LockHouse Escape Games: Secret Agent

70 Regent Street, CB2 1DP

2-6 players

60 minutes

Have you got what it takes to escape from a mysterious cold war era safe house hidden beneath a Cambridge street? You’ve been double-crossed, and now you’re trapped in the one place you thought would provide sanctuary. Featuring secret hidden doors, a severed thumb and a fish-tank (but no live sharks!) – Secret Agent is our most challenging game of all.

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Anonymous expert rated this:

Some good puzzles and we flowed quite nicely through the game. Hosting was a little odd but we had a good time.

Jodislaroue rated this:

Played: 15 Feb 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 39:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

immersivebroken techquite easy

teishab rated this:

Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Eexcellent! Great puzzles. It was our quickest escape rooms to date!

spbc expert rated this:

Played: 8 Nov 2022 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

immersivestory-drivengreat hosting

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Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

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mattc16 rated this:

Played: 25 Aug 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 36.38 Outcome: Successful escape!

quite easy

Chris Metcalfe experienced rated this:

Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Very enjoyable room. Recommended

bradyo rated this:

Played: 10 Oct 2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 59:02 Outcome: Successful escape!

originalstory-drivengreat hostingquite easy

Our first escape room. We really enjoyed it and staff were great and explained things nicely.

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Great to see staff in character throughout the game

🌵Juliette B expert rated this:

Played: 29.09.2017 Team size: 5 Time taken: 45.41 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Lorraine Downing experienced rated this:

Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Scotus0 expert rated this:

Played: 28/10/2019 Team size: 4 Time taken: ~55:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

Humdrum...

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Story

Investigate whether one of your fellow spies is a double agent working on behalf of Russia or not by exploring his flat before he returns.

Puzzles

They were varied, but some didn't feel all that relevant to the story. Others felt very non-specific: these puzzles could appear in literally any other room. We somehow skipped the use of an item that later caused us confusion. Since some were difficult (including a totally random, tedious jigsaw) there were times we were at a complete loss. Rather than being offered a clue, we were left to be confused/frustrated/bored. Then, when a hint did come through, we were pretty much just given the answer.

Mise-en-scène

Bland and unimaginative. If it was meant to be the flat of MI6's most senior agent, there should have been plenty of exciting features...

Final Comments

While I'm not saying players are entitled to hints whenever they want them, it's annoying when you're standing in front of the camera clearly asking for help but receiving no response. This gave me the impression that our game wasn't being watched. Our victory didn't feel well-deserved, and we all left feeling apathetic.

Reviews by escape room review sites

The latest game from Lockhouse is a Cold War spy theme, where you are trapped in a safe house and need to not only escape but also identify a traitor and find a set of blueprints.

The safe house is a basement room that suits the 1970s setting but won't bowl you over; it's a little dowdy, with a couple of padlocked hatches marked as off limits. It's more impressive than the initial glance suggests though, and includes some cool pieces of period paraphernalia, and background audio to add to the a...