You are the assistants of a well-known scientist and you have the honour to be the first to test his newest invention. It is called the Time Machine. However, as it often happens with new things, something went wrong. And you've ended up in an a parallel world, the world of Steampunk. The question is - will you be able to get back?
Steampunk is a world free from digital gimmicks and internal combustion engines. In this world everything is analog, built on the mechanisms powered by steam. It is a magical universe inspired by the novels of Jules Verne and Herbert Wells with magnificent victorian era interiors and electricity experiments of Nikola Tesla.
Welcome to the most charming escape room in Amsterdam.
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Played: 17 Feb 2025Team size: 2Time taken: 74.59Outcome: Successful escape!
originalcleverquite difficult
Very fun with lots of puzzles. A little bit dated but I guess that's part of the story. Slightly difficult with 2 players. You have to climb stairs and crawl a couple times. Friendly and helpful host. Lots of red herrings so be careful.
Really good game, we loved the connection to the senses. Be aware if you struggle with mobility, though, there are stairs and areas where you'll need to crawl. It was one of the cheaper rooms that we found in Amsterdam, but the quality definitely didn't suffer because of it!
Go back in time and help the floating brain connect to the grid.
This was a nicely themed game with solid puzzles. The cheapest of the 3 we played while in Amsterdam and the best for us. For those older players unfortunately there are stairs in the room and you need to climb them several times. We were completely done when we finished (but the place next door had good thai food). At one point you had to crawl or duck very low. It was doable.
Everything in the game was related to senses and made sense ;). We liked the flow though we would have moved a couple of puzzles if we were the designers. Great feedback given - both with light and sound. And we felt the signposting was on point. We really liked a water puzzle. The hint system did suck a bit because it was fixed and the room was big. We would have preferred it to be available in more rooms. All in all a great experience.
Two games with high-quality decoration throughout that really conveyed their themes. Both are well worth playing, even in the high-quality Amsterdam market although, be warned that we found them a little lacking in signposting for some of the puzzles.
Nous rêvions de notre séjour en Hollande, mais j'avoue que c'est grâce à nos amis que nous avons franchi le pas et y sommes allés assez rapidement. Et puis comme les vacances à l'étranger sont rares pour nous, nous avons profité du fait que des amis gardent nos "fauves" pour faire aussi du tourisme. Au bout de 34 heures environ, nous voilà succombant à la tentation et nous poussons la porte d'un escape non prévu. My...
