felt like we needed more hints than we normally would, so I guess it didn’t feel as satisfying as being able to figure it out yourself. But a challenging room is a good thing. I’d definitely put this at a Hard, rather than a Medium, personally. Overall I would recommend this room, but I enjoyed the “Undercooked” and “Forbidden Temple” rooms here more.

This room was not quite a total catastrophe, but a real meh for us. Especially given how great Omescape’s other rooms are. It just didn’t flow well, the story felt forced, and some of the puzzle solutions were unsatisfying. We felt like we spun our wheels needlessly at several points sometimes because we overthought it but sometimes because we didn’t think hard enough. We felt like we were wasting so much time on certain puzzles—but we still got out early! This made us realize that this room is likely 90 minutes not because there’s a lot to do but because it was designed to make you spin your wheels on a few tedious tasks, which isn’t our idea of a fun way to make a 90-min escape room. (Undercooked was fun—that room could be 90 instead of 75!) Also, parts of this room definitely felt like it was designed for exactly 4 people, but other times, 4 felt like a crowd. Overall, the room just felt uneven. We didn’t love the other cat one either at the San Jose location. It’s kinda sad that both of the cat-themed rooms are not the cat’s meow for us—maybe we had higher expectations?

Highly recommend this game.

This was a cute take on a medieval game… the puzzles were clever…

Save the cat kingdom! This room setup is very linear overall and is really best played with a small group. I would say 3 people would probably be best. Definitely intended to be one of their easier rooms, but we struggled with it first thing in the morning.

Such a fun escape room that any cat lover will appreciate! I did this with another friend and we had such a blast. Huge shoutout to our Game Master, Truth!

SHOUTOUT to Truth!!! One of the best GMs ever! I love this room! I'm a dog person, but I like cats and I did this with a friend who is a cat person. 😆 Great set design! Love the vibe, atmosphere, and the puzzles were very challenging! 😫😵‍💫 In one of the rooms, we got stuck on 2 different puzzles ... our GM gave us hints 3 times, but it wasn't clicking in my head until it did. LOL! The other puzzles were challenging, but very much doable on your own. And we also had the help of our GM who just made the entire experience more fun! And also took a lot of photos of us. Thanks again, Truth! You did an awesome job. 🙌🏼🫶🏼

Kingdom of Cat-astrophy is more of a standard escape room compared to some of the more unconventional offerings at Omescape’s Sunnyvale. This is a great room for players with some experience and could easily be accessible to beginners, while still impressing us with its puzzles and lavish design. Loved the story of how King Schrödinger has died and our team of humans have been called to help restore peace to the kingdom. The puns were pure-text and there may be some climbing involved. However, the rest of the set is good for humans! We had a lot of fun with our group of 4, but we did it too early in the morning (10 AM). I would recommend doing this room later on if you’re not a morning person like me!

As if Kingdom of Cats I wasn't enough, here is the sequel. In all honesty, we weren't fans of the first one. But Omescape has a knack for set design which is fun. Puzzles are always a challenge. But the escapeologists never walk away from a game. So this one is successfully in the books.

Room was amazing. The set design and puzzles had me scrambling to get them all done with a big smile on my face. Reall recommend.