8 BEST Edmonton Escape Rooms to Attempt to Clear up (for 2023)

Compiled by the Highway Journey Alberta crew

Final up to date on February 27, 2023

The premise of an escape room is easy. You and your crew step right into a themed room the place you (often) have 60 minutes to uncover and decipher clues and get out of the room earlier than time expires. Escape rooms have turn out to be so well-liked that you can probably discover one in your city. There are some wonderful Edmonton escape rooms to problem your problem-solving expertise. So, the one query is are you able to escape in time?

The Greatest Edmonton Escape Rooms

Escape Hour

Location: 102A Ave NW Unit 326

Winner of the 2020 Traveller’s Alternative Award from Journey Advisor, Escape Hour is the top-rated alternative for Edmonton escape rooms. With 5 completely different and difficult rooms ranging in problem, you and your crew might be trapped within the room for as much as one hour. Then, discovering a collection of clues and dealing collectively to resolve difficult puzzles, it’s the one approach to unlock the door and free yourselves from the room. The room themes embody a financial institution heist, a senator’s battle, a matrix-themed journey and Tron Battle, the place crew members are divided into two groups to compete towards one another.

All bookings at Escape Hour are non-public, which means the one individual becoming a member of your group is the sport grasp, who’s there to assist in case your group will get caught. So whether or not you go to with mates, household, or it’s a company team-building expertise, you’re assured to have a great time (escape or not).

Trapped

Location: 8944 82 Ave NW

Trapped Escape Rooms have places throughout Canada, and they’re presently increasing into the USA and even Europe, so it needs to be good. Their Edmonton location may be discovered on the well-known Whyte Avenue. Their 5 completely different escape rooms can accommodate gamers of all ages, and themes embody ‘Jack the Ripper’, ‘The Carnival’ and ‘Historic Pyramids’. Most rooms are an hour lengthy, however one in every of their new experiences is 70 minutes lengthy (rated 14A, so not appropriate for teenagers) and includes extra than simply puzzles and problem-solving.

Every of the Trapped Escape Rooms can maintain round 8-10 gamers, and so they have a big social gathering room to accommodate large teams. Non-public features may be booked outdoors of their common enterprise hours.

Time Escape

Location: 10939 120 St NW

At Time Escape, your communication, problem-solving and attentional expertise will actually be put to the check. That’s as a result of, in contrast to different escape rooms, you’ll solely have 45 minutes to resolve the puzzles and navigate by means of the rooms, somewhat than the usual 1 hour. Unlock the doorways earlier than the time runs out for critical bragging rights!

Time Escape has been rated as one of the inventive and finest Edmonton escape rooms. They’ve obtained Journey Advisor’s Certificates of Excellence 3 years in a row and have been the winners of the 2020 Traveller’s Alternative Award. Room availability and bookings may be discovered on their web site or walk-ins are accepted however you’ll have to attend till a room is obtainable.

Breakout Escape Room

Location: 16604 109 Ave NW

Breakout Escape Room in Edmonton is the primary live-action escape sport from Breakout Leisure. They’ve three completely different and enjoyable rooms you possibly can attempt to escape from, every with loads of house so that you can unfold out, discover and decipher puzzles earlier than the time runs out. The rooms vary in cut-off dates from 30 to 60 minutes.

The puzzles and video games are designed to be difficult and can check your wits and talent to work together with your crew, however in the event you actually get caught on the clues, the sport grasp may help by offering hints. The parents at Breakout are all about crew constructing, and so they have completely different packages accessible solely for big teams. Allow them to host your subsequent enjoyable team-building occasion and obtain a particular low cost.

Escape Metropolis

Location: 5916 104 St NW

Escape Metropolis in Edmonton has seven completely different escape rooms to select from. Every room has a novel theme, together with a spooky night time in a cabin within the woods and pirate mutiny, making you hunt for buried treasure. Rooms range in problem and scare stage, so your journey may be enjoyable for the entire household. You should have between 45-70 minutes to finish the problem and escape.

Escape Metropolis additionally provides particular packages for big events, together with company team-building occasions and faculty outings. Their difficult puzzles are such an effective way to enhance vital considering and problem-solving expertise. You’ll be able to e-book an superior day of leisure in your class by calling in or visiting the Escape Metropolis web site.

The Escape Emporium

Location: 1103 95 St SW #103

The Escape Emporium opened its doorways simply 5 years in the past and is enjoyable for the entire household. They’ve 4 enjoyable and thrilling escape rooms to select from, together with their newest ‘Recreation of Kingdoms’, an superior medieval-themed room based mostly on the favored HBO collection.

Every room at The Escape Emporium consists of discovering and fixing completely different puzzles and riddles. If you happen to can unravel all of the mysteries in time, you’ll escape and have unique bragging rights. So what are you ready for? Name and e-book now to hitch within the enjoyable.

GTFO Escape Leisure

Location: 10018 105 St NW #2F

The clock is ticking at GTFO Escape Leisure with six completely different escape rooms to resolve all of the puzzles to flee in time. Every room has advanced puzzles; in the event you get stumped, you may get a touch, however provided that you’ve first managed to search out one of many trace tokens hidden within the room. Present escape room themes embody a financial institution heist, an asylum, and an thrilling house journey that pits you towards one other crew to resolve the various completely different puzzles and riddles to find out which crew will survive being misplaced in house.

All bookings at GTFO Escape Leisure are non-public, which means that you simply and your group may have the room to yourselves. Most rooms have a restricted capability of 6 gamers or much less, however bigger teams may be accommodated in the event you name forward.

Alien Outbreak Escape Room

Location: 8882 170 St NW #2556 (West Edmonton Mall

The Alien Outbreak Escape Room is among the most enjoyable Edmonton escape rooms. The premise is the crew of Moon Colony Persephone has gone lacking in outer house. Your crew is the Hermes 7 and is tasked with rescuing them. This one is a tricky problem, although. You’ve solely 45 minutes to resolve the riddles and puzzles with the intention to save the colony.

Every session may be for as much as 6 folks, and it’s possible you’ll be in the identical room with different gamers. To make sure a personal session, please e-book a Full Room Unique Ticket. The Alien Outbreak Escape Room is worthy of being one in every of Edmonton’s finest escape rooms.