Only Murders in the Building

This room is a reskin of The Heist and it kind of shows in that the theming isn’t super strong amongst the puzzles. Folks say you don’t need to watch the show, but honestly i think it added a lot, in that my favorite part of the room was seeing the little Easter eggs here and there. It was also hard for one of us who hadn’t seen the show to tell what was a clue and what was just an Easter egg. I had a good time, but definitely preferred the original better, and overall think it’s one of the weaker TEG rooms. But if you like the show, I think it’s worth doing! The staff was really sweet though, they heard we’d finished all the TEG rooms at the location and gave us collectible pins and let us sign their wall of fame!!

Tons of references to the show. If you like escape rooms and want a thematic play on Only Murders, then you will love this. They even have Howard giving you the mission! As usual, The Escape Game put up another solid gameplay experience with a set of logical and interesting puzzles. My only gripe is that if you have already played The Heist, the room is the same. Puzzles are obviously different, but there are a lot of similarities between the two.

Fun, but really easy and they didn’t reset the room properly unfortunately

Loved this! Very fun theme (I know nothing about the movie). Definitely at least one unique clue I’d never seen before despite having done almost 50 escape games across various brands.

We had a lovely time with this themed room. Two of us didn’t know the show, but that wasn’t necessary to enjoy the puzzles and the setup.

Great game, and not available at other TEG locations. Great puzzles, great flow, and the stellar atmosphere that TEG is known for. There was enough to do in parallel that everyone could play without being on top of each other. There was one unique element that I haven't seen elsewhere before!

This room was not a favorite of ours. 😞 I think it may have hit better for us if we were fans of the television show, or if we hadn't played The Heist at another location prior to playing this game. This isn't a very large escape room, the last room is more for show than anything really purposeful. So it makes the room feel shorter. Having played The Heist before in New Orleans, unfortunately, it was very easy to tell that all of the games and the room itself, including props, had been retooled to make this game. It felt more like a layover on top of a prior game as opposed to a unique game. It feels like the only thing that really changed were the context of the puzzles. This room really is way too small for a group of more than four players. There were six of us in the room, two of us from one group, four in another group. We worked well together, but it felt like we were tripping over each other the whole time.

We enjoy the show so this room had extra appeal for us. We played with 2 people who had no show familiarity and they still enjoyed the room a lot. Found it to be delightful theming and some fun puzzles.

Loveddddd the theming! If you are an escape. Room fan and a fan of only murders! This is the room for you! Really enjoyed the theming. I spent more time taking pictures than focusing on escaping just because it was so well done! Heads up if you've done their heist room, looks somewhat similar but the puzzles are different. That did throw us off since we just did heist not too long ago.