Escape rooms have taken the nation by storm, with every major city having an abundance for you and your friends to play and attempt to solve.
But if you were looking to play one in your very own home, then you should check out our favorite escape room game ideas.
Ideally, Escape Room games include 2 things that turn a regular game into an escape room – a room that can be safely locked and an hour timer.
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Players complete tasks to find the key to exit the room and must do it within a time limit or compete to complete the challenge quicker than any other challengers.
So if you want to bring the fun of completing tasks into your own home, continue reading for 12 of the best escape room game ideas your friends and family will love.
- 1. ESCAPE ROOM THE GAME
- 2. REMOTE ADVENTURES – ONLINE ESCAPE ROOM
- 3. EXIT THE GAME – THE ENCHANTED FOREST
- 4. VIRTUAL ESCAPE ROOM
- 5. SCOOBY-DOO – ESCAPE FROM THE HAUNTED MANSION
- 6. ESCAPE ROOM IN A BOX – THE WEREWOLF EXPERIMENT
- 7. OBSTACLE COURSE ESCAPE ROOM
- 8. DEATH AT THE DIVE BAR
- 9. TRAPPED – THE BANK JOB
- 10. UNLOCK! THE ESCAPE GAME – STAR WARS EDITION
- 11. WEB BASED ESCAPE ROOM
- 12. DIY ESCAPE ROOM
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12 Escape Room Game Ideas
1. ESCAPE ROOM THE GAME
Players: 3 – 5 players.
Ages: Young Adults and Adults.
Time to Play: 60 minutes per game.
Objective: Enter the correct keys into the Chrono Decoder within the time limit to escape the room that you lock the players in.
Escape Room The Game in a nutshell:
Choose between 1 of 4 games in increasing difficulty in this Escape Room The Game introductory pack. Using the app which comes with the game, players complete challenges that give keys, collect 3 keys inside 60 minutes to unlock the door, and win the game.
Tip:
For beginners, start with Prison Break for an ideal way to learn the game.
Welcome to Funland is the most challenging mode for seasoned professionals.
2. REMOTE ADVENTURES – ONLINE ESCAPE ROOM
Players: 2 – 8 players.
Ages: Adults
Time to Play: 60 minutes.
Objective: Work as a team to solve the puzzles and escape the room – except done online without leaving your home.
Remote Adventures in a nutshell:
Remote Adventures takes the Escape Room concept and does all the hard work in setting up scenarios that work with your group being on video in different rooms. You have a host who will introduce you all to the game and give out clues. You also have someone to act as your hands and to represent your group escaping the room – or not.
3. EXIT THE GAME – THE ENCHANTED FOREST
Players: 1 – 4 players.
Ages: Kids and Teens
Time to Play: 60 – 120 minutes.
Objective: Escape the fairy woods by working as a team and solving riddles. Use the clue cards if you’re struggling.
Exit The Game – The Enchanted Forest in a nutshell:
An escape room game with themes aimed more at younger players, Exit the Game The Enchanted Forest uses riddles rather than puzzles to enable players to win the game. While playing, participants will encounter strange fairy tale creatures that either help or hinder their progress.
4. VIRTUAL ESCAPE ROOM
Players: 2 – 6 players.
Ages: Teens, Young Adults, Adults
Time to Play: 60 – 120 minutes
Objective: Find items around each person’s home and use these to solve the riddle set by the person hosting the Virtual Escape Room.
Virtual Escape Room in a nutshell:
As the world becomes more digital, you may create an escape room game on Zoom or equivalent. Set riddles where an answer is a common object found around the house, and get players to answer the riddles by holding up their item in front of the camera.
5. SCOOBY-DOO – ESCAPE FROM THE HAUNTED MANSION
Players: 1 – 6 players.
Ages: Kids, Pre-Teens + Teens
Time to Play: Up to 100 minutes.
Objective: Play as Scooby and the Gang to figure out the mystery of Lady Fairmonts ghost by solving unique puzzles.
Scooby-Doo – Escape From The Haunted Mansion in a nutshell:
Naturally, Scooby-Doo Escape From The Haunted Mansion is ideal for a mystery escape room type game, and this version is great to play with the kids. The game features multiple storylines and endings so that when you’ve solved 1 mystery, the game doesn’t entirely end there.
6. ESCAPE ROOM IN A BOX – THE WEREWOLF EXPERIMENT
Players: 2 players.
Ages: Teens, Young Adults + Adults.
Time to Play: 60 minutes.
Objective: Solve puzzles within the 60 minutes time limit to escape from the mad professor before he turns both players into Werewolves.
