A Thrillseeker's Guide to Escape Rooms in Los Angeles
Escape Rooms (sometimes also known as “room escapes”) are interactive puzzle games that became popular in Asia and Eastern Europe before popping up across the United States. Teams enter a room and search for clues and useful objects, solve puzzles and riddles, and ultimately figure out how to back out of the room. Rooms come in a variety of themes, from sci-fi adventures to horror scenarios and some incorporate technology for magical effects, while others have actors that help guide the story along. Most games give players an hour to complete the challenges, and some have rooms that can be played back-to-back. It’s an excellent way to use your brain, work as a team and challenge your senses. Most rooms cost about $30-40 for a ticket, depending on the number of players. Los Angeles has over 60 individual rooms from numerous companies for puzzlers—here are 15 favorites.
1. Evil Genius Escape Room
Amusement Park
2. Escape Room LA
Theater
3. The Basement
Amusement Park
60Out
60Out, formerly known as Escape Key, has several rooms, each one incorporating gadgets and technology to make a truly magical and memorable experience. Rooms are spread out over four locations. Players escape a cursed ship, embark on a mission to steal a bill from a rival senator, cure a deadly virus and rob a casino. In their Hangover room, players “awaken” from a night of drinking unable to remember where they hid their boss’s money, while Zen Room players must flee a bizarre world where everything is stark white.
60 Out, 1316 N Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA, +1 310 478 4444
1560 Corinth Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA, +1 310 478 4444
13336 Beach Avenue, Marina Del Rey, CA, USA, +1 310 478 4444
1316 N Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA, +1 310 478 4444
Maze Rooms
Maze Rooms opened their first room, The Castle, in 2014. Now, they have over a dozen unique rooms in locations spread across the city, with more on the way. Rooms vary in difficulty, and most incorporate gadgets and tech. They even have one room that is entirely in virtual reality. Favorites include the train-themed One Way Ticket, the enchanting Magic Kingdom, the sci-fi Lunar Station, and the 60s-era Secret Mission.
Maze Rooms, 1328 N Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA, +1 310 595 2881
4365 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City, CA, USA, +1 310 595 2881
19347 Ventura Boulevard, Tarzana, CA, USA, +1 310 595 2881
132 S Vermont Avenue, Unit 204, Los Angeles, CA, USA, +1 310 595 2881
1182 S La Brea, Los Angeles, CA, USA, +1 310 595 2881
1147 S Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, USA, +1 310 595 2881
5. Escapedom
Amusement Park
6. Escape Hotel
Hotel
7. Room Escape Live
Amusement Park
8. Countdown Live Escape Game
Amusement Park
9. The Bunker Experience
Amusement Park
10. Exit Game
Amusement Park
11. Get the F Out
Amusement Park
12. PanIQ Room Hollywood
Amusement Park
13. The Alchemist's Lab at Arqade
Cafe, American
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