Roomsmiths Escape Rooms: The Rubicon

By | March 31, 2019
Top 50 winner in the 2026 UK Escape Room Awards

by Roomsmiths Escape Rooms (website)

1st Floor, 30-34 George Place, Millbay, PL1 3NY

Plymouth

4-8 players

Languages: EN

Top 50 winner in the 2026 UK Escape Room Awards90 mins
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Anonymous rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Failed 🙁
hi-techbroken techpoor hostingquite difficult

Lots of puzzles and nicely done but often just leaves you not knowing where to go next. Also we arrived early, the host was fixing something that was broken and we ended up going in late and then when we failed, quickly got moved out because another team was waiting. Not a great experience for a room we’d be anticipating. 

jakea256 expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 30 Jul 2026 Team size: 3 Time taken: 89:51 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalcleverintensevery difficult

This game is simply genius. It forces you to leave your conception of an escape room at the door and learn its rules instead. Everything inside is so so clever and lovingly made by Joshua and his team. The puzzles were creative and video gamey in feel sometimes- just epic!! Go play!!!

The Puzzlers blogger rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 15/6/2025 Team size: 4 Time taken: 62 Outcome: Failed 🙁
broken tech

We were looking forward to this game for a long time!!

End game had broken tech and made us go over time and the host said he was meant to be fishing it. Out a dampener on the whole game

Chris Elliott rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 10 May 2026 Team size: 2 Time taken: 97:47 Outcome: Failed 🙁
originalcleverchallengingvery difficult

Excellent room, lots in it, incredibly dickish. Loved it!

Loobleflop rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 18 Apr 2025 Team size: 4 Outcome: Failed 🙁
originalcleververy difficult

One of the most clever escape room with so many unique puzzles but incredibly hard and way too many puzzles to be able to do in the time but if you fancy a crazy challenge go for it! 

Lindsey Carey (Dinner Jackets) expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 25 Feb 2025 Team size: 2 Time taken: 102mins Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techoriginalcleverquite difficult

This was a great experience, Joshua was so helpful and accommodating. We wanted to try The Rubicon as a team of 2, and he made that possible for us. He designed and built the room and the puzzles were well made, clever and unusual. The location is a bit off the beaten track, especially as first time visitors to Plymouth but this place is well worth a visit, surprises at every turn. 

Brandon experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 19 Dec 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 85 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyoriginalcleververy difficult

Amazing room and probably my top one in the UK so far! Puzzles upon puzzles and so many unique ones I have never seen before - super imaginative with great execution and some really good surprises that I won't spoil. So many Aha! Moments. Highly recommend, especially for a more experienced team as there is a lot to do in the 90 minutes! 

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