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Kate's Motel

Very positive (91 ratings)

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Recently, a series of unusual events has been occurring over at Kate's Motel. You and your group of detectives have been tasked to unravel the mystery before others disappear. You must be quick about it because Kate, or one of her sinister personalities, will be back soon. If she catches you, you'll suffer the same gruesome fate as the rest of Kate's recent guests! ​ You have 90 minutes to solve the mystery of Kate's Motel...or you won’t be checking out in your lifetime!

  • 3-8
  • 90 mins
  • Spooky

Ratings

All ratings (91)

Very positive

Gameplay
Mostly positive
Atmosphere
Mostly positive
Customer service
Very positive

Reviews

@TheGreatZambrano
TheGreatZambrano

158 escape rooms

This room has a lot going on, and while it claims to be linear, there were many times where my team and I weren’t sure what went where. Many things you had to use trial and error and hope that something clicked to progress forward.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Hard

We did this with three people, there were many puzzles and “time waster” puzzles and tasks that seem to be purely there to take up time.

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Spooky

Was anything broken?

Yes

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Aug 3, 2025 | Experienced Aug 3, 2025
@GarlicBread42
GarlicBread42

147 escape rooms

A puzzle dense game just for the sake of being a puzzle dense game. As a horror game it doesn’t feel like much interesting stuff happened, though we only got about 2/3s of the way through so I can’t speak on what that last third is like. Limiting hints is just something I don’t really like as escape games have become more about the experience than the difficulty of them (at least that’s how I’ve seen the industry shift), but I guess it makes sense for this game as this game feels more like a challenge game than an immersive experience. If you’re into that then you’ll like this game.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Particularly interesting or different

No

Difficulty

Expert

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Spooky

Minimum age

14

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Parking

Medium

Jul 5, 2025 | Experienced Jun 24, 2025

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Akb1

62 escape rooms

While this room boasts itself as the "hardest escape room in Arizona" with the lowest escape rate, it is mostly due to the excessive dilution of the puzzles. There are many puzzles which when solved provide a singular part to another puzzle that requires a few others to find. The flow isn't great and you'll need many members to be constantly solving the multitude of puzzles they've got. Some were interesting but overall this room unfortunately falls flat in entertainment due to their desire for complexity.

Gameplay

While some puzzles were interesting, most were monotonous

Atmosphere
Customer service
Ideal number of players

8

Apr 15, 2025
@dan26lsu
dan26lsu

10 escape rooms

This was a fun game and we needed all 5 clues just to escape with 58 seconds remaining. Very fun rooms and clues flowed well (even though we needed help). Would absolutely recommend it to other to try - I’d recommend at least 5 people to help with all the clues and puzzles

Gameplay
Feb 17, 2025 | Experienced Feb 15, 2025
@constantinosisaias
constantinosisaias

140 escape rooms

It needs to be at least 2 hours. The puzzles were overwhelming. Over 40 puzzles. You have up to 20 puzzles in the first room. I wish you can move to the second room faster to be able to understand better your time and what else you have to do. I liked that there were a lot of puzzles but I definitely thought that they were miscalculated players time. The room with so many puzzles to just give only 5 hints I feel it's just a ripped-off. Imagine only 7% escaped. It's very low for an escape room.

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Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Too many puzzles in a short time

Game tech

Mechanical

Too Mechanical with more than 20 lockers

Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Spooky

Was anything broken?

Yes

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Mar 17, 2024 | Experienced Mar 17, 2024
@vaxis2113
vaxis2113

270 escape rooms

Holy hell, there are so many puzzles and locks and possibilities! This room has cool set pieces at times, and the amount of content plus the ambiguity of puzzles provides the difficulty. With so many input options, it can be hard to know what goes where, and early on, puzzles can feel less intuitive. The first part of the game is smaller, more difficult, and overstays its welcome. The second part offers more diversity in props, puzzles, and the environment. This is a room for experienced players or people looking for a challenge. Lots of connections must be made to succeed.

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Gameplay

A puzzle gauntlet! Occasionally ambiguous or underclued, but the puzzles are still satisfying to solve and provide a lot of work for the team. The final puzzle of the game requires a little tedious work, but the adrenaline will get you through!

Atmosphere

It looks like a creepy motel! A mid-game gate is a supremely satisfying transition.

Customer service

The GM was great, and they even paused the game and provided additional support when puzzles were maybe broken or if a piece was suspected to be missing.

Story

The development of the disappearances at Kate's Motel had an expected but satisfying payoff. The ending was anticlimactic (our GM even warned us of this prior to starting), but the path to get there was a gratifying struggle.

Difficulty

Expert

You will have to use a lot of abstraction and observational skills to make the necessary connections on some puzzles. There is an obscene amount of content and enough ambiguity that hints will be needed.

Game tech

Mechanical

Even though traditional locks abound, there are some cool pieces of tech embedded throughout.

Ideal number of players

4

4 pros or 6 newer players. You need good communication!

Scary

Spooky

There are elements scattered throughout that may irk squeamish players, and there are a couple small jump scares that are easy to predict (but they provide more entertainment than thrills).

Minimum age

13

Was anything broken?

Yes

Some puzzles didn't seem to respond to the proper input, and others relied on extensive organization. Our GM deftly and graciously handled these issues to avoid an unnecessary defeat.

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

There is one puzzle that is slightly challenging to complete and may actively fall apart on you. With all the content, you may be running around at the end.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Dec 31, 2023
@rexintheattic
rexintheattic

55 escape rooms

Interesting puzzles but would benefit from having more people/brainpower in the room (4-6 seems to be recommended). Puzzles seemed linear but that might just have been because we were confused and therefore moving one at a time. That being said, there were some cool aspects I have never seen in an escape room before. Overall good puzzles and definitely a challenge! (#3 hardest in the state)

Jun 9, 2023 | Experienced Jun 10, 2023
@zach10003
zach10003

77 escape rooms

Fun room that’s pretty complicated. A few of the puzzles were broken, which really hindered us. We weren’t able to complete the room by the time limit, due to one of the puzzles not working. A little disappointing.

Feb 20, 2023
@chels9226
chels9226

16 escape rooms

The game is really well thought out with a lot of fun unique puzzles! I had a great team with me and with only a 19% success rate we did really well! Keep in mind this room is the 3rd hardest in the state of Arizona.

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Dec 4, 2022 | Experienced Oct 4, 2022
@itsmejujube3
itsmejujube3

129 escape rooms

I think at a certain point towards the end of the game they severely mess with you to waste more time so you fail this giving their room a low success rating purposely. Also making you run out the door to the office to stop your time *eyeroll*

May 11, 2022

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Editorial

  • The gameplay flowed well...connections fell into place and the game moved swiftly.

    Room Escape Artist
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