A Strange ThingA Strange Thing
1/2

A Strange Thing

Very positive (528 ratings)

  • Escape room
  • IRL

Mark as done to rate

You have entered a small Midwestern town in 1984. Strange things have been happening here. With the help of a mysterious girl, you'll need to test your paranormal powers to stop evil from entering a portal and destroying our world.

  • 2-10
  • 60 mins
  • Medium
  • Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (528)

Very positive

Gameplay
Overwhelmingly positive
Atmosphere
Overwhelmingly positive
Customer service
Overwhelmingly positive

Reviews

@deniecee
deniecee

230 escape rooms

As a big fan of the show, Stranger Things, I appreciated the Easter eggs and the set design itself. The game flowed in a linear fashion. There was one puzzle that felt too much of a stretch for me but the other puzzles made sense. Out of all the rooms at Cinema Escapes, I felt the least impressed with the creativity of the puzzles here. I would skip this one if you were considering the other rooms in this location.

  • store/u/cdb279b2-8d52-4d27-8845-a218b8b7533f_75.jpg
Jul 7, 2025 | Experienced Jul 6, 2025
@VBanuelos18
VBanuelos18

59 escape rooms

Super fun room whether you are a stranger things fan or not! The room was a bit suspenseful but nothing crazy. My team of 4 killed it with fun clues that took you back to the 90’s! You have to check out this room!

Jan 20, 2025
@ella4ever
ella4ever

88 escape rooms

This was a fun escape room! I absolutely love the show, so I was impressed with the set design and understood all of the references to Stranger Things! I completed this escape room with 3 others (a group of 4,) and I felt like it was a great amount! It is definitely doable with 2 people, but 4 people was perfect in order to work together, as well as separately on certain puzzles. If you love Stranger Things, you will enjoy the concept of this room because there are small easter eggs, a-ha! moments, and you just being in awe of the set design.

  • store/u/8e2acbdb-3597-4676-a3ae-186e8d09723a_133.jpg
Gameplay

The gameplay flowed pretty well. The only challenges of the room was knowing where to start and where to continue when we got stuck. We had to ask for a few clarifying hints, and our game master was helpful with that.

Atmosphere

I loved the atmosphere! It was true to Stranger Things, and the special effects, set design, and props made you feel like you were immersed in the fictional town of Hawkins.

Customer service

The Hint System in this game was simple, yet easy to follow. Whenever we needed assistance, our Game Master would nudge us in the right direction and was very attentive to our needs in solving the puzzles.

Scary

Not scary

Nov 30, 2024 | Experienced Nov 23, 2024

B

BuzzFun4me

21 escape rooms

This place was really expensive for me total lack of production quality. Maybe it was supposed to be that way since it was trying to copy a show but it didn't come off that way at all. It just came off as cheap and no originality. To me they did a good job of copying other escape room business puzzles but didn't put a lot of effort into creating a game worth the price. We visited because of the reviews but shouldn't have.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Parking

Medium

Oct 13, 2024 | Experienced Aug 16, 2024
@SlyRy
SlyRy

137 escape rooms

Some cool looking references to the show. It’s not very extensive but has a lot of 80s decor and items that brought about some nostalgia. Would say this is a difficult room but we did overlook a couple simple things which we had to ask for a nudge or 2. Our GM was very nice and welcoming. Just kind of felt as we completed the room, it was kind of an abrupt finish as the GM came in while some of the effects of the room were still in motion. Didn’t really get a moment to take it in and feel the completion of the room. But other than that, it was a fun one.

  • store/u/e7e25b88-304e-4223-881b-2db6a5827b4e_75.jpg
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Story
Difficulty

Easy

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Jun 1, 2024

R

RicksMom

8 escape rooms

Amazing game masters!

Gameplay
Atmosphere

Great props!

Customer service
Story
Feb 11, 2024

e

emehry

14 escape rooms

it was really immersive, a little dark and spooky but nothing too crazy. great for beginners.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Easy to find location

Yes

Jan 25, 2024

Showing results 1-10 of 51

Editorial

Loading...