This game may scare you! PG rated may be unsuitable for younger players - Please call for more information. St Josephine’s Orphanage for Girls was once the finest educational facility in the North West. Today, the grand Victorian property stands empty, derelict and abandoned. Until now as the property stands up for auction by a local firm. You and your colleagues have been invited to enter the grade II listed site and evaluate its potential for developing it into a new, state of the art urban-living apartment complex. Tread carefully though, you wouldn’t be the first to walk its eerie halls and perhaps decide for yourselves that some doors are better left closed.
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Played: 19 Jun 2023Team size: 4Outcome: Successful escape!
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This was one of our favourite rooms. We laughed and there may have been a little bit of screaming too! We escaped with around 5 minutes spare.
It's quite a small room so larger teams may struggle and there were not loads of puzzles, but the ones that were there were well thought out and relevant to the room.
The theming was great and as always at Lucardo our host was fantastic. This was our second room at Lucardo and I know we'll be back for more.
Quite disappointed in this experience as we were expecting something much more intense and scary. The game itself is best described as creepy but never ventures beyond that. As regards the set - it's extremely small! The decor, furniture and props are fairly poor quality and something that really grates is multiple locks (4-5) on one piece of furniture! For enthusiasts visiting Manchester you're much better off taking a trip to the venues outside the city to play more impressive experiences.
Someday I’ll play a game set in an orphanage that’s about toys and laughter and children playing happily, but not this one: Lucardo’s latest is of course a horror game, set in a derelict orphanage with a dark past.
The design gets a lot out of a relatively modest sized space. The beginning in particular would feel cramped for any team larger than three, though it soon opens up somewhat. Some quality set design helps suspension of disbelief, and the game felt increasingly immersive as it went o...
The Orphanage was just perfectly creepy, dilapidated and atmospheric
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[Last Update: January 2026] I’ve visited the United Kingdom several times and played a total of 173 escape games from 61 different providers. As always, I’ve asked also other enthusiasts and bloggers for their opinions. The final table combines the individual rankings of 63 enthusiasts...
