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New UK escape rooms May 2025

Short but sweet – in at least one case literally – here’s the list of new UK escape rooms for May.

I wouldn’t describe myself as a fan of horror escape rooms, particularly. Given a choice of themes at a venue I’ll usually pick a non-horror one, and I’m more likely to enjoy a top horror game despite the scares than because of them; sometimes I find… (more)

Escapem: Bajo Zero

Barcelona, Jan 2025

Bajo Zero was a game that I thought illustrated just how far standards have risen in escape rooms over the last decade. It’s not far off ten years old, and when it opened it must have been quite a standout. In 2025 it’s still a fun game with lots to … (more)

The City Escape Room: La Taberna

Barcelona, Jan 2025

One of the three highest ranked rooms in Europe on the TERPECA list, created by a collaboration between two Spanish companies who each have their own record of building award-winning games, La Taberna is a giant in a city full of remarkable rooms. Ev… (more)

Outline Escape Room: Outline

Barcelona, Jan 2025

Outline is superlative in a number of ways. Including for the most extravagant use of smoke – I didn’t realise a smoke machine was capable of creating such a fog that you can’t even see your own outstretched hands. The hosts did say at the end that t… (more)

Golden Pop: Jurásico

Barcelona, Jan 2025

As a rule of thumb, dinosaur themes are good silly fun, and involve plenty of suspension of disbelief. After all, it’s a pretty tall order to convince a group of players that they’re not just in some room solving puzzles, but exploring a tropical rai… (more)

Factoría Escape Room: Golpe perfecto en el jardín de Buda

Valencia, Jan 2025

The distinctive name of this escape room had caught my attention back when it first got a TERPECA award – and of course winning the award was a strong recommendation for it too. For that reason we booked it as the second of two rooms to play on our b… (more)

The X-Door: La Peluquería

Valencia, Jan 2025

Spanish games – at least the top tier ones – have a fondness for cold starts, where the game begins without meeting any staff unless they’re already in character. That’s the case here too, though there was an initial intro with a chance to use the ba… (more)

New UK escape rooms April 2025

Spring is a time for new beginnings and there’s a bumper crop of new UK escape rooms to report, covering all regions of the country and including an unusually high number of entirely new companies. Here’s the full list:

Sneaky Dog Escapes: Operation Spitfire

Southampton, Jan 2025

I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from Operation Spitfire going in – it’s rare for a room to have no reviews at all on this site, and frankly that’s usually not a good sign. Sneaky Dog focus at least as much on VR games as on their live ones, and… (more)