Extremescape

Pros: visually stunning, no padlocks, themed puzzles, some humour sprinkled in, a fun surprise mini-game at the end, hosts allowed us to start early, easy free parking.

Cons: a couple of pieces of hydraulic tech didn't work and we were advised via the hints system to try entering the solution a second time to dislodge it. Some puzzles had multiple valid solutions so it was total guess-work (the entire toilet section needs a full rework). Audio is VERY LOUD so if you are waiting in the lobby you will hear spoilers from the previous group.

At one point we were told to look at the "candle holders", but apparently that DOES NOT mean the things holding the candles? Weird. They should probably re-word that part to "empty candle holders" or something.

The hosts were pleasant enough but felt a bit "off" (unenthusiastic), e.g. they didn't want to chat about other escape rooms etc, just wanted to get you in and out despite not being very busy.

This was a fantastic room - hi-tech but in a way that fits the theme, and there was a clear story running through that produced some great moments. It also had some fun surprises and great sprinkles of humour throughout, especially in the clues. The puzzles were varied and quite challenging at times too. It's quite a small space that is being worked with (which can sometimes be to it's detriment) but you can only work with what you have - that being said I think this room is as good as it can be! 

My only slight gripe is that I didn't think the hosting was up to a standard I normally expect. Out of the three rooms we did this weekend this one stood out - we were asked to come earlier than our time slot a day after we booked (the day of the booking) but we could not make this work. I don't know if our hosts had other sudden plans that we were ruining (?) but I got the sense that might be the case in terms of our welcome (it wasn't bad or unfriendly necessarily, just something felt a bit off). I was a bit surprised by other reviews on here about the friendliness of the hosts as I did not get the same impression unfortunately. The game itself was run very well in terms of the clue-giving and moving us along however.

A really great room though and still gets a big recommendation from me! 

The puzzles are fantastic and the theme and props are just perfect! There is so much to do, but we felt the ending was a little abrupt and wished there had been more. 

So many cool new things not seen before in this room - having done over 50 rooms it’s a great feeling to feel stupid as you can’t rely on experience and repeated puzzles! Lovely, friendly host who helped when needed. Highly recommend!

Firstly, really enjoyed some of the set design. 

Puzzle wise, some of it was a stretch to find the logic, I’ll just say- Saw Blade. 

Some nice elements to the game and some pretty fun parts too. 

The clue system seemed pre-recorded so this wasn’t all to helpful when asking for specific info. 

Not my favourite game but was half decent. 

This room is absolutely beautiful, the hosts are amazing (and so enthusiastic), the puzzles all made perfect sense, with just the right amount of challenge.

Our ratings:

Theming: 10/10
Puzzles: 9.5/10
GM: 9.5/10
Value: 9.5/10
Fun: 10/10

Overall: 97%

Played some time last year. Loved the creativity. Loved the room, the GM was fab too! 

A must do. 

This rooms at this place are unbelievable. There is so much attention to detail visually and in the puzzles too. It is hard to fully describe why they're so good, you just have to do them. 

The best Christmas room I’ve done! Such a fun, easy to understand room with some fantastic set pieces I’ve never seen before, a great variety of puzzles and fun for all the family!

I want to select all the positive tags. This game was crazy! 

The puzzles were all clever and in theme with the game. With a few amazing wow-factors I’m not going to spoil. 

Nice to see a family run business and the set they have created was polished and immersive. The issue for our group was the fun factor. The puzzles just didn’t work for us. They were a little uninspired and lacked variety/intrigue. A real shame. 

As expected from Extremescape, great theming and mechanisms - you would never think the room is as old as it actually is! Puzzle progression a bit more difficult in this game, lots of head scratching and uncertainty (open your eyes more!). Good game and will be enjoyed by any and all!

Absolutely brilliant - mechanics in the room are great and really add to the experience. Be ready for several wow moments! Puzzles are good and love the theming. Progression in the room sometimes not obvious but all part of the challenge. Hint giving could sometimes be less obvious. Don’t miss this room!

