Kategorie-Archive: Lisbon

Safarka: Expedition

Lisbon, Feb 2023

When I visited Lisbon five years earlier, Safarka provided the clear stand-out room of the trip: at the time a new company with a single game, they were innovative in play style and puzzles. So returning to try their latest was a priority.

Expeditio… (more)

Escape2Win: Dream

Lisbon, Feb 2023

Located in Algés out beyond the tourist hotspot of Belem, itself some way from Lisbon centre, Escape2Win is unlikely to be a venue you stumble across accidentally. However, they were one of the earliest pioneers of the remote avatar game format at th… (more)

Illuminati Escape Rossio: O Ritual

Lisbon, Feb 2023

O Ritual is now the oldest escape room available in Lisbon, being close to a decade old, and is located very centrally by the Rossio plaza. The company now also runs a sequel, but require you to have played the first game before trying the second; bo… (more)

Safarka: The Research

Lisbon, Nov 2017

Safarka Escape’s The Research is a curious, surprising game that we booked into on last-minute impulse and that turned out to be something of a find. The backstory involves a request from a friend to break into his rival’s flat to recover a set of st… (more)

Escape Hunt: The Great Lisbon Earthquake

Lisbon, Nov 2017

Escape Hunt are a multinational escape room company, who have branches in cities on various different continents. Long ago I played a game at their now-closed London branch without being very impressed, but had heard rumours their latest games had im… (more)

Lisbon Escape Game: The Spy Room

Lisbon, Nov 2017

Lisbon’s oldest escape game draws for inspiration on the city’s long time reputation as a centre for espionage, with the game’s aim being to sneak into, and then escape from, the apartment of a famous spy. It was built at a time when escape rooms wer… (more)