Special Ops: The Fate Of Agent Smith

Mostly positive (116 ratings)

Back In Time Escape Rooms - Manhattan Beach

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A secret organization known as The Enigma Group has called upon Back In Time for help! The lead investigator at The Enigma Group, Agent Smith, went missing back in 2010. He was investigating a series of crimes apparently perpetrated by an individual who calls himself "The Proctor". This person has been known to test individuals in strange and often deadly ways. After over a decade, the search for Agent Smith has gone cold. Desperate for help, The Enigma Group has reached out to Back In Time to send a team back to Agent Smith's office to see if they can determine the fate of Agent Smith and shed some light on this case. You and your team must try to gather any information that may help in putting the case of Agent Smith to rest...one way or another. But be warned! The Proctor is sure to try and test your team's skills... and failure could be fatal! Do you have what it takes to match wits with a master criminal and determine the fate or Agent Smith? Sign up for this mission and find out!

4-8
60 mins
Medium
Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (116)

Mostly positive

Gameplay: Very positive

Atmosphere: Very positive

Customer service: Very positive

Reviews

UndercoverBlobfish

109 escape rooms

This was a fun room that splits your party into two separate rooms. What I really liked, though, is that you can always see the video of your friends in the other room and you can always talk to them. So that made it still feel like you’re playing together. Overall, I liked the puzzles and thought it was a fun room! I’d rate it Easy - Medium for experienced players. Would recommend though. I really am not sure why this room requires 4 people. I think this would have been a great 2-person room! I wish they would have offered that option.

Gameplay

Fun to split the group and interact with the other room.

Atmosphere

Nothing special, you’re just in a very small room the whole time.

Customer service

Our GM, Ashley, was great!

Particularly interesting or different

A little unique in that it splits the group.

Story

Nothing special.

Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Lots of combo locks.

Ideal number of players

They say it requires 4 people, but I’m not sure why. You could totally do this room with 2 people, and in fact I think it would be really fun that way! Any more than 4 people would have felt too crowded too.

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

No physicality required for this room. I think it’s very accessible.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Oct 18, 2025 | Experienced Oct 18, 2025

luckstarr

28 escape rooms

Two of us completed the room with plenty of time to spare. The storyline was great and each clue led us to the next. Would definitely recommend for a small group.

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Story

Mar 30, 2025 | Experienced Mar 30, 2025

smane25

20 escape rooms

It was a fun room, not as elaborate as their other ones but we did get stumped a couple of times so it really made us think.

Feb 15, 2025 | Experienced Feb 14, 2025

RyanYuzuki

344 escape rooms

I think this is Back in Time's weakest game. Not to say it's bad, but there are better games at this location.

Dec 29, 2023 | Experienced Oct 8, 2022

LuciluCD

14 escape rooms

Simple but enjoyable. Not as elaborate as other rooms

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Story

Difficulty

Medium

Ideal number of players

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Sep 25, 2023 | Experienced Jan 14, 2023

leahlamarr

384 escape rooms

One of the better special agent games we’ve played. The set is basic, but puzzles are great!

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Aug 13, 2023 | Experienced Aug 13, 2023

jennacbear

36 escape rooms

I really loved this game and story! It’s more on the difficult side but SO fun. Would highly recommend this game and all the others!

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Story

Jan 20, 2023

spelledjustlikeescape

16 escape rooms

This was the 6th escape room my girlfriend and I did. Out of the 6 this was out 4th one solo and it was definitely more difficult than the others we faced. We spent the first 10 minutes of the room just trying to figure out where to start. We had to use more hints than we normally needed to. And even when we did get hints you have to pay close attention to how the hints are worded.

Gameplay

Gameplay was fun but difficult

Atmosphere

Some of the props were wild but good overall

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Story

Difficulty

Hard

I’ve done 5 escape rooms before and this was definitely more difficult than the others

Game tech

Mechanical

Mostly locks. But getting the solutions to the locks involved a bit of high tech elements.

Ideal number of players

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

No mobility restrictions at all. Some puzzles involve small print which can be difficult for some players to see

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Limited

Jan 5, 2023 | Experienced Jan 1, 2023

VBanuelos18

59 escape rooms

The hardest room I have encountered! Even though the game master said it was easy. Let’s just say my head hurt after escaping and the time will tell you how close we almost didn’t make it. Still a cool and fun room!