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1 week ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Sarah Mendez |Sarah Méndez |David Spira |Peih-Gee Law |Matthew Stein
Hieroglyphics for the Next GenerationLocation: at homeDate Played: March 1, 2025Team size: 1-5; we recommend 1-2 kids plus an adultDuration: 60 minutesPrice: £22For a young audience, The Egyptian Enigma gets the right things right. Its combination of quality materials, lovely illustrations, and digital characters arguing about the fate of the world captured my 9-year-old’s attention, gripping her with purpose and motivation.
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1 month ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Lisa Spira |Peih-Gee Law |Andrew Reynolds |Matthew Stein
Deliver us from EvilLocation: Bridgeport, ConnecticutDate Played: December 7, 2024Team size: up to 12; we recommend 3-4Duration: 60 minutesPrice: $30 per playerTicketing: PrivateAccessibility Consideration: While the lobby is wheelchair accessible, the game is up a few stairs. Emergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints With Invasion, Mind Factory Escape Games has established itself in the Connecticut escape room market.
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1 month ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Peih-Gee Law |Andrew Reynolds |Matthew Stein |Sarah Mendez |Sarah Méndez
Only one trip to the salad bar? Lettuce really make it count. David’s wife Lisa Spira, co-founder of Room Escape Artist, joins us again for a trip to the salad bars of Pizza Hut China. Pizza Hut has developed many innovative market strategies, including stuffed crust pizza and PizzaNet, but when opening locations in China, their innovation may have backfired.
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1 month ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Andrew Reynolds |Matthew Stein |Sarah Mendez |Sarah Méndez |Lisa Spira
Trapperkeeper Location: Fairfield, NJ Date Played: December 31, 2024 Team Size: 2-12; we recommend 3-4 Duration: 60 minutes Price: $40 per player up to 4 players; $35 per player for 5 players or more Ticketing: Private Accessibility Consideration: At least one player will need to crawl Emergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints As a lifelong resident of New Jersey, a nearby escape room company opening up a room based around a legendary local road put...
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1 month ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Matthew Stein |Sarah Mendez |Sarah Méndez |Lisa Spira |David Spira
Cat Cafe: The Escape Room 😺Location: Paris, FranceDate Played: February 17, 2025Team Size: 2-6; we recommend 3-4Duration: 60 minutesPrice: €74 for a team of 2 to €138 for a team of 6Ticketing: PrivateAccessibility Consideration: All players must be comfortable being around catsEmergency Exit Rating: [A+] No LockPhysical Restraints: [A+] No Physical RestraintsPlanet of the Cats: Part 2 was an escape room about cats, with cats. Yes, you heard that right.
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2 months ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Matthew Stein |Peih-Gee Law |Richard Burns
Astral ProjectionsLocation: Pittsburgh, PADate Played: December 7, 2024Team Size: 4-10; we recommend 3-4Duration: 60 minutesPrice: $195 for up to 4 players, $40 for each additional playerTicketing: PrivateAccessibility Consideration: Player must take a short step upEmergency Exit Rating: [A+] No LockPhysical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints“With a trailblazing approach to full-room projection mapping, The Mind’s Eye was an enjoyably novel take on an escape room.
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2 months ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Peih-Gee Law |Matthew Stein
Blank? Blankety blank! No, we’re not censored. Rather, we’re filling in the blanks to solve the mystery sleuthing game The Rise of the Golden Idol. This game plays a little bit like a graphic novel, where you’re given images of fictional crime scenes and you need to figure out the order of events. What sets this game apart is the unique mechanics and fun storytelling elements.
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2 months ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | David Spira |Matthew Stein |Peih-Gee Law
A bazar gameLocation: St. Charles, ILDate Played: October 24, 2024Team size: 2-10; we recommend 4-5Duration: 60 minutesPrice: $33 per playerTicketing: Private Accessibility Consideration: at least once player needs to climb a few stairs and crawl into a narrow space; there are also strobe lightsEmergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints The Last Wish was iPanic Escape Room’s latest game, and it’s a standout for them.
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2 months ago | 
roomescapeartist.com | Matthew Stein |David Spira |Peih-Gee Law |REA Hivemind
The future of crosswordsLocation: at homeDate Played: December 13, 2024Team size: we recommend 1-2Duration: variable based on player experience levels; approximately 4-8 hours of puzzlingPrice: $24.99 for a pack of 2 identical booksIn October 2023, the puzzle world was abuzz with excitement around the launch of a new website called Puzzmo.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
roomescapeartist.com | Lisa Spira |Peih-Gee Law |Matthew Stein
Not a ReplicaLocation: Fremont, CaliforniaDate Played: October 4, 2024Team size: 2-6; we recommend 3-4Duration: 105 minutesPrice: from $70 per player for teams of 6 to $115.50 per person for teams of 2Ticketing: Private Accessibility Consideration: None, as far as we could tellEmergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints We first played Occam’s Apartment in 2017 at Evil Genius Escape Rooms in Los Angeles, California.
