The Escaporium Liverpool: Wee W.I.L.L.I.E. WinKey

I was sorry to see Cluefinders closing down, but it's great Escaporium has opened in its place. This room appears to have already gone to the top spot for games in Liverpool on this website? That doesn't say much for the escape room scene in this area. 

There were some things we'd seen before, but it was clever and fun, and we had a great time. 

Overall It's a good room, slightly smaller in scale than I was expecting 

, considering how much room they have available. 

But hopefully we'll see much more from this company. 

Wow this game was worth the wait! Played as team of 2 and were pushed well into the last minute to make our escape. Requires good communication between the team & good observational skills. Couple of unique puzzles we hadn’t seen before which were challenging. This room is not to be missed, the attention to detail and workmanship to create the room is outstanding. This room is definitely in our top 5! 

We had been waiting, excitingly for the opening of this room. 

This room was great fun! A great mix of tech and padlocks and some very original puzzles. 

Lots of puzzles to keep a small or larger team busy. 

Some funny moments, especially the point when you realise the reason  of the name of this room. 

It was great to have a good chat with the owners, who are true escape room enthusiasts and listen to their plans for future rooms. I have no doubt this will be a must visit escape room destination. 

Can’t wait for the opening of their next room in the very near future. 

Well it looks like North of England has a new best escape room!

Based in the old Cluefinders site in Liverpool the inside of the building has undergone a complete transformation and is totally unrecognisable now. 

We were greeted by our hosts the amazing Amy and Angela and taken inside the waiting room. After a nice long chat about all things escape room Amy delivered the (hilarious) brief and we were away!

Any concerns about the old rooms from the former owners just being tarted up were gone instantly. The space has been completely remodelled and decorated to the highest standard. 

The game was packed full of very clever puzzles, I’d say half of which we hadn’t seen before in over 100 rooms completed. 

There was just the right mix of technology and padlocks, nothing felt like it was there just to keep you in there longer. Every puzzle was smart, well thought out, moved the story forward and gave a real sense of satisfaction when it was completed.

No spoilers from me but you will leave the room with a big smile on your face. 

We did it as a two and had three clues, all down to us not paying enough attention. We could have split up and got through the room quicker as it wasn’t totally linear, but we stuck together and solved everything as a pair taking us almost the full hour. 

If you’re an enthusiast do this in a smaller group so you get to do everything and make the most of the time. If you’re going with inexperienced or younger players I’d say go for a bigger group and you should get out no problem. 

Liverpool has long been overdue a new escape room and this knocks the local chains out of the water. I know there are more rooms coming from The Escaporium and I’ll be first in line to play them.