DarkMaster Escape Rooms: Into The Reliquary

By | May 22, 2021

by DarkMaster Escape Rooms (website)

Unit 5, Plumyfeather Farm, Plumyfeather Road, Lye Green TN6 1UX Crowborough

Crowborough

2-8 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

Brave the Peruvian jungle and find the ancient relic before the Dark Master gets his hands on it.
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Overall rating

Rated between 4 and 5 out of 5

based on ratings from 34 users
combined with 4 pro reviews

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Player reviews

A Blacksmith expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 1 Sep 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 43:35 Outcome: Successful escape!
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KazKew rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: July 2022 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulcleverimmersive

The set is amazing! My team mates are new to escape rooms and we all thoroughly enjoyed it, with some aspects that I haven't seen in other escape rooms before that were so much fun. The puzzles weren't too challenging. It is quite a physical game and expect to get sandy!

Ollie Yeomans experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 16 Jul 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 56 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersiveepic

This room has made me doubt every other 5 star I've given out previously. Out of 70 odd rooms this was the most fun I've had in an escape room. The transitions were incredibly impressive and the size and usage of the game space is particularly special. Not one to be missed at all. 

Shane Craig Gausden experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techcleverimmersivequite difficult
jakea256 expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 5 Aug 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 54:36 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloriginalimmersive

Sooo cool! So many unique elements that we had never seen before. Incredibly immersive room with a real Indiana Jones feel to it. Wonā€™t spoil anything but so worth playing even if the puzzles are largely search based.

Mike S expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 15 Aug 2021 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
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markb experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 29 Aug 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 56:12 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloriginalimmersive

This is a beautifully designed game, with quite unique elements I've never seen in an escape room before, puzzles and narrative generally fit well together, thoroughly recommend!

Spanishfleas experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
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Nichola Morrison experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulcleverimmersive

What an incredible set! As soon as you walk in you are WOWed! Some really brilliant unique parts to this game and they have certainly spent a lot of money on the mechanics and set.

Lots of puzzles and team work required! 

šŸŒµJuliette B expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 14 Nov 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 42:20 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersiveintense

This room was such fun - absolutely loved it. Some truly unique moments. Story works well; puzzles are not overly challenging but honestly those are not what makes this room special. Great hosting and lovely owners too. 

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Few companies make such a stir so soon after opening as DarkMaster. It wasnā€™t long after they launched their first two games that word spread that they had something special; and of the two, it was Reliquary that particularly caused the buzz.

This is a jungle / lost temple romp, in the style of Indiana Jones or Lara Croft, searching for a lost artefact, and in several ways it manages to capture a visceral, physical sense of adventure and peril in a way that few escape rooms can manage. I shanā€™t...

Immersion ā€“ in every sense of the word!

If an immersive escape experience is what you are after, look no further! Dark Master have made a very impressive debut with Into the Reliquary. The set design is highly professional and of a quality that you would find in a movie theme park. Luckily, the giant carnivore plants in the bit of the Peruvian jungle you find yourself in arenā€™t real, but the water very much is.

The set of Into the Reliquary is truly something to behold, and there are certain moments throughout the game that we are unlikely to forget for some time. The puzzles didnā€™t wow in the same way as their surroundings, but still made for a fun game, although that was somewhat overshadowed by a moment or two of what felt like legitimate danger.

Iā€™ve been in quite a few bonkers sets for Escape Rooms. This has to be the most nuts, even beating DarkMasterā€™s own aeroplane in One Wing. Everything has been thrown at it, with one more surprise just when you think they canā€™t do any more. It is an incredible feat of engineering and Iā€™ve no idea how they managed half of it.

A beautifully themed room with puzzles to match the room. Unique concepts and some awesome surprises. Check our review for more details 

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