The Family Cabin

The Family Cabin

Very Positive (486 ratings)

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  • IRL

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You spent nearly every school break in the 90s at your family’s cabin. When you weren't fishing, skiing, or raising your Tamagotchi, you and your cousins were playing Nintendo. After reading that a copy of your family's go-to Nintendo game just sold for nearly a Bitcoin, you realize the family's copy of the game should still be at the cabin. Unfortunately, your cousins realized the same thing too. Now it's a race to claim the cartridge! Will you get there first or will your efforts be as worthless as a Beanie Baby?

  • 3-6
  • 60 mins
  • Not scary

Awards

Ratings

All ratings (486)

Very Positive

Gameplay
Overwhelmingly Positive
Atmosphere
Overwhelmingly Positive
Customer service
Overwhelmingly Positive

Reviews

b

bzpuzzle

47 escape rooms

Lots to like in this 90s nostalgic room! Adorable throwback theme and good variety of puzzles. Excellent use of props, media, and other pieces of set design. The room is much more linear than it first seems. My main gripe is that there were timer screens in the room that also displayed hints- even if you didn't ask for any! My team was consistently progressing at a decent pace but we still got tips on the screens that unfortunately took away some of the problem solving fun. Our GM also acted very disinterested, which was a bummer.

Sep 6, 2026
@liamc9360
liamc9360

114 escape rooms

Had me tryin’ the Konami code to no avail (Was gonna give this place a heart, but it got demoted to a thumbs up bc a lock wasn’t put on one of the crates so it had me not trusting the rest of the room 😬)

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

3

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

12

Was anything broken?

Yes

Lock was off one of the boxes. Kinda slowed down the flow when we solved a puzzle for the lock that wasn’t put on.

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Medium

Safety

Yes

Aug 30, 2026 | Experienced Aug 30, 2026
@SwaggieJ
SwaggieJ

166 escape rooms

I thought this room was super cute. Another room that embodies the spirit of escape rooms to me. Clever puzzles and passion. The throwback of it all was really fun to be in as well. I would recommend this to anyone.

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Gameplay

Flowed well, linear, which was great for us, maybe not for a group of people. Some super clever puzzles.

Atmosphere

Nothing super complex, but well made and loved the 90s theme.

Customer service

Friendly and efficient.

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Quite a few puzzles we really enjoyed.

Story

Simple enough,

Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

High tech

A bit of both.

Ideal number of players

3

2-4

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

14

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Some crouching.

Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible, hearing impaired might have a couple problems, same with colorblind. Room is well lit.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Medium

Downtown like parking. We walked from our Airbnb.

Safety

Yes

Aug 9, 2026 | Experienced Jul 16, 2026
@jpr
jpr

188 escape rooms

LOVED the puzzles and vibe for the 90s throwbacks galore. A ton to do for just 2 people so would have to operate with urgency if not having a bigger group. Two big thumbs up for this one.

Aug 3, 2026
@berlinchu
berlinchu

188 escape rooms

What a fun room. The puzzles are good, interesting and fit the themes well. There is a lot to do and it can be quite challenging.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service

Sarah was friendly and welcoming

Story
Ideal number of players

4

Scary

Not scary

Live actors

No

Aug 3, 2026
@trevjoseph
trevjoseph

30 escape rooms

overall a cute theme with some fun mechanical puzzles. it was mostly linear especially in the front half, so there was some standing around for a few people here and there. the set could use some upkeeping but the story was inventive and the nostalgia elements were great. i loved most of the puzzles!

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

3

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

Yes

A few set pieces could use some TLC

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Feb 5, 2026 | Experienced Feb 5, 2026

m

mikesnipes

116 escape rooms

The first bit of this game was very good, but after you get into the second room, everything goes downhill very quickly. We were told this room was linear, and while it mostly is, it has a strange combination of linear and non-linear game design, which makes it quite jarring to play if you're experienced. It also breaks some escape game rules, such as using objects multiple times. Our GM was super nice, but very clearly wasn't paying attention, as he often gave us clues that were irrelevant or things that we had obviously already figured out. This room was really borderline between a thumbs up and a thumbs down. I'd actually recommend this as a game for enthusiasts to play, but only if you've run through all the other great games in the area first.

Dec 31, 2025

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