Escape Me - if you can...
Become a detective for a day and follow the clues to find your way out of any Escape Room around the world
By Emily Georgieva
Escape Rooms are interesting because they provoke you mentally to find a way out of a place by following hidden clues. They have recently become extremely popular and some of them can be entered and solved in groups if you’re too scared to do it alone. Due to people’s natural curiosity for different crimes and cases, more TV shows, movies and books are being made and written to keep the audience hungry for more. However, escape rooms are particularly interesting because of the easy access, but more so, the realistic engagements people have with the mystery. Here are some of the most intriguing escape rooms around the world which are bound to convince you to enter the maze at least once in your life.
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Visit Shanghai’s Mr. X Escape Room – one of the most challenging places since you need to escape a total of 6 different rooms in under 60 minutes. Located on 550 Jumen Road in China, Shanghai, the team of these escape rooms allows you to choose your mission as well as the level of difficulty of the game. Involving technology when solving of the mystery is a detail of your choosing, so if you ever find yourself in Shanghai, be sure to check this place out.
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Find The Basement - LA’s most complicated escape room. Based in the home of serial killer Edward Tandy’s dead mother, this maze is a true game changer. Edward is a cannibalistic killer, obsessed with captivating his victims and the idea of human flesh. Find out of you are intelligent enough to outsmart him and find your way out of the #1 escape room in the USA.
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Choosing between Artificial Intelligence, Tesla’s Mystery or Boardwalk Empire, Claustrophobia provides quests for all mystery lovers. You can find this escape house on Essex Road in London. Here you will discover the adventure of getting lost in illusions and riddles that only a few manage to find their way out of.
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For the lovers of horror make sure to find yourselves in the famous London Dungeon, located along London’s South Bank. Founded in 1976 by Annabel Geddes, London Dungeon mixes up special effects, riddles and live actors to stimulate the most intense and unique escape experience for you and your friends. Choose from 18 shows and explore 1000 years of London’s history through sets with special effects and worldwide famous horror characters such as Jack the Ripper and Sweeney Todd. Enter at your own risk…
Countries with the most Escape Rooms:
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United States – total of 243
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Canada – total of 92
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United Kingdom – total of 66