The Room: The Lost Treasure

By | March 20, 2019

by The Room (website)

Berlin

2-5 players

Languages: EN, DE

Winner of a 2023 TERPECA awardWinner of a 2022 TERPECA awardWinner of a 2021 TERPECA awardWinner of a 2020 TERPECA awardWinner of a 2019 TERPECA awardWinner of a 2018 TERPECA award75 mins
Archeologists wanted! A tight passage was found during repair works in the basement of the Humboldt University which leads into an abandoned secret study chamber deep under ground. The brothers Humboldt might have built it centuries ago to examine and hide precious and mysterious artifacts they found during their travels. People say there might even be the lost holy grail…
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Overall rating

Rated between 4.5 and 5 out of 5

based on ratings from 23 users
combined with 5 pro reviews

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Thomas Huber expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 8 Nov 2024 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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caroline354 expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
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Tim (Escape Witchers) expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 21.07.2020 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Einfach ein besonderer Raum, auch nach vielen Jahren noch!

elfgrunge experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulhi-techgreat hosting

A really beautiful, high tech room with a great atmosphere, and phenomenal hosting. The team at The Room are absolutely brilliant, so committed to their jobs and always helpful, in-character and willing to chat and show us around at the end. 

I felt a few puzzles let it down a bit, in terms of being both fairly standard, and perhaps needing some better sign posting. Still a 4/5 experience though because with an atmosphere like that, how can it be less. 

For accessibility though, it won’t be up your ally if you aren’t up for large amounts of tight crawl spaces, and the dark. They aren’t kidding about that warning. 

Lea Mühlberger rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
olf expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 04 Jan 2020
Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 4 Time taken: 51 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Tomolivander rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 15 Nov 2019 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
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timo_myst experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 15 Nov 2023 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Frauke expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 29 Oct 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 64:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
FinalQuest experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 4 Oct 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Dom experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 30 Aug 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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StaceyF expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 16/06/2019 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Spanishfleas expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
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A authentic escape room experience. Loved the start, intro. The room is immaculate and immersive. The puzzles all seem to make sense and are fairly logical. No real wow moment as such. Just great puzzles. 

Jens (Bruteforce) expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 29. Dezember 2019
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abooth expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 7 Apr 2023 Team size: 3 Time taken: 56 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 4 Apr 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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An utterly unique experience with the most incredible attention to detail and a use of the space that seems to get more inventive as the game progresses. This was such an immersive game and its accolades are entirely deserved; enthusiasts should treasure each puzzle because they are all beautifully done and you'll wish there were more.

Jokie rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 17 Sep 2021 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Die Gestaltung des Raums ist wirklich extrem gut - alles passt perfekt zusammen und nichts wirkt künstlich. Die Spielführung über Beleuchtung und Sound ist toll umgesetzt und führt sehr gut durch den Raum. Einige der Rätsel sind relativ leicht, aber es ist die Einbettung dieser und die Atmosphäre sowie das Personal, die den Raum ausmachen. 

Zu beachten ist, dass es doch mit mehr kriechen verbunden ist, als ich anhand der Beschreibung vermutet hatte.

Anne expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 2
intensephysicalquite difficult

This venue and room was recommended to us by other enthusiasts and it didn't disappoint. 

Actors and great decor made this room stand out. While the puzzles were just above average, the decor really made it stand out. The size of the playing space alone! Lots of crawling and small spaces you had to fit in was a bit of an issue for us, but we got through the game anyway. The most physically challenging room we have ever done (but that is also something we try to avoid due to physical health). 

The use of lighting was something else - at several stages in the room. That was probably the main theme in the puzzles. 

Loved the story - very Indiana Jones like, which they really played on. Even a puzzle from one of the movies. 

There was visible care put into this room - we felt it especially in the picture we got to take with us from the room. 

Recommended - if you don't mind the physical challenges.

Simon (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 11 Nov 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 40:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Another unique experience begins with the introduction to the room, hosting is again excellent and sets the tone well for the room. Entering through a door is too plain for this room, so expect something a little different.

Set design is good and the puzzles flow well, though the space lends itself to a smaller team (2-3). Book this along with all the rooms at The Room and you will be in for a treat!

Lise expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 2018 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

We've heard about this room being the absolute must if you are an escapist on holidays to Berlin, we had such an incredible experience. The pre-game was really immersive (which is often missed by some hosts) , the way to the room was never seen before, the room itself had a lot of secrets that were really exciting to discover and there were so many details! For example, at the beginning of the room, you are explained the rules through the pictures taken by a drone that they lost contact with. And if you pay close attention, you can find the broken drone in the room, attention to details made it very immersive and helped build the story perfectly well. Absolutely amazing. To not lose any immersion, even the clues are played to you as riddles and there is no TV screen present in the room (which in many rooms break the atmosphere). WE LOVED IT. The room is perfect for a team of 2-3 players. It's a no brained, you should head there as soon as you've read the last full stop of this review.

shasha experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
🌵Juliette B expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 26/10/2019 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

Deserving of its reputation, absolutely fantastic from start to end. Brilliant introduction from our GM in impeccable English. Some physical skills required - check website page for full info if needed. Play all their rooms if you can! 

Reviews by escape room review sites

I've seen more than one enthusiast describe Lost Treasure as the best escape room in Europe. Of course, tastes vary, and no one person can play more than a selection of the games available, so clearly any such claim is only a matter of subjective option. Even so, it's one of a very small number of games which could plausibly be a candidate for that title.

While booking this game the website shows a warning saying that all players must pass through narrow passages, be fit, not be afraid of darkn...

A review of THE ROOM, Berlin's best escape venue and home to The Lost Treasure, The Best of Berlin and Go West. Three great games with amazing theming and good, logical puzzles. If you're ever in Berlin, THE ROOM should be on your to do list.

Humboldt and the Lost Treasure left us simply speechless. We had never played such a room before. No other room has managed to create such a dense and entertaining atmosphere - like Humboldt and the Lost Treasure. 

A lure of Escape Rooms is being the star of your own film. Some rooms are a bit B-movie, some are distinctly am-dram. I’d never before played a game quite as Hollywood blockbuster as The Lost Treasure of Alexander von Humboldt.
For the next Escape Room we visited in Berlin, we took up the invite from the owner of “The Room”. His rooms are among – if not the – best rated games in Berlin, so we were very curious. Could The Room hold its high promise, or did it crash and burn under our high […]
Das Alleinstellungsmerkmal und für mich auch absolutes Highlight des Spiels sind die vielen verwinkelten Räume und wirklich ungewöhnlich engen Kriechgänge, die ein deutlich realistischeres Gefühl vermittelten, als die sonst so weit verbreiteten “Krabbelgänge”.

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