We are escape room enthusiasts who have done 400+ rooms and recently returned from our Montreal escape room marathon where we set a personal record of 20 rooms in 3 days. We were very pleased about the quality of rooms in Montreal and call it a true North American Escape Room Destination. Every North American enthusiast who travels for escape rooms should play some of the games in Montreal at some point in their escape room career. Unlike some other North American escape room destinations, the logistics of organizing a dense Montreal trip are comparatively fairly feasible – all of the rooms of ..read more

As travelling escape room enthusiasts – part of our travel planning involves figuring out new locations around the world to travel to for a trip focused around escape rooms. The article will only cover escape rooms that are available to an English-language speaker, there are many more escape rooms in other languages and countries that we are sure are excellent but are inaccessible to those who only play in English. Common wisdom in the English-language speaking Escape Room community is that the three best European escape room markets for density of quality rooms (in no particular order) are Ba ..read more

Looking for a Seattle escape room? We’ve played 24 in Seattle and 375+ worldwide and update this list whenever we’re back in the area. All of these companies had to close for an extended hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but thankfully most of those that had closed have now re-opened. As an added bonus, most companies have switched from a public-game model to a private-game model, where no strangers will be added to your game. As always, if you book any of these rooms after hearing about it from us, let your host know that “EscapeRoomTips.com” sent you! Shout out to Room Escape Artist who p ..read more

This post is meant for either people who want to play a particular escape room but need more people in order to 1) reach the hard minimum for that game or 2) make booking the room much more economical. This especially applies to travelling escape room enthusiasts who are looking for a team outside of their normal region. You can always try converting friends, coworkers, and acquaintances into escape room friends first. But in the event that that doesn’t work, try posting in an local escape room enthusiast community! These local communities typically form on Facebook and Mee ..read more

These are the most common and flexible escape room puzzle ideas that we’ve seen in our experience doing 350+ escape rooms across the United States and Europe. These ideas are not specific to any particular theme or company, and can be adapted to work well in most rooms. On one end of the spectrum, these puzzle ideas can be perfect for an escape room on a tight budget. On the other end of the spectrum, some of the best escape rooms in North America use these ideas with stellar execution. This list is broken up into two sections: Section 1: Extracting Numbers Section 2: Extracting Phrases Secti ..read more

We’ve compiled our top 29 escape room tips and tricks that we’ve used to achieve greater than 90% escape rate on the almost 350 rooms that we’ve played. We’ve updated our guide (first written in 2016) in 2022 in order to reflect our latest advice, especially as escape rooms have changed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tips are broken up into 10 categories: assemble your team, communicate, spread out your efforts, keep things organized, search thoroughly, work with your host, solve puzzles efficiently, don’t break things, save time and money, and closing tips. Last Updated on February ..read more

We’ve played 340+ escape rooms total and 35+ available in the NYC area. We make these “best” lists every time we play new games in a city, and are more than happy to provide our opinion on the best escape rooms in New York City. Here’s our top-recommended escape rooms in New York City: 2021 Update – This list is still under active development. The New York City escape room scene has changed dramatically in both 2019 and 2020, and we are updating this list to reflect available offerings. Playground – The Escape Game Clock Tower – Escape the Room Gold Rush – The Escape Game Escape Operation: En ..read more

We played the clever Benry Island Museum Heist by MoniRae & Stewie36. This is a fully automated virtual “escape room” playable for free anytime within the “Dream World” feature of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Send MoniRae a Facebook message for the dream address + starting instructions, and (optionally) let her know that EscapeRoomTips.com sent you! Quick Facts Game Name / Creator: Benry Island Museum Heist by MoniRae & Stewie36 Theme: Museum Heist Whodunnit Dream Address: Send MoniRae a Facebook message for the dream address + starting instructions, and (optionally) let her k ..read more

We played the clever Benry Island Museum Heist by MoniRae & Stewie36. This is a fully automated virtual “escape room” playable for free anytime within the “Dream World” feature of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Use Dream Address DA-8468-1900-1060 to access. Quick Facts Game Name / Creator: Benry Island Museum Heist by MoniRae & Stewie36 Theme: Museum Heist Whodunnit Dream Address: DA-8468-1900-1060 Prerequisites: You’ll need a Nintendo Switch, a copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and a subscription to Nintendo Online. Have your smartphone handy as well, as you will need it t ..read more

This Animal Crossing Murder Mystery by Okapikid is a cute and inventive dream island game that gives each villager personality and depth. It’s accessible with Dream Code DA-1127-2770-3920. Start by viewing the town announcements board. This is not a “puzzly” game or an “escape room” at all. Instead, it’s accessible to all Animal Crossing: New Horizons fans regardless of puzzle experience. The escape room world has changed rapidly in 2020 and this is part of a new “virtual escape room” category. This game is played fully online within Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch. Quick Fact ..read more