The Escape Key

By | March 20, 2019

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The Escape Key is in Newcastle upon Tyne and currently offers 8 games.

Games in Newcastle upon Tyne by The Escape Key

60-62 St, Andrews Street, NE1 5SF
🎭different
Rated between 8 and 9 out of 5 Rosie's Charm150 mins
Thirteen Ghostscombined experience
🖥Digital
Rated 6 out of 5 Rogue Agentnot on sale
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Most recent ratings & reviews from players

Olivia S reviewed ElectriCity by The Escape Key:
Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 25 Jul 2026 Team size: 4 Time taken: 54 mins Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverstory-drivengreat hosting

A brilliantly designed room with dedicated games masters, centred on local history too! A must-play!

helscape experienced reviewed Armageddon by The Escape Key:
Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 4 May 2026 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult

Another brilliant room from Escape Key. The theming for this room is fantastic and the attention to detail phenomenal. Someone has gone to a lot of trouble sourcing convincing props for a Cold War bunker, and they are all well integrated into the room’s puzzles. No red herrings. Some great tech and it all worked perfectly. The pacing was spot-on and we escaped with just a few minutes to spare. 

helscape experienced reviewed ElectriCity by The Escape Key:
Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult

This room is lots of fun. Beautifully designed, the puzzles are varied and satisfying. Fair bit of tech and it was all working perfectly. Hosting was spot on. Only tiny negative was a red herring element that we wasted a fair bit of time on. This was our first room at this venue, can’t wait to return and try out the others!

Kingbhoy reviewed Plague by The Escape Key:
Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 6 Jul 2025 Team size: 2 Time taken: 55:05 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverstory-drivengreat hosting😨creepy

We preferred this to the witch room, but they do share similarities. 

Some jump scare moments, generally enjoyable puzzles and a nice story throughout. 

Great hosting with staff getting into character (Anna)

Kingbhoy reviewed Witch by The Escape Key:
Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 16 Aug 2025 Team size: 2 Time taken: 55:05 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalstory-drivenoverpricedquite difficult😨creepy

A solid room, great theming, not a huge amount of puzzles, and very dimly lit.

Not your typical padlock or escape room puzzles, some more think outside the box stuff here, but enjoyable nonetheless. There is one bit of tech/electronics that really does stand out by ruining the immersion element that could be easily fixed.

Dani Harrell host expert rated Witch by The Escape Key: Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 28 Jul 2025 Team size: 3 Time taken: 45 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-driven😨creepy
Dani Harrell host expert rated ElectriCity by The Escape Key: Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 27 Jul 2025 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
unique
Team Jophie expert rated Armageddon by The Escape Key: Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 29 Nov 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 41:30 Outcome: Successful escape!
Team Jophie expert rated ElectriCity by The Escape Key: Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 29 Nov 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 45:35 Outcome: Successful escape!
Team Jophie expert rated Witch by The Escape Key: Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 29 Nov 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 49:11 Outcome: Successful escape!
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