Game On: 6 Best Escape Rooms From Around the World

Escape rooms are a great way to test your mental fortitude, build a better team, or just spend an afternoon with your friends. Since the first room opened in Japan in 2007, this unique activity has taken the world by storm. And just like everything else, there are good ones and then there are GOOD ones.

Here is a list of the six best escape rooms from around the world to add to your bucket list.

1. Breakout Games- Virginia Beach

Not only is Virginia Beach a great place to vacation, but it is also home to a fantastically complicated and fun escape room for you to try your hand at. One of the best features this location has to offer is that it has several different rooms for visitors to chose from, so there is a theme for everyone. So, whether it a runaway train or a jewel heist, you will have plenty of options to test your mental fortitude.

2. Sherlocked- Amsterdam

With two rooms located in the basement of a century-old building, this award-winning room offers two different adventures for people to chose from. One is your pretty standard 60-minute limit puzzle. The other, however, is a 90-minute thrillfest called the Vault, where participants pretend to be thieves and is focused far more on the adventure than on the puzzle.

It regularly tops the best-of lists for escape room enthusiasts.

3. The Escape Game- Multiple Locations US

This franchise with five locations across the US is known for several things, but most notably is their use of high-tech props to enhance the experience. Participants are locked in a room and have 60-minutes to figure the room out. Each room is variously difficult and comes with a panic button if the need arises.

4. Trapology- Boston

This is easily one of the best escape rooms in the US, if not the world. It also ranks as one of the hardest, with none of the rooms having above a 30% success rate. There are 6 rooms to choose from, including a Boston themed “Drunk Tank”; so players should have no difficulty picking a room but plenty of problems solving it.

5. Escape Hunt – Various Locations World Wide

With establishments on every continent, excluding Antarctica, players can choose from either locally-themed rooms or other rooms available at the various locations all over the world. What makes this franchise exceptional is that they boast over 25 million hours of play between their over 40 locations worldwide. Clearly they are doing something right.

6. 13th Gate Escape- Baton Rouge

Not for the faint of heart, these rooms are rated based on how scary they are. With 8 different rooms to choose from, players can pick from themes revolving around pirate’s treasure or trying to escape a serial killer’s lair. Just make sure your heart can take it before you sign up.

Searching Out the Best Escape Rooms

While this is a great list to get you started with the best escape rooms in the world, there are plenty more to try. So, as you travel around the world, don’t forget to Google escape rooms in the area you are going to be. Good luck.

For more fun and exciting ideas for things to do when you are traveling, check out our guides on interesting facts about locations all over the world.