Lots for the kids to do, but some of the puzzles were a little “out there” at times. Wonderful set and theming from these guys as usual.

This room is simply amazing - a wonderfully unique theme paired with some super cool effects and the ending is just incredible (I never saw it coming!)

This game has amazing theming and some really cool mechanics and puzzles (as with all games at Extremescape). 

This was our least favourite out of the four rooms but there is no way you would know it's 10 years old. There's no sign of wear and tear and the puzzles are very current. However, there was a maths puzzle that was very difficult and took us over 10 mins to try and solve (we needed a clue in the end) - we really weren't fans of this!

This is a wonderfully fun and immersive Christmas game with some amazing tech!

This was our favourite room at the venue by quite some way. The set for this room was beautiful the effects were great and it had one of the best endings to a room that we have ever played.  We thought that the theming for this room was some of the best we have ever seen. With only 1 or 2 themed padlocks this was a perfect style of room for us and we only needed 1 or 2 hints the game just seemed to click for us. If this is the direction there rooms are going I look forward to their rooms in the future and will certainly be back.

A room that from start to finish looked great and really made you feel immersed in the environment. We had some searching problems which is common for us which took up some of our time but some fun physical items made this an enjoyable room that I can see many people will really enjoy. The sets alone at this venue make it worth a visit I believe. 

This was our least favourite room of the 3 we did at Extremescape but although we found a couple of the puzzles frustrating you could tell alot of effort had been put into this room.  Although this room was over 10 years old at the time of playing it still has a great production value. 

Our 2nd visit to Extremescape and we was just as impressed with the pirate ship as we were with the viking room. The hosts are excellent and the rooms are very well themed. To say this room Is 10 years old it doesn't show it. Some clever details and puzzles to be solved. 

Great room 

Also recommend the Ram's Head pub in the village 

1st time at Extremescape and won't be the last. The viking room is brilliantly themed with some very clever puzzles. I was impressed as soon as we walked in the room.  Roll on October when I've the pirate room booked 

A small but beautifully designed room with an unusual theme. The final task was especially good fun, requiring teamwork and a range of skills.

Didn't feel the magic with this room as did with Vikings - Felt like a very starty-stop game. Got there eventually.. Also adding the wheel was a bit of a choice, makes the game frustrating. 

After playing Vikings this felt like a step down - Enjoyed the second half, but didn't really understand the first half. 

My favourite game here - We had a blast and enjoyed every second of it! Highly recommend it.

Better as a two as can sometimes feel like you’re waiting around. Other than that it’s great! 

Although the game looked incredible, a lot of the puzzles had no signposting and were a little ambiguous. The finale was great though! Lots of time and money spent, I just think the puzzles could have done with some refinement. There were loads of puzzles for the kids to do as well, so probably would be enjoyable for families.

Some lovely surprises in this game and some nice set pieces, but we did find some of the puzzles to be a little bit illogical or had a poor amount of signposting.

Can't say it's my favourite of their games.

This gave us a huge "wow" moment, it was incredible.

The puzzles are clever, but felt a little too convoluted, where assistance was required after a fair amount of arm-folding and "so what do we do next".

A very good game with some great tech.

This is a super pirate room but we did this on the back of two other rooms and forgot that we had eyes... A great offering from Extremescape, this is their oldest room and while we didn't enjoy the gameplay as much as The Lost Tomb, there are a lot of puzzles and we had a good time in here.

A gorgeous Christmas room with oodles of charm and some seriously impressive tech. 

We absolutely loved this room. The wow-factor starts from moment one and just keeps going throughout the whole game space (which is expansive). Our favourite adventure/temple game so far, which is some statement.

Beautiful sets/props and nice use of tech. Enjoyed the start to the game thoroughly, found a little tricky to get our flow going at the start but started to come together after that. The only thing I would change is the ending, as the game ends rather suddenly rather than having a sense of achieved something - took us a little by surprise. Great owners/enthusiasts and enjoyed the chat about the tech and the business. 

Absolutely fantastic use of a small space - brilliant game, and so many original features. This is a brilliant game, truly immersive. 

