The Tears of Freya

After a couple dozen rooms around the US, this is easily my favorite. It is truly beautiful. It’s challenging but achievable. The ending is very satisfying. The staff is enthusiastic and kind. Even the lounge the room is attached to is charming. We will be hitting up their other rooms next time we are in the area!

This was a super fun room! My partner and I were just visiting for the weekend, and this was a great use of our time. There is a lot packed into a fairly small space. The tech is well done. We did it as a team of 2 and there is one puzzle that requires 3 people, so our Game Master was kind enough to help us out. Overall, a really great experience! Plus the fact that there’s a bar right outside is definitely a perk. Thank you Mystic team!

This ended up being our favorite room at this location. We really enjoyed this one from start to finish. The The theme pulled us in right away and the atmosphere did a great job making the world feel immersive. The puzzles were a huge highlight. We had several moments where we ran into things we genuinely hadn’t experienced before, which is always exciting after doing a lot of escape rooms. The tech was really well integrated too and I loved that there were no traditional keys or locks. Everything felt modern, intentional, and fit naturally into the experience. We stayed in a great rhythm through most of the room and always felt like we were uncovering something new. This was one of those rooms where the theme, puzzles, and tech all clicked together really well. Only bummer was after such an awesome experience, we never got a team photo sent over for our memories. Small thing, but after a room this good we definitely would’ve loved having that keepsake.

Of the 22 games we played on our Denver trip, Tears of Freya was my favorite. Amazing set and atmosphere, satisfying puzzles. Two things really stood out to me - the sound design and the prop reactivity. Sound design is often overlooked, and while there are other games that also do a great job, it's rarer than I think it should be. The ambient soundscape, the effects when things trigger, the fullness and presence of a good sound system that wasn't trying to be overwhelming - all of this was great. Prop reactivity at this level is something I rarely see, and can't think of other examples at the moment. Little flourishes of movement and light that weren't absolutely necessary (and I'm sure is why very few companies do this - who has the time?), but were cool and convinced me I was interacting with ancient Norse magic rather than just activating an RFID tag or hall effect sensor.

This was my favorite game of the ones we played in the Denver area. It has a beautiful set with satisfying tactile mechanisms and tech that uses a clever mix of physical movement and careful soundscape to feel like ancient magic. The bones of the space are humble - it's just drop ceiling! - but everything that Mystic has built within the environment sells it, from sets to sound, from lighting to props, everything was beautiful and felt like it belonged

Fantastic room with extremely good production values. The moving setpieces and puzzles all worked flawlessly. Very immersive set design and light/sound effects. Overall, one of the best rooms we've ever done.

This is an absolutely incredible room, the build quality, design, puzzles, and mechanics were all extraordinarily well done and well integrated with the theme and plotline. Beautiful and satisfying combination of tactile and high tech. Justin was a fantastic GM, he came in special and early for us after I booked the wrong day and was a delight to chat with about the room and other rooms. We've done almost 100 escape rooms and this may have been the best!

Some minor technical issues at the start that were quickly fixed by the GM. Then the puzzles were fun and cool, even though we had a large chaotic group! One puzzle towards the end was taunting us even though the solution required a few prerequisites, some of us got stuck trying to solve/guess it, which felt not great. Takes it down from amazing, which it is, down to just "good" for our group.

I would recommend it to others if they’re into these kinds of puzzles. It didn’t feel linear in the sense that the puzzles didn’t seem to have that much connection. It was linear in the sense that you needed to accomplish one to get to the other but storyline wise, I don’t know that they made sense. The puzzles weren’t as fun as some puzzles Ive done elsewhere and some of the puzzles were left open. At the end we got asked to reenter pieces because it wasn’t activated tech how it was supposed to. We also waited 15 minutes past our start time to be greeted by a host and we had things to do after the game so this interfered with our day. We showed up ten minutes early additionally so we waited quite a while and this upset everyone involved. It was 12 in the afternoon so although the bar is cool, it did not help with the wait. Overall very cool story. Good room. The tech was great. I wish the puzzles were a bit different and that our experience with the room itself was different because we may have liked it more then

This room is a must if you love Legend of Zelda. Even if you’ve never played, come if you’re a fan of lore, beautiful set design, and top tier mechanics. Our game master did such a great job of immersing us into the story from the minute we walked in and all the puzzles worked out beautifully. You can tell if the input is correct right away (immediate feedback) and there were no Gen 1 lock and keys here. The bar is set so high and the Celtic theme is stunning. We must have finished with 35 minutes remaining. We are visiting from out of town so we have not yet been to their Littleton location but after this experience, we booked their newest room - Nikola Tesla right away! The escape room is located at a lounge area. You are encouraged to have a drink when you’re done with gameplay and it’s a nice place to decompress and socialize.