So, you voluntarily lock yourself in a room with family or friends, and then spend up to an hour trying to escape? Yes. And it’s likely one of the most fun things you’ll do with these people. Escape rooms have exploded in popularity in recent years, as people have fun solving clues in a themed room full of trinkets and props. All while trying to beat the clock. Find the key within the time limit, and you’ll win the prize of knowing you did it and had fun.
Of course, Los Angeles has to have some of the most unique escape rooms, from a prison cell to a cannibal’s basement. Here’s a look at 10 of the best escape rooms in Los Angeles.
10 Best Escape Rooms in Los Angeles
Brain Games Escape Room
Dr. Crowl is a mad scientist so you know his own is full of crazy things, such as beakers, petri dishes with crazy bacteria. You’ll also find a 3D printer and a vat of slime. But, wait! As you look for clues to escape The Laboratory, you stumble upon a bomb with a clock set for 60 minutes. And time is ticking down.
Will you find the key to stopping the bomb and escaping the room in time? Designed to be played by all ages (with adult supervision for children), The Laboratory is a great escape room opportunity for groups of 2-10 people.
60Out Escape Rooms Downtown
With multiple locations around Los Angeles, you’re sure to find the right 60Out Escape Rooms spot for your group. But, if you’re looking for a fun downtown experience, 60Out Escape Rooms Downtown features themed, including Galaxy Quest Volume 2 and Tiki Time.
Designed for players 18 and older, Galaxy Quest Volume 2 takes players on a journey through outer space, where your team seeks to stop evil aliens from destroying a planet. With a name like Tiki Time, you’ll solve puzzles over a beach-sounding drink, right? Wrong! Instead of trying to escape the room, you’ll solve clues to stay in the room in order to avoid the wrath of the Tiki gods.
Quest Room
With 10 themed escape rooms designed for 2-6 players, including its newest – Project Minotaur, Quest Room offers a variety of fun rooms to try your best clue solving skills. Project Minotaur is more than an escape room, it’s designed as immersive theater, where people (16+ only) may have liquids poured on them, mocked by actors, and even get scratched or bruised as you make your way through 1,600 square feet of enclosed rooms, strobe lights, and other obstacles.
Designed for 2-6 players, Project Minotaur is likely the scariest escape room you’ll encounter. On the “lighter” side, Amnesia takes you through a quirky professor’s home in solving the question of what happened to the professor, as well as how to escape the situation. Described as a comedic escape room, Amnesia offers your group a fun, light-hearted experience.
MagIQ Room
Rather than solve clues to escape your room, MagIQ Room seeks to have participants solve mysteries. With three themed rooms – Secrets of Wizardry, Pirate’s Den, and Curse of the Mummy – players of all ages (children with adult supervision) search through the props for answers to the clues in solving their case. All within the time limit.
The Escape Revolution
Take your typical escape room and blow it up. That’s the attitude at The Escape Revolution, where, for starters, your team gets 80 minutes to enjoy your themed experience. With larger rooms than the norm, The Escape Revolution seeks to make your escape room experience a truly fun time, with more interactive options. With two themed rooms (more to come), Wrongly Convicted takes you inside a prison where, while you know you’re innocent, you’ve been sentenced to life without parole. You need to escape in order to clear your name. Will you make it?
Escobar takes you inside a drug cartel, with the DEA closing in, as well as cartel leaders taking out members as they hunt for missing money. Your survival depends on escaping the area. Will your team make it out in time? The Escape Revolution’s games are geared for 2-6 players 18 and older.
Escape Room LA
Escape Room LA challenges your clue-solving skills with indoor and outdoor games, as well as online opportunities. Indoor games include Atlantis, where a secret passageway takes you to the hidden undersea world, where you have 60 minutes to solve the clues to escape before your air supply dwindles. The Pyramid takes you inside a Mayan tomb, where you’ll search for a jade mask, its hidden treasure.
Outdoor challenges are similar to scavenger hunts where you’ll have 90 minutes to solve clues over a defined area. Online experiences are adapted from indoor games, so your party can enjoy them from the comfort of home.
Hatch Escapes
Named as one of the top escape rooms in the world, Hatch Escape’s Lab Rat turns the tables and makes humans the subject of laboratory tests by giant rats. In order to avoid being run through a lab chipper (think Fargo, only in a lab), your team must successfully navigate the “science” experiments.
The second room – The Ladder – features two routes on each rung. Choose the right route, and you’ll survive the climb. Pick the wrong one, and you’ll be challenged to complete the clues within the time limit.
Escape Hotel Hollywood
Forget Hotel California, your immediate focus is on solving the clues for a fun and successful experience at Escape Hotel Hollywood, a 1930s hotel. With names such as Resurrection, Cursed Crypt, and Haunted Fair, you know you’re not about to have a typical hotel stay.
Each of its seven rooms has a theme that challenges players to solve the clues in time. Cursed Crypt is considered one of the most-challenging, taking players through an ancient pyramid searching for the tomb of pharaohs, which protects the Pyramid of Ancient Wisdom.
Stash House
So, a business associate invites you over to discuss new opportunities. Once you arrive, you realize you’re at Stash House and you’re asked to help find all the “drugs” hidden in the themed room before the police arrive or face the consequences. While the theme may be adult-focused, children under 18 must have adult permission and groups must have adult supervision to participate.
The Basement
While the name implies it takes place in a cellar, The Basement consists of five themed rooms. Check out The Basement themed room for a bone-chilling experience, as you and up to seven of your friends evaluate clues to escape. You are captured by a cannibal who enjoys playing a sadistic game in which if you successfully complete his maze of clues, you get to go home. If you fail, he may open a bottle of his best Chianti to enjoy with dinner.
Whether you’re in the mood for a light-hearted escape room experience or one that challenges all of your senses, you’ll find the perfect one at any of the best escape rooms in Los Angeles.
Happy Field Tripping!
Jilleen