This room, crowned as 10 Escapes’ No. 1 horror escape of the year, had been haunting my wishlist for quite some time. The only catch? It’s completely in Spanish. Since Santiago, the sole Spanish speaker in our team, was joining later, we almost had to skip it – until we […]
Puñalada by Friki Escape Room in Madrid is a nostalgic yet modern tribute to the slasher genre, inspired by the iconic Scream films of Kevin Williamson. We played the Survivor mode with four players and escaped in 94 out of 100 minutes, and were more or less the last official […]
Mad Mansion is one of Spain’s most established escape room creators, with over ten years of experience and a reputation for high-quality, story-driven games. Their projects regularly appear among the country’s top-ranked experiences, making each new release highly anticipated. With this pedigree in mind, we had high expectations for their […]
The word “quintessence” originally means “fifth essence” or “fifth element” (from Latin quinta essentia) – a perfect fitting name for this game. Ever since La Quintessence was nominated for the 2024 Spanish Escape Room Awards in the category of Best International Room, it had been at the very top of […]
We recently visited The Missing Link in Geel for the third time. After playing Jumanji (2020) and Till Death Do Us Part (2022), this time it was Henry’s Birthday on the agenda. Like its predecessors, this game clearly belongs among Belgium’s very best escape rooms (currently ranked 11th, 13th, and […]
Midnite is the third and newest escape room from OuterGround, currently rated 9.9 on escapetalk.nl (as of September 2025) – placing it second among the top rooms in the Netherlands. Following The Execution and Jason’s Legacy, it marks another step forward for this company. It’s impressive how consistently high the […]
After thirty years at sea, Gustaf Enoksson starts a new life as a lighthouse keeper in San Julián – but peace is only an illusion. The tower’s owner is drowning in debt and plans to extinguish the beacon, dooming an entire ship in a cynical insurance fraud. Suddenly, countless lives […]
Mercury Escape in Rome is a new provider that only opened its first escape room this spring, titled „The Prophecy“. Fitting the theme, we visited this remote location late in the evening, as the last scheduled escape room of the day, in a suburb of Rome. From the outside, everything […]
On our very first Escape Trip to Rome, we quickly realized just how incredibly popular horror-themed games are – and it seems that trend has only grown stronger since then. Under the label The Black Door, players can experience an impressive lineup of horror classics: The Exorcist (Chapters 1 & […]
On our very first Escape Trip to Rome, we quickly realized just how incredibly popular horror-themed games are – and it seems that trend has only grown stronger since then. Under the label The Black Door, players can experience an impressive lineup of horror classics: The Exorcist (Chapters 1 & […]
