Escape room blog: Escape game

It's no surprise that the popularity of escape room games in the real brick and mortar world should lead to an even greater interest in the genre...

We've all experienced that occasion in the cinema when we were deeply immersed in the movie, only to have someone open a bag of crisps next to us and by so doing, break our concentration, and by default ruin the whole movie...

Running a busy escape room complex in the heart of Budapest in Hungary, we have a very good idea of what makes the escape room experience great...

There’s nothing to compare to an escape room game for sheer fun and comradery. Going with a group of mates is a sure-fire way to bring you all closer together as well as get those brain cells working...

Even with the relatively recent proliferation of escape room games, it appears that very few go out of their way to cater to kids...

Running a proper escape room games business for over fourteen years, here at ExitTheRoom we've certainly seen businesses come and go within this space...

We’ve come across several customers who were complaining about their escape room game experiences coming from other businesses. Apart from a lack of guidance, which is a biggie in our books, their biggest gripe was that they spent more time looking for clues and puzzles than they did solving them...

These days you can see so many escape room games advertised as scary. But, within that word there lies a huge number of possibilities and, let's be frank, most of them wouldn't scare Tiddles the kitten...

Without a doubt, the best escape room games are those that can ensure we are having an immersive experience whilst playing. To be enthralled in the fantasy world around you. In the same way that a movie requires you to suspend disbelief for a couple of hours, so escape room games are the same...

Remember those halcyon days before social distancing? When we could all crowd into an escape room together and spend our time looking for clues and solving puzzles.