Tag Archives: Deadlocked Escape Rooms

Deadlocked Escape Rooms: The Reading Witch

Reading, Jan 2025

My first escape room of 2025 was also the one that was top of my ‘to play’ list: Deadlocked’s new horror theme The Reading Witch. This two-hour experience comes with a minimum 4 player requirement, but we played it as a two, and I’d recommend doing t… (more)

Deadlocked Escape Rooms: The Movember Virtual Moscape Room

Online, Oct 2020

Deadlocked’s first two online games are much loved by enthusiasts, so the release of their third was much anticipated. And this one is released in support of the charity Movember, with a third of the price going to the charity.

You might wonder (I c… (more)

Deadlocked Escape Rooms: The Cyphstress

Online, Jun 2020

A medical condition caused by too many puzzles? No, the Cyphstress is, in Deadlocked’s narrative, a mythical siren from Greek legend notorious for riddles, and perhaps also brewing beer – because this game was developed in collaboration with craft be… (more)

Deadlocked Escape Rooms: The Insiders

Online, Apr 2020

Half the world is sheltering indoors from a pandemic sweeping the globe – not the plot of an escape game but the sad reality we find ourselves in. With physical escape rooms off limits, many companies are creating games which can be played over the i… (more)

Deadlocked Escape Rooms: The Time Machine

Reading, Jan 2020

Time Machine is definitely the first game I’ve seen that claims a 60 second time limit – but of course there’s more to it than that. The time-warping plot actually has a 90 min limit in total; I won’t spoil details of the 60 second thing, but … (more)

Deadlocked Escape Rooms: The Testing Chamber

Reading, Jan 2018

There are not many computer games I’ve played in the last eighteen years, but one of the few I have is Portal. If you’re also familiar with that, then you’ll recognise immediately the tongue-in-cheek dark humour of Testing Chamber. This game starts w… (more)

Deadlocked Escape Rooms: The Phoenix Research

Reading, Jan 2018

Located on the west side of Reading, Deadlocked currently have two games. Their first is Phoenix Research, named for the documents you’re trying to retrieve: the critical notes of a missing scientist employed by the dubious Wexell Corporation.

If yo… (more)