Knockout Escape Rooms: 9-to-5 Assassin

By | March 20, 2019

by Knockout Escape Rooms (website)

75 Milford Road, RG1 8LG

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2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

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Trapped in an office with a murderer on the loose – can you find the clues to escape before you become the next victim?
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Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5

based on ratings from 14 users
combined with 1 pro review

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🤘The Pick of Destiny expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 14 Jun 2024 Team size: 2
story-drivengreat hostinggood puzzles

A good solid room - no complaints! 

DoctorPB experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
AJ’s expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 6 Sep 2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 45:37 Outcome: Successful escape!
family friendly
Really good fun game! Nice mix of puzzles! 
jakea256 expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Time taken: 48
value for moneyclevergreat hostingquite difficult
Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
family friendly
2For1 experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 17 Oct 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 52:21 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techclevergreat hosting
MightyMidds experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 7 Oct 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 45 Outcome: Successful escape!

Great room very slightly let down by a couple of leaps that had to be made with no clues as to why. 

Mark Jackson experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 4 Mar 2022 Team size: 4 Time taken: 53
immersivestory-drivengreat hostingquite difficult

Loved this room! Great hosting. Really enjoyable

Wesley Mead expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 23 Nov 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 48m Outcome: Successful escape!
great hosting
TeamHawley experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hosting
Emma Macedo experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 12th July Team size: 5 Time taken: 60:00
clevergreat hostingquite difficult
PurpleB expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: May 2019 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

Some good stuff in this room but it was a tad small with all play happening in the starting room.  One of the puzzles was slightly broken in that we managed to get the answer to it before we were meant to meaning we missed a whole chunk of the room. The owner said he was going to adapt it after we'd played it so future teams didn't have the same thing happen.

Tim Cooper expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: Team size: 4 Time taken: 54:44 Outcome: Successful escape!

Reviews by escape room review sites

The premise for 9 To 5 Assassin is that you’re trapped in an office trying to get out before a professional killer returns. ‘Office’ is a bit of a red flag in a room description - if you have a large budget to spent on making your escape room look fantastic, it’s unlikely that you’ll choose to make it look like an office. And this is indeed the least visually impressive of the three Knockout games we played, surprisingly so given it’s the venue’s most recent game. A bit of background context is ...

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