Another fantastic offering from Extremescape - the room was beautifully put together and the puzzles were great. Every puzzle suited the theme with some wow-factor outcomes.

A definite must-visit in Disley!

I have been unfortunate that i have yet to play any of their other games, everyone has told me how amazing they are.

If this was a sign of things though i cant wait! 

Very fun room. All puzzles made perfect sense.

Production was amazing

Another excellent experience here. Beautiful theming, great craftsmanship, good amount of tech used in really creative ways. Definitely worth the journey! 

Still feels fresh despite being their oldest room. Some tricky puzzles but very enjoyable.

Great room with interesting puzzles and an impressive set. We found this room quite challenging. Very friendly hosts and definitely worth a visit. 

Fantastic hi-tech room with some excellent puzzles to keep everyone occupied.

This is one of two rooms we played at Extremescape and again, they have absolutely knocked it out of the park with the incredible room design, super cool puzzles and some absolutely epic moments along the way. Lots of things we have never seen or done before in an escape room which is always a plus! I really cannot over-state how impressive the rooms here look, the craftspersonship is just unbelievable.

A few small issues we had with the room: we thought they could do with an override switch for one of the puzzles as we had solved it correctly a few times before it worked. We also thought the ending was ever so slightly anti-climactic (it took us a minute to realise we'd actually escaped) but honestly, these things were pretty minor in what was otherwise an absolutely incredible experience. I screamed with delight and joy so many times as magical things happened around us. Lots and lots of fun, I really loved this game. The negatives are far outweighed by the positives and even despite these small issues, the rooms here are leagues above others and a must-play for enthusiasts! 

Wow wow WOW! We had big expectations for this room after reading the glowing reviews on here and we were still absolutely blown away. The craftspersonship that has gone into this room is just incredible! An extremely immersive game with lots of magical surprises and incredible moments along the way. All of the puzzles were perfectly on theme and extremely fun to solve. The final 10 mins of this game was one of my favourite escape room experiences of all time. I could not recommend more, this room is an absolute must-play! We travelled 4 hours to get to Disley just for this (and the Lost Tomb) and it was well worth it! Simply stunning.

Wow! We still talk about this room months later.

 Fantastic theming, incredible games host and what a finale! 

This game is absolutely well worth playing, and it’ll be clear once you’ve played it why it receives such glowing reviews.

This went straight into my top 3 rooms, it’s so clever, beautiful and flows so well. We had the best time, such a clever concept and use of space building up to the epic finale. A must do room for any enthusiast.

We’d asked the owners to tone down the ‘special effects’ as I’m a massive wimp, they happily obliged and this made the game much more enjoyable for me. An interesting game with unique puzzles and a great set. 

We found this the most difficult of the 3 games, we didn’t click with it. It is a really good game, with brilliant hosts and a variety of puzzles.

Great room with some fab surprises and something a little bit different

A perfect example of how to effectively make a single room game. Theme is amazing and puzzles are clever and well-integrated into the fantastic set. Really enjoyed the finale to the game and the moments of humour sprinkled throughout. Best game at Extremescape and all round a fantastic room

Cracking design for this room with some awesome elements I hadn't seen in other games. Found it a bit harder than the pirate ship, a few more moments of wondering what to do next but GM was always on hand to nudge us in the right direction. Particularly enjoyed the riddle in the first section 

Fantastic game, especially considering it's over 8 years old. Set is wonderful and the puzzles are great as well

It's a fairly small space but this game packs a real punch in terms of what it offers. It's a well-crafted, beautiful set up with some hilarious little touches and a truly fabulous wow moment. If you like something that never strays from the theme, that's bespoke and where there's a real touch of theatre, this one is for you.

