Okay, but what is an escape room?

We often get asked what an escape room is. If explained poorly, the concept can sound really odd and confusing. Why would anyone want to lock themselves in a room for an hour? Is it some scary Halloween stuff? This is your fun birthday party idea? Maybe your boss mentioned escape rooms for your next corporate event or team building exercise, and you have no idea what that means. Well, the best escape room in Arlington is here to help explain why they’re awesome to you!

The premise seems simple – We pretend to lock you in a room, we give you a mission, and you have one hour to find your way out. In practice, escape rooms are far from simple, however. You should be prepared to search the unexpected, unlock secrets, find hidden areas, and generally be surprised. When it comes to finding and solving clues, you’ll have to think unconventionally! There won’t be clear instructions for what to do, so you’ll have to search in odd places and use parts of your brain you didn’t know you had.

You’ll need to think creatively to uncover mysteries and find hidden secrets!

In different words, you can think of escape rooms as highly immersive puzzle rooms – the defining factors of the best escape rooms are twofold: a strong theme that takes you into another world, and well-crafted puzzles that will challenge your wits to escape the room! If this sounds like a video game to you, you’re not too far off. Escape rooms evolved from point-and-click adventure games on the computer, not the other way around! If the thought of immersing yourself in a real-life videogame-style adventure sounds exciting to you, then you’ve come to the right place!

Now you’re probably asking two questions: Am I truly locked in? And what happens if we’re not smart and we get stuck? For one, we only pretend to lock you in the room. You’re never truly in any real danger and you can always leave the room if you need the restroom, take a breather, or any reason at all. Second, our talented staff is there to help you! You can always ask for clues, and we’ll help guide you so that you can have as much fun as possible during the adventure. On that note, nobody is not smart enough for escape rooms! Traditional smarts aren’t always helpful here, as you won’t be doing complicated math or statistics and no outside knowledge is required. If you can think creatively, you can outsmart an escape room!

So you’ve decided the concept is interesting enough to check out. How do I sign up? What should I bring? Where do I start? Many of these questions can be answered on our FAQ page, so take a look there. Pick the theme for a room that sounds the most exciting to you, and we recommend bringing several friends, because more minds working together means more fun! You can also bring your co-workers, as these make for great team building activities. Come have your next adventure at the best escape room in Arlington!