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The Official SAW Escape is an immersive, multi-room (progressive) escape experience that brings to life twisted games inspired by the blockbuster SAW film franchise. Guests enter the historic Egan & Co. Meat Packing plant for an after hours tour, only to find they are players in an elaborate game devised by the infamous Jigsaw killer and his disciples. By working together to combat their fears, venture far out of their comfort zones, and solve intricate puzzles, guests will have the opportunity to win their freedom as they traverse the twists and turns of an entire factory of Jigsaw’s games – one of the largest escape experiences in the world.
All ratings (387)
Mostly positive
Gameplay
Mixed
Atmosphere
Overwhelmingly positive
Customer service
Very positive
170 escape rooms
Not good at all... Color-based puzzles in lighting so dark that multiple colors look identical (and they won't help you distinguish), no logical puzzle flow even within each "challenge", necessary audio cues were muffled/garbled/unintelligible (and when you scream "can you repeat that"... they just don't...), a lock which didn't work even after putting in the right code many times, a complete time waster of a puzzle toward the end which actually didn't even require you to do what they said you had to do... Maybe some would like the set pieces as an interactive experience, but it's terrible as an escape room. If you just have to do this, go in with 6 or more people so you can spread out...and maybe one of you has superhuman vision and can read in the dark!
Fine. I didn't see the movies, so no reference. Not on the same level as the company's other experiences.
Actor was good, and I do feel bad that he could easily see we were not having a good time. He helped repeat to us what the audio said in the rooms that he was present (he won't be in every room and no help comes via speakers).
138 escape rooms
This place had so much potential and we anticipated the experience to be stellar. Sadly, that was the furthest from the truth. For the amount of money we paid for a private experience for 3 people, I wish I could go back and talk us out of it. The props and decor were spot on and the acting was pretty good too. But it really felt we were being rushed through the room(s) with zero care about the experience. We read someone enjoying it because it felt like it was a haunted house, but that isn’t what we came for. We came for an escape room experience and hardly got that. We don’t mind a spooky factor nor do we mind difficult puzzles but these were much more than that. Some of these were impossible under the conditions and amount of time we were given. Even with a larger group - some of these puzzles were unclear and impossible. There are also some hazards (like a surprise step causing a stumble) which isn’t super smart when fear is an added element. We were really just thoroughly disappointed and urge much more thought in purchasing if you haven’t done so.
No
Expert
💩👖
No
Yes
Somewhat
Yes
95 escape rooms
Such a let down. I was really excited to play this game and the art work and set is truly breathtaking. However the puzzle theory and ‘live actor’ were below standard. The actor was so bad I assumed he was just a staff member in the room meaning to guide you. I won’t name names to be unkind, but he was truly terrible. It was also hampered by being a non-private experience just meant the team work side of the game suffered too.
I think the game was fine, unfortunately it not being a private experience meant that we were in a group we didn’t know so the communication and team work was hard to navigate. The puzzles weren’t great either.
The set was truly extraordinary I only wish the game play matched its standards.
No
It’s exactly what you think it is.
Hard
I’m not sure if it was hard or badly designed? Either way it wasn’t fun.
High tech
5
Spooky
I was expecting real horror and didn’t get any of that.
16
No
Yes
The actor was so bad I assumed he was just an employee in the room until at the end we were asked to tip the actor?! He was so uninterested
Somewhat
Yes
Medium
16 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
160 escape rooms
Trouble navigating how to get in to the business and was met with a very rude front desk employee. We paid the extra $88 per person to have our experience private, but were still rushed through the experience. This was probably in my bottom 5 rooms out of 150+
Somewhat
130 escape rooms
First escape of the year! We had to do this room bc of so much we heard about it. Honestly room size and set were amazing and great! Puzzles were meh. Very finicky for specific ones. Couldn’t read locks. Noise hella loud and can’t hear the instructions. And huge group experience in a linear room was challenging. Overall cool to do at least once but don’t know if I quite recommend it.
67 escape rooms
Good experience, but i would say not the best escape room
Yes
52 escape rooms
It has potential. We were rushed and the “guide” practically gave us the answers. We had the option to get help and we chose no help at all because we love to solve the puzzles and the guide solved some puzzles not really giving us a chance. Atmosphere was good as the props were cool. But the extra unwanted help made us not like this room at all.
2 escape rooms
not a good experience at all. just filled with cheap jumpscares. a lot of the things are run down; you can barely see the numbers in the locks. it’s VERY loud to the point where you can’t even hear the instructions. also not disability-friendly at all - we got overstimulated and asked to leave halfway through. we asked the GM for tips but the noises were so loud they couldn’t hear us. the one thing i enjoyed were the sets; it was very immersive and cool. apart from that, it was just jumpscares for the sake of jumpscares. i was really excited for this experience but would not recommend. spent $100 just to be traumatized.
Yes
101 escape rooms
Not someplace I could love, but did have fun. The last two rooms were a bit lackluster. More so in terms of the puzzle play was not there. Game guide at end admitted that it’s a pain, and a struggle bus. Why not find something to not have a down fall that causes a negative? 🤷🏻♀️ Otherwise the group I was with was fun to watch get scared!
Yes
Hard
That last safe puzzle is a PAINNNN
High tech
6
Spooky
14
No
Yes
Very
Yes
Medium
“It seriously delivered. Stepping inside felt like crossing over into Jigsaw’s depraved world.“