I really wanted to love this room, but sadly if fell flat for me.
- The set looks great and makes effective use of the building to enhance this.
- The story didn't quite make sense, but this didn't detract from the game.
- Our GM was a bit clue-happy at the beginning of the game, and considering we completed it in just over the 'expert' time, I felt we could have been left a bit longer to figure some things out ourselves.
- Unfortunately, my biggest gripe is that there were at least 3-4 points in the game where the tech didn't work properly, and we were told to re-solve a puzzle or left for 10 minutes fiddling with it and doing the correct actions but nothing happening. We were told beforehand that the game was "very high tech/automated" and unlike "those places where the GM just pushes a button" - but at the end of the game when we mentioned several things not working correctly the response was 'it's out of my hands *shrug*. I'm sorry, but you should have manual overrides built into the game for these situations, especially if it is happening on multiple puzzles.

Fantastic room and decor! Loved the puzzles although some were a little tricky. 

Superb. Some absolutely masterful uses of tech. Loads of laugh out loud moments. Just terrific.

Beautiful set, loads of good puzzles and a terrific story. Some bits made me gasp both in terms of set and story.

Gorgeous set, some unique puzzles and great use of tech. Took us a while to get going but that's because we're objectively bad at searching.

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but this was my least favourite of the 3 games.

It is still an epic set with some beautiful props.  The amount of effort that goes into the building of these rooms is outstanding.

We found some of the puzzles had been duplicated from the pirate room and tweaked to fit the new theme. 

These games are definitely worth the trip to the farm. I would recommend playing them all in one visit. 

This company gets a lot of love from players which is why we visited.

The pirate game is my favourite of the 3 and the first one that we played

 Its probably the easiest game here and it has a lot of puzzles that were fairly unique at the time of it being built. 

A tech puzzles didn't work but the more manual puzzles made up for this failing.

My second favourite of the 3 rooms here.

Some really nice wow moments and beautifully themed. 

This room is set in a smaller space than the other 2 and I definitely wasn't expecting it to end when it did. It left me wanting more. 

Another fab room from Extremescape! Perfect theming and we loved the story at the start, it really set the scene. We found this one a little easier than the other 2, but enjoyed it still!

Came to play here with work and we played all 3 games in one day.

The game was fantastically themed, with a great story line and plenty of suprises! Such a great venue with a great use of space! The hosts were amazing also! Highly recommend!

I played a few years ago. Lovely host and good puzzles.

#35

Again, brilliant design and attention to detail at Extremescape! The introduction to this room is particularly unique and blew our minds! The decor really makes you feel like you are in an old prospector mine. The puzzles we had to solve had a wide variety and a few things we had never seen before. The last part of this experience was a particularly cool surprise as well, that took us a second to figure out! After completing all of the rooms as Extremescape, our personal ranking would be:

1. Viking

2. Pirate Ship

3. Lost Tomb

Take the day to do all 3, they are all unique with their design and puzzles and all loads of fun. We need more 90-minute rooms!

#34

Again, a fantastic immersive experience at Extremescape. The puzzles were fun and thought-provoking, decor was incredible, and the hosts were great. Only thing is with it being a 90 minute room, when we escaped with 43 mins left, we thought there was going to be more! That’s down to our own assumptions though. Top 5 room, don’t miss it!

I don't want to spoil anything so I'll keep this review brief. This room is simply stunning. It's a phenomenal experience with brilliant puzzles and beautiful scenery. It's by far my favourite escape room i've experienced. It balances theatrics with some creative puzzles. This should be the priority for any escape room enthusiast. It's perfect. Absolutely flawless.

Wow, wow, wow!! Having played Lost Tomb first, we headed straight into Viking, wondering what could possibly better it?! Well, we were not disappointed! Whilst Lost Tomb scored incredibly highly for our team in traditional escape room terms (and indeed, a couple of others in my group preferred it for this reason), Viking was like a wonderful piece of immersive, head-scratching theatre. Both opening and ending were remarkable, original and incredibly exciting, and even though this is a game in only one room there was more than enough to keep everyone occupied. We had an interesting moment where a team member put a piece of a puzzle in a place it shouldn’t have been put (sorry Graham and Jess!) but it was solved quickly by our wonderful hosts (even though no-one had ever done that before!!), who were attentive, kind, super-friendly and generous throughout our whole experience at this venue (thank you for the water!). One or two real think-outside-of-the-box puzzles kept us busy, and help came at just the right time. We also loved the complete immersion of the theming - no modern padlocks here, and even the hint system and timer was “camouflaged”. Some gorgeous wood and metal work and really sturdy and tactile props, fixtures and fittings made this game just sheer joy from beginning to end. And did I mention that ending?! Thanks so much Extremescape for a fantastic time, we will be back!! ❤️❤️❤️

