Escape Hunt Manchester: The Fourth Samurai

Corn Exchange, Exchange Square, M4 3TR

2-6 players

60 minutes

Wheelchair suitable - contact the venue for details

To win freedom, the mind must be sharper than the sword
Step into ancient Japan, where the imperial emperor has ordered you, his most trusted samurai warriors, to defeat the evil warlord Tanaka Masamune.

But be warned, Tanaka is no ordinary enemy; he is protected by a powerful curse that makes him invincible to even the strongest warrior. The only way to beat him is to steal the magic stone from the handle of his sword – but first you must escape from the dungeon his henchmen have thrown you into.

You have one hour to break free and complete your mission; any longer and you pay – with a fate worse than death.

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Richard Holtby rated this:

reviewed in Leeds

Pagan Hollis rated this:

Played: 12 Jan 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 49:04 Outcome: Successful escape!

beautifulclevergreat hosting

reviewed in Liverpool

Lise Mortier expert rated this:

Played: 23 May 2021 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

broken techpoor hostingquite difficult

We made the mistake to attempt this room in their first week of opening. Tech was broken, some locks were open, some clues were placed in the wrong locations. We just had an absolute nightmare.

If you're visiting Escape Hunt, I'd highly recommend their other rooms that are excellent.

reviewed in Leeds

Sabrina (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:

Played: 20/04/2019 Time taken: 44:50:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

reviewed in Leeds

Tom experienced rated this:

Played: 2018 Team size: 4 Time taken: 53.15 Outcome: Successful escape!

Another excellent Escape Hunt room! These guys go all out! The start of this game was really unusual! Felt a bit claustrophobic but it did add to the experience. Loved the help system and the way the games master keeps things immersive!

reviewed in Bristol

Joe Brown expert rated this:

Played: 27/07/18 Team size: 5

Nicely themed room, with plenty of automation - but very short for anyone but new players. Even with plenty of mistakes we escaped in 35 minutes. With a few more puzzles this would be a very solid room.

reviewed in Edinburgh

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Wei-Hwa Huang expert rated this:

Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

reviewed as a remote livestream game

Ron Kagan expert rated this:

Played: July 18th 2020

reviewed in Birmingham

Siân O'Brien rated this:

Played: 14/08/2020 Team size: 3 Time taken: 43:46 Outcome: Successful escape!

clevergreat hostingquite easy

Firstly, first game back after Lockdown and I was very pleased and happy Covid guidelines are in place and adhered to. It's been hard getting back out there, after shielding with cancer, so this made me feel very protected and comfortable.

The game itself - brilliant. Nice bright room, great theme and the puzzles fitted the theme throughout. It was fun doing a room without padlocks! And it was atmospheric without being scary.

I'd say in terms of difficulty, this is probably on the easier side of the spectrum, or maybe I'm just getting use to them! This was my first room with this company and I really liked them, and Luke the games master was lovely. I'll definitely be back!

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I'd add a warning that this is a room well suited to playing as a pair, which could work less with with a bigger group - an early puzzle could become a frustrating bottleneck, since it's potentially time consuming and can only be tackled by one person at a time, and the rest is fairly linear. Most enthusiast pairs will also find it an entirely approachable level of difficulty.

Playing the same game on a later occasion and in a different location (Oxford), I found the aesthetics quietly appealin...

reviewed in Bristol

A solid game across the board - storyline, decoration, puzzles and finale were all good. If you want something that pushes the boundaries of escape rooms then go elsewhere but if it's enough to just be good throughout then it's a great choice.

reviewed in Leeds