Co-Decode: Sub Terra

By | March 20, 2019

by Co-Decode (website)

Unit 35C BSS House, Cheney Manor Industrial Estate, SN2 2PJ

Swindon

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

currently unavailable
Wheelchair suitable - contact the venue for details
In 2008 the Cheney potash mine was unexpectedly shut down and the site evacuated. Despite much speculation in the media at the time, the reasons for closure remained obscure and the whole event soon became overshadowed by the recession.
About a week ago, your team of investigative journalists received a cryptic answer phone message. The caller claimed to work for a scientific research company named R-Tech Group and requested an urgent meeting to share sensitive information about an earlier ‘mining incident’. You wait at the rendezvous point… but no one turns up.
Intrigued, you start digging into R-Tech’s recent activities and sure enough uncover a connection to the Cheney potash mine. Could there be a secret facility deep inside and, if so, what have they been researching? This could be your chance to expose something huge, so what are you waiting for?!
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based on ratings from 27 users
combined with 4 pro reviews

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EmmaSmiley rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 56 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techoriginalepic

Code-decode are one of the best escape room companies I've been too.

Firstly they let us reschedule short notice (3 days before) as I tore 2 ligaments and ended up on crutches. They were very understanding and rescheduled for 6 weeks time. 

Secondly the amount of love and thought that has gone into their games is profound. 

Sub terra is in my top 5 games the puzzles were original and flowed well, due to having to find 4 hard drives as well as complete the game simultaneously. You alway have direction and can break up and complete different elements. 

Cant wait for code decode to reopen at there new location, going to do crew for my birthday

SupertrampEcho experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Outcome: Failed 🙁
hi-techimmersivegreat hosting
Mayumi rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: Dec 2019 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
Peewee Stevens ッ rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
imrahil experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
PurpleB expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: Nov 2019 Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!

Another great room from co-decode. A really good mix of puzzles which was great for our group of varying experience players. Another room which has a sliding win condition so that beginners and enthusiasts can both enjoy the room to the max.

Tim Cooper expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloriginalimmersivequite difficult
Joe Brown expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 8 Jul 2021 Team size: 4
A great looking room, really clean techy puzzles that were totally my vibe. Thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish, unique theme, and the puzzles felt like they served a purpose.
Escape Enthusiast expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 8 Aug 2021 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techoriginalclever

Sub-Terra is an absolute delight to play! It's one of the most interesting games i've experienced with a lot of tech involved in the puzzles. However none of it feels gimmicky. It's all very well implemented and feels befitting of the theme. There's a great balance of physical and logic based puzzles and the room flows beautifully. I loved the addition of optional side missions to add difficulty to a wonderfully balanced room. This really is up there with the best of the best in my opinion. To think Co-Decode have built such a stunning room in a small space is mind-boggling. 

🌵Juliette B expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 18 Sep 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 56:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloriginalgreat hosting

Excellent game, beautiful set and a great set up with variable add on challenges that you can work on in addition to the original goal - thanks to Sophie for the great hosting. 

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We may have been the very last team to play Sub Terra in its original location; Co-Decode will be relocating to a more central spot in Swindon, and it’s not yet certain whether Sub Terra will be rebuilt there in quite the same form, or at all. But if you haven’t played it, you should be hoping it returns so that you can. [Edit: And I think it's now confirmed that it's coming back!]
The plot line has you entering a mine, supposedly abandoned but actually in use by a dubious corporation. Your job...
A fantastic game bringing together great puzzles, impressive engineering, a beautiful set and an interesting storyline. Well worth travelling to Swindon for.
Sub Terra was a delight from start to finish. With a strong story that’s reenforced by a fantastic set, and great puzzles, it has firmly secured a place on my list of Top Ten Favourite rooms (to date). If you haven’t made the trip to Co-Decode yet, what are you waiting for?

Sorry theme park enthusiasts this isn't a blog post or review about Alton Tower's Sub Terra ride. This is however a review for Co-Decode's Sub Terra escape room which we got to play at the weekend. Located 5 mins (Driving distance) from Swindon train station is this award winning escape room. They have two rooms here in Sub Terra and Professor Dunstan and the Search for the Ancient Statuette. We were here to play Sub Terra. You are investigative journalists looking into a tip about the mines being used for experiments and you are there to find the data that would reveal everything. Going into this room I knew nothing, not even that synopsis. I went in blind and I think that worked to my advantage.



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