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Lee Ballan

I'm an escape room writer from Israel, with nearly 500 rooms under my belt (the "nearly" part will be fixed in a couple of weeks). Currently spending all of my free time writing reviews of the games played in the Spain tour, because of fear of Heiner!

Underworld

Underworld (Inframundo) by Amaze in 60 in Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain

While this room does share elements and concepts with horror escape rooms, the creator is actually tried to go for more of a funny experience, nearly attempting to parody some of the horror tropes.  The horror aspects in the room are very nice, and at least for one of them […]

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Mutant X-perience

MUTANT X-PERIENCE by Action Room Escape in Barcelona

I love rooms that do something different. I love them so much. As the industry grows, and more and more rooms are created, there are a few types of rooms that emerge. Some try to do the same but better, and some try to pave a new path forward, into […]

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Blasphemia

Blasphemia by Cindy Box in Sant Fruitós de Bages

Every time I enter a horror room, I have a small wish – maybe this time it’s location will be a park full of cute puppies, or maybe an ice cream store? And in this case, my hopes came true! And by “true” I meant “absolutely wrong”, as we entered […]

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Sulaco

Sulaco by Estellar Trek in Sabadell / Spain

The last thing I said to the owner of Sulaco before leaving the venue after the room was, with all of my heart, “go to hell”. That was probably the first time I’ve ever said that to an owner, and he truly deserved it. In the most positive way possible.Spaceship […]

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Nathael

Nathael by Cubick Mataro

After playing El Secuestro (The Kidnapping) from Cubick a few weeks ago, I had quite high expectations from their newest room, Nathael. It is definitely not one of the scariest games I’ve played, but not one of the lightest ones either. The company’s website has no information about it whatsoever, […]

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Katharsis: The Time of the Beast

KATHARSIS: THE TIME OF THE BEASTS by Katharsis Room Escape in Matarò, Barcelona, Spain

It’s purge time baby! Let’s start with the good. I like the physical design of the room. It implements a concept that I’ve seen only a few times in Spain, and never anywhere else in the world. The location feels realistic, and many of the puzzles perfectly fit into it. […]

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Can Farigola

CAN FARIGOLA by Virus Room Escape in Arenys de Mar, Spain

“Guys, what the hell is a Can Farigola?”, I remember asking the other tour mates again and again as we made our way to the room. Well, I later got the answer to that, which is “an extremely peculiar landlord with an extremely doubtful get rich quick scheme”. This room […]

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The Last Hour

The Last Hour by Le Sablier in Perpignan, France

We arrived in France after playing most of the ridiculous horror escape rooms that Spanish has to offer. And as expected, the definition of a “French horror escape room” is very different than a Spanish one. The Last Hour is very nice. It has a creepy vibe, and a few […]

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Voodoo

VOODOO by La Boussole in Canet-en-Roussillon, France

Once again on the same day, we once again drank too much, blacked out, and woke up in a place we did not recognize after being kidnapped. While I generally find it quite rude that people kidnap us like that, at least this time I am happy that they did […]

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