Amazing room! So many really neat little touches, lots of things we haven’t seen before in other escape rooms. Annoyingly, even though it is a very non-linear room, we approached this in a rather linear way and got a bit hung up on a few wee minor points as a result, but we had just the right amount of support to help us through any wobbles. Lots of really cool physical set pieces made the whole experience really immersive, with a few wee moments that were slightly creepy, but certainly nothing that would properly scare anyone of a nervous disposition. We loved this room so much and can thoroughly recommend taking the time to find it and travel there - even if you don’t live locally; you won’t regret it!

#31

Our first room at Extremescape has gone straight to the top as our favourite. Fully immersive, the hosts were brilliant, and the decor of the room - wow! 

The way that you have to solve puzzles in this room is different to the vast majority of other rooms, and it makes a great experience. When there’s only one padlock in sight, you know it’s going to be fun! Also with it being a 75 minute room, you don’t feel the pressure of worrying about getting out.

We’ve since been back to Extremescape to complete Lost Tomb and Pirate Ship. Viking is still the best, but I would recommend taking the day to do all three as they’re all brilliant. Best company we’ve been to.

Is Carlsberg did openings to an escape room, this would be it... A simplistic riddle to get your brain ticking with a theatrical transition to enter the mine that will put a smile on every players face! The room design and themeing are  and immerses you in to your game. The puzzles will rack your brains, we were kicking ourselves at one particular element that we acted like escape room experts rather than seeing it for what it was but this was testament to the room and variety in puzzles. A little surprise added humour and a jump element to the room. The next transition was also clever and stayed on theme. The last puzzle wasn't as epic as vikings but overall an outstanding experience! 

Just played a last minute game and wow. Amazing room, as others have said, theming is incredible. Finale is also another big wow moment. Thank you guys!

After escaping from the Pirate Ship and a quick lunch in the village of Disley, we attempted our escape from the Lost Tomb. We escaped in a bit more than an hour (as this room as well offers a 90 minutes escape limit) with 0 clues asked (but still some hints from our game master). Just like their other room, the Lost Tomb put you straight into immersion with an 'introduction room' that is very very effective and the puzzle to get out of it is really smart! But it's only once you enter the 'real' room that you are in for a Wow factor thanks to the brilliant props and original decors of the room. The clues and hints are once again given via a pre-recorded voice actor that would slightly remind you of Indiana Jones: you put your finger somewhere you shouldn't and you will hear him say "This is not going to help", suggest a solution to a puzzle and you will hear him say something like "Good thinking, cowboy". This really makes you stay immersed and focused on your escape. We also really appreciated the little spooky touches that will make you jump and smile as well as the full attention to details partially thanks to the help of ingenious DIY. Just like in the Pirate Ship, one puzzle was really maths-heavy and you would need someone in your crew that is good with numbers to make sure you don't get stuck. Luckily our crew have a wild range of talents :D. This wasn't too much of a buzzkill as the rest of the puzzles in the room were very clever and hands-on. The room was still relatively lock-heavy but thanks to the variety and interactivity of the puzzles, it didn't feel like a burden. The reveals and surprises along the way are very exciting too and it's always a pleasure to escape from a room in which the entrance door is not the exit door. Well done Extremescape! We are looking forward to try their future Vikings room and if you are in the area or planning a weekend away, I would highly recommend heading there! The surroundings cities really allow a great weekend for walks, food (and escape rooms). 😉

