Sherlock Escape Rooms: Sherlock: The Game Is Now

By | March 20, 2019

by Sherlock Escape Rooms (website)

Shepherd's Bush

West London

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

closed
Wheelchair suitable - contact the venue for details

Headed up by Mycroft Holmes, The Network is a covert branch of British Intelligence, on the hunt for new recruits. To join the ranks as an Agent, you’ll need to complete a routine training mission at headquarters. But not all is as it seems… 

It’s time for you to play the detective with your team, as you travel through iconic sets from the show, working together to solve puzzles and crack clues. You’ll be helped along your journey with original content from the cast of the show featuring, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Scott, Martin Freeman, Mark Gatiss, and more. 

Crack this brand-new Sherlock case before time runs out and prove you have what it takes to step into the shoes of the great detective.  

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Chris Coleman experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 3
story-driven
MLGYellowGuy rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
beautifulimmersivestory-driven
Penfold rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
immersivestory-drivenquite difficult😨creepy
Chris Coleman experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 3
story-driven
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 28 Aug 2025 Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed 🙁
hi-techoriginalimmersivequite difficult

Great hosting and presentation but in one section the puzzles seemed to require more trial and error than deduction and felt a bit lacking after we got timed out not due to not being able to finish on time despite knowing what we were supposed to be doing. Would probably be much better with more than only two players.

clarkleton rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
funnyimmersivegreat hosting
Corbs rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivestory-drivenquite difficult

This was, by far, the best escape room experience I’ve ever had. However, I wouldn’t recommend it to people who haven’t seen the Sherlock series. I believe most negative reviews will likely stem from those who didn’t comprehend the theme or found the game too challenging. 

Wesley Mead expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 27 Oct 2024 Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed 🙁
immersivestory-drivenquite difficult
spbc expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 3 Mar 2022 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivestory-driven
Dan Getliffe experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 7 Mar 2020 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
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In the early years, as escape rooms spread throughout the U.K., one London venue quickly gained an international reputation for production values that were streets ahead of anywhere else, as well as a variety of then unheard of innovations such as a briefing performed in costume and in character. That venue was of course Time Run, who eventually closed due to the loss of their lease, but returned in a new location having scored the massive coup of an official licence for a Sherlock game - not Co...

This was a fun experience, but for us at least it wasn’t worth the money and was over-hyped. Sherlock enthusiasts will probably love it, escape room enthusiasts will probably find it like Marmite
A review of Sherlock: The Game is Now, one of the most expensive but also one of the most impressive games in London. If you’re a fan of the show, it’s well worth a visit and even if you’re not, it’s certainly something to consider if the price point doesn’t put you off.

In our briefing we were told we’d travel around London very fast. They weren’t wrong! What starts as a very unassuming opticians shop quickly becomes an exciting briefing at 221B Baker Street (the iconic residence of Sherlock Holmes). We then rushed off to a series of fantastic locations from the TV series such as St. Barts Hospital, Mycroft’s office, and a brilliant (if a little creepy!) museum of medical instruments.


So, were our superfans satisfied? Absolutely. Copious use of video and voice work from the stars of the show, plus neat in-jokes and authentic props, gave a real buzz (there may have been actual squealing at points). It may be extra-pricey (for us non-Londoners) 
Entering via an optometrist shopfront into a world of espionage, Sherlock: The Game is Now has clearly invested thought, time and expertise into this new London escape room offering.

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