Category Archives: Lisbon

Safarka: Expedition

Lisbon, Feb 2023

Rated 3.5 out of 5
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

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5
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)

Safarka: The Research

Lisbon, Nov 2017

Rated 4 out of 5
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

Rated between 2.5 and 3 out of 5
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)