The Werewolf Experiment in a nutshell:
A cooperative game designed for you and your partner to complete, there are 19 2D and 3D puzzles for you to solve to win in The Werewolf Experiment. If you have an Amazon Alexa, you can also hook this up to the game for an added dynamic too!
7. OBSTACLE COURSE ESCAPE ROOM
Players: 2 – 6 per team.
Ages: Kids, Pre-Teens + Teens.
Time to Play: 20 – 40 minutes
Objective: Have players navigate an obstacle course to get from one side of the room to the other, quickest team to get everyone across wins.
Obstacle Course Escape Room in a nutshell:
More of a physical challenge rather than a mental one, set up an obstacle course either indoors or outdoors for players to cross in order for them to escape. Time each player or team if there are multiple players to see who can cross the fastest.
Tip:
Introduce a rule to make the game harder, such as team members must link arms in a chain the entire time they are crossing the course.
8. DEATH AT THE DIVE BAR
Players: 1 player +.
Ages: Pre-Teens, Teens, Adults.
Time to Play: 45 – 60 minutes.
Objective: Solve the murder mystery either on your own or with a partner. Piece together clues, decipher puzzles, and solve the crime within the 60-minute time limit.
Death At The Dive Bar in a nutshell:
Very immersive, Death At The Dive Bar is an escape room game that you can play solo if you please but is also great fun as a team. Work through the clues and attempt to see if you can figure out the criminal before they escape.
9. TRAPPED – THE BANK JOB
Players: 2 – 6 players.
Ages: Kids, Pre-Teens, Teens
Time to Play: 60 – 120 minutes.
Objective: Work as a team to crack the vault to steal the money, then work to escape the bank within the time limit before you all get caught.
Trapped – The Bank Job in a nutshell:
Trapped – The Bank Job is an escape room game great for families and encourages younger kids to get involved. Set a player as the leader who designates different tasks to their team as if they were in an actual life heist.
Tip:
Set a more extended time limit if playing with younger kids or beginners to the game so that undertaking each task isn’t too daunting when first played.
10. UNLOCK! THE ESCAPE GAME – STAR WARS EDITION
Players: 1 – 6 players,
Ages: Kids, Pre-Teens, Teens, Young Adults, Adults
Time to Play: 60 minutes.
Objective: Play as either the rebels, smugglers, or imperial agents and work to escape the room within the 60-minute time limit.
Unlock! Star Wars Edition in a nutshell:
3 games in 1, Unlock Star Wars Edition, gives any Star Wars fan the choice of picking their faction and completing challenges in a time-pressured environment. Combine collected items, interact with ships and droids, and use weapons to figure out the task at hand.
Tip:
Follow the instructions to download the Unlock! Star Wars Edition app so that you can play with authentic music and sounds from the franchise.
11. WEB BASED ESCAPE ROOM
Players: 2 – 6 players.
Ages: Teen, Young Adult + Adult
Time to Play: 60 minutes.
Objective: Navigate the web using a smartphone to decipher a code that will allow the players to escape the room.
Web-Based Escape Room in a nutshell:
This escape room idea may sound a bit daunting to set up, but you can turn any webpage into a QR code so that players can use their phone app to scan and reveal the webpage. Try to link each clue together and print out the QR code for players to scan when they solve the current clue.
12. DIY ESCAPE ROOM
Players: 1+ player/s.
Ages: Kids, Pre-Teens, Teens, Young Adults, Adults
Time to Play: Between 60 – 120 minutes.
Objective: Be creative and try to come up with your escape room! Set tasks and hide keys for players to find as they try to escape from a locked room.
DIY Escape Room in a nutshell:
If you’re on a budget or feel like you would like to have a go at creating your own group game, then it’s easily achievable. All you’ll need to do is create some puzzles or riddles, have a room large enough for the puzzles to hide in various parts of the room, and a timer.
Tip:
It may help if you have a theme in mind for your escape room. Take inspiration from other examples if you’re struggling with this part.
Also, be sure that you have a practice run of your own before you let others play so that you can gauge the right difficulty level and time it takes to complete the puzzles.
Wrap Up
Hopefully, we’ve given you some great ideas and inspiration for setting up your very own Escape Room in your own home with plenty of ideas for a game that fits any situation.
Escape Rooms are also best played as a group, so if you’re looking for more group games to play, stick around as we might have just the game for you.
Whether you’re someone who is always looking for a big group game to play at your next barbeque this summer, an indoor group game for kids to keep them entertained, or game night ideas for your next sleepover we’re bound to have a suggestion that takes your fancy.
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