Summary

• The Escape Hatch in Florida offers a terrifying escape room experience with rotating themes during Halloween season. It's perfect for large groups and families.
• Escape the Movies in Maryland is a popular choice for horror film fans who want an eerie and unique escape room challenge.
• The Heist in Nashville, created by The Escape Game, puts players in a thrilling scenario where they must retrieve a stolen piece of art within 60 minutes. It's a fun and exciting challenge for problem-solving enthusiasts.

An escape room is a live-action game in which players come together to solve puzzles and find clues in order to get them out of a situation or solve a problem. There are all kinds of escape rooms all over the world. Some escape rooms are horror-themed and will put visitors into a scary situation, while others are a little milder and focused on a more family-friendly theme.

Escape rooms have really been growing in popularity over the past few years, so they're all over the country these days. In just about every city, there's at least one company running its own unique escape room that visitors can go through with friends. New York City is one of the places in the United States famous for its excellent escape rooms.

Keep reading to see some of the craziest escape rooms in the US, ranked from somewhat tame to totally terrifying!

UPDATE: 2023/10/06 14:15 EST BY NOAH STAATS

Two More Scary Escape Rooms For October!

This post has been updated with two new escape rooms in the US for this fall season, including one in Florida and another in California. Whether someone wants to escape a horror movie or emerge in a never-ending gore-filled experience, this list proves to be scary!

14 The Escape Hatch, Florida

• Address: 5718 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee, FL 34747

One of the crazier escape rooms for those in Florida is The Escape Hatch. Here, people will split into groups, trying to escape various scenarios in the massive complex. Notably, The Escape Hatch boasts the chance at a game more intense than just a haunted house; it's a full 60 minutes of mind-twisting puzzle-solving while being stalked by the undead. The theme here rotates, but for the Halloween season, guests can expect scarier escapes and haunts inside. What's even more fun is that this escape center allows parties of up to 29 people per space, which is awesome for teams, large groups, and families. Be warned, though, it can get scary here!

13 Escape the Movies, Maryland

• Address: 935 Fairlawn Ave, Laurel, MD 20707

The next crazy escape room option is coming from Maryland, called Escape the Movies. Here, guests can escape from various movie characters in horror films, all within the creepy complex. Many people find that this escape room is more eerie than others in the area, with something for all types of horror flick fans. Each attraction brings you and a group an entirely unique and challenging escape room experience. After three successful seasons as Maryland's scariest haunted attraction, Escape the Movies has grown a cult following. People spend every weekend here trying to escape from characters who want them dead...kind of. It's also worth noting the complex's name is Laurel's House of Horror, with the fan-favorite escape room being Escape the Movies.

12 Nashville: The Heist

• Address: 510 E Iris Dr, Nashville, TN 37204

The Heist is an escape room in Nashville that was created by The Escape Game. In this escape room, you take on the role of someone who has been given a serious and dangerous job: retrieve a stolen piece of art.

The Heist pits players against the clock. Everyone playing has 60 minutes to figure out how to get into an office, locate a priceless piece of stolen art, and make it out without being caught. This room is a ton of fun for people who want to test their problem-solving skills without feeling too scared or pressured.

11 Dallas: The Playground

• Address: 3000 Grapevine Mills Pkwy Suite 604, Grapevine, TX 76051

Who doesn't miss being a kid and going out to recess? Even though being an adult has its perks, being on the playground was always the best part of being in school. The Playground is an escape room that was created by The Escape Game that puts players back in that mindset.

The Playground is an escape room that has the players put into a classroom with a playground. But it's not all fun and games here! The players take on the role of students who didn't finish their work and need to before they're allowed to leave for the summer.

10 Los Angeles: Titanic Escape Room

• Address: 1560 Corinth Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025-3268

The Titanic Escape Room was created by 60OUT Escape Rooms and is located in Los Angeles, California. This game is available for 2 to 6 players and allows the players to take on the role of the crew working aboard the Titanic. Check out this escape room while visiting Los Angeles for the first time.

We all know how the Titanic actually happened, but can your crew help to change the course of history by stopping the ship from going down with everyone on board? In this escape room, the players have 60 minutes to try to save the people on the ship as it begins to sink.

9 Palm Springs: Merlin's Magic School

• Address: 2500 N. Palm Canyon Dr., Suite B3, Palm Springs, Greater Palm Springs, CA 92264-1551

Who hasn't wanted to be a wizard at some point in their lives? Let's be honest; there are just so many cool movies, books, and TV shows that make us wish we had magical powers! Merlin's Magic School is an escape room in Palm Springs that allows us to finally live out those magical dreams.

In this escape room, visitors are put into the role of young witches and wizards who are the only hope of saving their magical school. The school was cursed during a talent show, and now, the players have to find Merlin's spell book to reverse the curse!

