By Eric Sara
Escape Rooms are the three-dimensional versions of video games. You step into a character’s shoes in a specific story-setting; You have to accomplish a mission or task to “win.” The plus point of escape rooms is that they are wholly immersive and because you are physically present with your team, the fun is doubled!
Choosing an escape room, especially in cities where the options are endless, can become exhausting. Here, we have compiled a list of the best escape rooms in four cities; Boston, Denver, Miami, and California. The rooms have been divided into three categories; Challenging, Moderate Difficulty and Easy so that you can choose the rooms that you would be comfortable with.
Best escape rooms in Boston
Challenging
Escape the 90s Video Store (Curious Escape Rooms)
It’s1999,also known as the golden period of video tapes, VHS, and cassettes. The boss at the Video Store has been acting strangely, to say the least. He’s gotten his hands on a secret video tape.
Sneak into the store when the boss is away on his break, find his safe, and retrieve the VHS! Whatever you do, don’t get caught.
Difficulty Level: 5/5
This Boston escape room will give you a rush of nostalgia with its retro theme and props that will make you miss the ye old e days!
Moderate Difficulty
Museum Heist (Breakout Games)
You and your friends are hired to find a rare collection of stolen artworks on the eve of a prestigious gallery opening.
You got to break your way into the thief’s home, follow clues, find the stolen goods, and escape before the clock runs out.
This escape room in Boston is appropriate for all ages and is guaranteed to keep you on your toes at all times!
Difficulty Level: 4/5
Easy
Panacea (Room Escapers Boston)
An old-world plague has been released from the melting permafrost infecting most of humanity, including yourself.
There’s one last hope, the ancient cure called Panacea. But the road to obtain the miracle cure will not be so easy.
You must first master the 7 Principles of Alchemy to prove that you are in it for the right reasons.
Difficulty Level: 3/5
Epic Games in Denver
Challenging
Clue Dunnit (The Clue Room)
You and your team are investigators who are invited to a mysterious mansion. You are tasked with solving the suspicious murder of the manor’s master.
Solve the case and walk away with the hefty rewards. Fail, and you end up in prison.
Difficulty Level: 5/5
Moderate Difficulty
Egyptian Tomb (Escape Works Denver)
A famed archaeologist disappeared in the 1940s while searching through a tomb.
Now, you and your team of expert archaeologists are trapped in the very same tomb.
It is up to you to retrace the missing archaeologist’s footsteps, find out his fate, and escape in less than 60 minutes.
This exciting escape room in Denver will give you a glimpse of the history and the power of the ancient people! Strap in for the journey of a lifetime!
Difficulty Level: 3.5/5
Easy
The Teddy Bear Workshop (Epic Escape Game)
The Teddy Bear Workshop had been trying to create a “live” talking bear. Alas, something went wrong. (seems the bears are alive, but they’re Evil.)
Now the Bad Bears wants to take over and plan to make an Army of Bad Bears.
You as a detective, with your team, need to find & install the good chip that will reverse the process.
Difficulty Level: 2/5
Premier Escape Rooms in Miami
Challenging
Black Ops (South Beach Escape Games)
A deadly chemical weapon is out there in the open. MI-6 operatives recently learned of an abandoned post-war research facility on the outskirts of a distant, war-torn city.
We learnt in an abandoned facility, hidden somewhere is a vial that contains the essential component of the formula. Find the vial before time runs out.
In this thrilling Miami escape room, you can step into the shoes of a special agent and see for yourself the nail-biting missions that riddle an agent’s life!
Difficulty Level: 5/5
Moderate Difficulty
Miami Nightmare (Escape Hunt)
The infamous Miami Slasher is going to be caught. The FBI has their suspect, but they need to collect solid proof.
Unfortunately, the weather bureau just issued a warning that a category five hurricane is about to hit Miami directly.
Difficulty Level: 3.5/5
Easy
The mystery of Sherlock (Adventure Vault)
Sherlock Holmes has disappeared. You can save him, but you are trapped too!
Before you can look for him, you must solve the clues and puzzles in the room you’ve been locked in.
This escape room Miami has linear puzzles that are relatively easy to get through, so younger children or inexperienced players can have a total blast!
Difficulty Level: 2.5/5
Top escape rooms in California
Challenging
Treasure Hunters: Station 13 (Escape Games at the River)
Your team’s objective is to infiltrate the station’s loading bay, break into as many cargo crates as you can, and steal as many priceless artefacts as possible.
You have to accomplish all this before the train leaves for Berlin, so work fast!
This thrilling escape room in California will delight both novice treasure hunters and experienced master puzzlers!
Difficulty Level: 4.5/5
Moderate Difficulty
The Secret of Dragon’s Spire (Escape Games at the River)
You will enter the cursed tower of Dragon’s Spire to steal a mystical artefact that holds the key to the realm’s salvation.
The guards have been drugged, but the effects will last only for an hour!
A medieval theme, a heist, and a dragon! It could not get better in this epic California escape room!
Difficulty Level: 3.5/5
Easy
Space Sector (California State Escape)
You are a group of scientists working at Area 53, a top-secret government lab on the moon.
A live test specimen has broken its containment at the Dark Sector, which is why the entire facility has gone into lockdown, and the self-destruct sequence has been initiated.
You must find a way to get yourself and Area 53’s valuable research back to earth before the self-destruct sequence is complete!
Difficulty Level: 2.5/5
