Kategorie-Archive: International

Midgaard Event: Downfall

Copenhagen, Feb 2025

Rated between 4.5 and 5 out of 5
Because of a certain movie, I kept expecting Downfall to be a WWII theme, but it’s actually set four decades later at the end of the Cold War: the general in control of a Soviet republic has a plan to start a nuclear war, and you are the spies tasked… (more)

Deepthinker: Ongyi’s Dream

Seoul, Sep 2024

Rated 4.5 out of 5
Deepthinker is currently a single game venue, and although the website gives few clues as to the story, the cute cat artwork looked promising. The briefing had me bracing myself for disappointment though, after our (friendly and helpful) host had fin… (more)

Inmers: Break Through The Soil

Singapore, Aug 2024

Rated between 4 and 4.5 out of 5
My previous experiences of escape rooms in Singapore have tended to be a little underwhelming; although the industry developed here relatively early, it seems to have lost its energy around 2016 and seen few advances since, meaning the games I’ve tri… (more)

Quest House: Alice

Rome, Jul 2024

Rated 4.5 out of 5
After two months playing escape rooms in places where the industry is not so developed, walking into the start of this game was a true pleasure – and I suspect it’ll have a similar effect on all but the most jaded. This Alice in Wonderland adaptation… (more)

Yerevan Quest: Disappearance of Neo

Yerevan, Jul 2024

Rated 2 out of 5
I looked at the name of this game and assumed it was a story inspired by the Matrix… but no, as we discovered on arrival, the premise is actually that there’s a missing child named Neo, and you’re investigating his bedroom to try to solve the mystery… (more)

TTE Rooms: The Golden House

Tbilisi, Jun 2024

Rated 3.5 out of 5
Tbilisi used to have more escape companies, but the pandemic took a toll, and at time of writing I believe there are only two available. TTE Rooms is the closer one to the centre, and has just the one room, the name of which I only discovered after w… (more)