8 Kissimmee: Super Bomb Squad: Commandos Awesome!

• Address: 2943 Vineland Rd, Kissimmee, FL 34746-5505

Super Bomb Squad: Commandos Awesome! is an escape room located in Kissimmee, Florida. This escape room is super close to Walt Disney World Resort, meaning that people who are visiting Disney can stop by this escape room for something a little different while on their vacation.

This escape room puts players into a super thrilling scenario. In this escape room, players are part of an elite group that has been sent in to take out an evil corporation. While there, they discover there are several bombs set around the area and have to defuse them before it's too late!

7 Little Rock: Foster's Fortune

• Address: 2122 S Broadway St, Little Rock, AR 72206-1356

Foster's Fortune is one of the escape rooms run by Mystery Mansion Escape in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mystery Mansion Escape has multiple different escape rooms that all have a unique theme and give the players a really fun experience. Foster's Fortune is an escape room that takes players back in time.

In this escape room, you're in the 1930s, and gold has been banned in order to try to help the economy. Unfortunately, a rare and special gold coin was stolen from the Mint. Players are tasked with solving puzzles and finding clues to find where they went.

6 Los Angeles: Zoe

• Address: 1111 E. Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA, 92831

Although a lot of escape rooms just involve puzzles and riddles, there are also a lot of escape rooms that are really scary. For people who want to take their escape room experience to the next level, a room like Zoe in Los Angeles is perfect. Zoe first opened in Las Vegas and has since moved to LA and was created by Escapade Games.

Zoe is a horror-based escape room that puts the player into the shoes of a person who is being pulled by a supernatural force to an unusual house. After reaching the house they've been seeing in their dreams, they find themselves trapped inside. Can you make it out before it's too late? Los Angeles is a great place to visit, and everyone knows this, but Los Angeles actually has tunnels that were used in the Prohibition.

5 Las Vegas: The Official SAW Escape

• Address: 2121 S Industrial Rd Suite 101, Las Vegas, NV 89102

The SAW movies are great, right? They're scary and unique but not something we would ever want to experience... Unless it's in the form of an escape room. Visitors who travel to Las Vegas are able to live out the SAW movies by taking part in The Official SAW Escape.

This is a multi-room, horror-based escape room that leads players through multiple different rooms full of a ton of spooky puzzles. The premise of this escape room is that players have entered a meatpacking plant for a late-night tour but find themselves trapped in their own personal horror movie. Yikes!

4 Los Angeles: The Basement

• Address: 12909 Foothill Blvd, Sylmar, CA 91342

The Basement is a horror-themed escape room located in Los Angeles. There are multiple slots every day for players to go through the escape room, but it's definitely one that's on the scarier and more intense side. Because of that, this escape room is recommended to adult thrill seekers out there.

The story of The Basement involves all the players being taken by a twisted criminal who has locked them up in the house of his late mother. He plans to weed out the ones who can't find their way out and only be left with the ones who are capable of outsmarting him. Yikes! Talk about creepy.

3 New York City: Spooky Room 479

• Address: 22-56 31st St, Queens, NY 11105

Spooky Room 479 is an escape room located in New York City that really fits the name - it's spooky. This escape room is a horror-themed room that is definitely not for the faint of heart but is a great one for anyone who really wants to be scared to try out with their friends. At this to one's New York City itinerary and enjoy another side of the great city.

In Spooky Room 479, the players are entering a dorm room that no one has gone near in a long time. The door has been shut, and strange noises have been coming out of the dorm that no one can explain. The players enter and find that there's no one inside, but the door has shut behind them. Can you find your way out before it's too late?

2 Colorado, The Crooked Key

• Address: 435 Lincoln Ave, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487

One of the most highly rated escape rooms in the United States is The Crooked Key escape room in Steamboat Springs. Here visitors can choose from their three escape rooms and enjoy the perfect night out with their friends or family. These rooms are purpose-built, multi-chamber, immersive, and live-action. One of the rooms is set in the year 1898, and the guests need to jailbreak from the Utah State Penitentiary.

That Wild West escape room is for groups of two to eight, and it is wheelchair accessible. Note that cell phones are prohibited, and it includes simulated physical restraint. Another fun and spooky activity to enjoy together is visiting a real-life haunted state penitentiary.

1 Trapology Boston

• Address: 177 Tremont St, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02111

If you are looking for a good choice of escape room in New England, look no further than Trapology Boston. They have a selection of both indoor and outdoor escape rooms with choices that will keep everyone well entertained. One indoor escape room is The Boobie Trap, a secret BDSM playroom behind a local coffee shop. This game is only for people 18+ (as it has adult content) and is for 2 to 5 players.

Another indoor escape room is Crush Depth. Here remember every submarine movie ever made (like Das Boot) where the submarine sinks down to its crush depth. Bring the submarine back up to sea level before the sub implodes, and everyone is sent to Davy Jone's Locker. For groups of four to eight people.

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