Extremescape is such a lovely escape room company, family owned and created in their house, the owners Graham, Jess and their son are the proud hosts of this fabulous location. We escaped from the Pirate Ship in just over 70 minutes with a team of 4 Escapists. We loved the fact that the escape time limit was 90 minutes, it makes the experience much more immersive and enjoyable. Speaking of immersion, the Pirate Ship is an example to follow with spot on décor and props, SFX, music and puzzles really respecting the piraty theme. We loved the fact that the clues were given by the voice of a pirate or a parrot, never breaking the experience. One thing that Extremescape does well that I don't often see in escape rooms is the introduction room where you have the story told to you before entering the room, helping building up the excitement until the doors open! The Pirate Ship is a really clever room with several surprises along the way. We also liked the fact that to be on the leaderboard, the game is giving you the opportunity to find two gold coins hidden in the room to use for clues. One gold coin in the money jar means one clue, so it ingeniously gives you the feeling that you are in charge of the progression of the room. The gameplay of the game is partly linear, one puzzle means one solution to a padlock which somehow gives you directions on how to proceed in this quite large room. We often got stuck on puzzles that we couldn't yet solve despite thinking that we had everything we needed but we were just focusing on the wrong puzzles. The difficulty would probably be quite high for beginners who are not used to escape rooms but definitely really enjoyable for experienced players. One of the puzzles was a math riddle which was pretty tricky to solve if you don't have a math head in your crew, luckily we had two of them otherwise we could easily have been stuck on that one for quite a while. 🙂 After your escape, you also receive a printed picture of your Escape, it's a really nice touch! The Pirate Ship is a great room and you will be stunned by its immersion and the intelligence of the puzzles. Highly recommend!

I don't really know where to start on this on this game. 

I guess ill start with first impressions. The opening scene was great with a great special effect (or 2) and moving into the second room was also rather on point on looked great. It was a large space, open game play and clear direction. Some enjoyable puzzles, great tech usage and sense of humour.

That being said, I had to deduct 2 half stars 

- I deducted the first half star for consistent theming. This was a room of 2 halves (and a bit extra). Both great theming in their own rights but i felt the theming from the first room was not carried into the second room. Moving from a Mediterranean mine into an Egyptian style tomb was a little erratic 

- The finale was a little bit of a let down. Despite great fun in the rooms, the final door opened into another room, we had a quick look around only to come to the realisation that the room we had just moved into was actually just a back office area and wasn't part of the game. No real sense of achievement and we kind of just waited around until the GM master came in to de-brief us.

These are only minor elements and i would still highly recommend playing this game and indeed playing all 3 games at Extremescape

Woah, this room left me feeling out of breath.

There is a fair bit to do in this room and all perfectly akin with the theming. 

Let me start with the reason this room lost a star from me. I actually deducted half a star for 2 separate things (but don't ever let this put you off playing, you still MUST)

- There were alot of padlocks in the room with little signposting as to which lock you had just solved so there was alot of trial and error which naturally took a bit of time

-  Some of the puzzles were a little ambiguous. Not in the sense of how to solve them, but how to execute them. For example, if you're playing a game of monopoly, you are shown which way round the board rather than being left to guess. Again, this was only a minor frustration as it just meant a little more trial and error

Now on to why I say i was out of breath. Towards the end (I don't recall when it happened but I remember the feeling of it), the music and soundtrack was ramped up considerably, creating a widespread panic through our team and motivated us to push on harder and faster. a great little touch but it really added to the experience. 

Do no miss this game, give it a go

Absolutely incredible.

These guys have taken a rather small space and created something I've never seen before.

I'm not usually a fan of single rooms, however they have managed a create a room that makes it feel like you've played through multiple different spaces. Some great tech and awesome wizardry left us with our jaws on the flaw.

This isn't just an escape room, its an ESCAPE EXPERIENCE 

Great Job (And the owners and GM were second to none, really makes all the difference)

Took a little drive out to this room, having read some amazing reviews and because the rooms are 75 or 90 mins! We went with Vikings as it is recommended to do this one first. The setting is fantastic, you really do feel like you are on a ship! Really tough puzzles and help has to be earned too!  Really looking forward to coming back here again soon