Category Archives: International

Eliviascape: Abstraction

Quebec City, May 2025

Eliviascape was a large part of the reason we came to Quebec City; we were thoroughly glad we did, since it’s a lovely city, though its charms are not quite so obvious in the area around the venue. The first of the two rooms we played here is intenti… (more)

SOS Adventures: Fairy Confectionery

Saint-Jérôme, May 2025

The other room that we played at SOS Adventures was La ConFéeserie, a game in which you’ve inherited a mysterious sweet shop and are setting out to run it as a business – although the English title of the game might give away some of further surprise… (more)

SOS Adventures: The Night of the Wolf and the Serpent

Saint-Jérôme, May 2025

If you’re booking escape rooms to play in and around Montreal, and you’re there on a Monday, you may find it difficult to find many games that are open. But if you can travel out to Sainte-Jerôme to north of the city, SOS Adventures are a rare except… (more)

Next Level Escape: Forest of Echoes

Sydney, May 2025

Next Level are conveniently located in downtown Sydney; and since we were passing through the city very briefly, that was the reason we chose this game to play – well, that plus the TERPECA nomination.

Forest of Echoes is an escape room that doesn’t… (more)

Center for Marine Conservation: SOS From the Deep

Bali, Mar 2025

There are currently only two escape companies in Bali, and this is probably only going to be the more convenient one to get to if you’re staying on the eastern Sanur coast. It’s also not a standard commercial venue – the two games here are run by a c… (more)

Dream Labs: The Tale of the Heartless Pirate

Bad Steben, Feb 2025

Dream Labs recommend playing Heartless Pirate first and Metropolis after, without specifying a reason for that. Having done them in the opposite order due to availability constraints, I agree with their advice – because not even a game as impressive … (more)

Dream Labs: Metropolis 2099

Bad Steben, Feb 2025

I think I’m generally quite reserved in my reviews of escape rooms, parsimonious with praise; even a very good game inspires a level of enthusiasm that’s muted by the near-thousand other rooms I’m comparing it to. With Metropolis I have the opposite … (more)

Finest Escape: Das Heilige Grab

Bamberg, Feb 2025

With my usual casualness about investigating games before booking them, I saw the German name for this one was ‘something Grab’, and immediately assumed it was an Egyptian theme or similar, since I’ve become used to seeing ‘Grab’ in the names of “Pha… (more)

Finest Escape: Tomb Hunter

Bamberg, Feb 2025

You may not be able to judge a book by its cover or an escape room venue by its lobby, but in this case the huge and beautiful entrance to Finest Escape’s Bamberg branch is an accurate indication of what’s to follow. The sheer amount of space they’v… (more)

Hidden in Hamburg: Neptune’s Curse

Hamburg, Feb 2025

Hidden in Hamburg have games on two different ships; Neptune’s Curse is set on the Rickmer Rickmers, which meant a brisk ten minute walk from the Cap San Diego where we played the previous one. This ship is a late-era sailing ship, over a cent… (more)