The Video Store

We gave the Video Store Escape Room at Dare 2 Escape a thumbs up! Overall, we really enjoyed our time and would definitely recommend it, especially for players who are familiar with Dare 2 Escape’s style of gameplay. The atmosphere was one of the biggest highlights. The retro video store theme was immersive, detailed, and fun without feeling cheesy. The set design pulled us in right away and made the experience feel more like stepping into a story rather than just solving puzzles in a room. The puzzles were creative and engaging, with a nice mix of logic, observation, and teamwork. Nothing felt repetitive, and each solved piece was satisfying. That said, a few puzzles weren’t very straightforward. If you’re new to Dare 2 Escape, it might be tough to complete the room within the time limit without using clues. Some of the mechanics feel like they’re designed with returning players in mind who already understand the company’s puzzle style. The staff was super friendly and welcoming, which always makes the experience better. They explained everything clearly, kept the energy positive, and made us feel excited before we even entered the room. Overall, this was a fun, well-designed escape room with great vibes, clever puzzles, and excellent customer service. Just be prepared to use a few clues if it’s your first Dare 2 Escape experience. We had a great time and would absolutely come back for another room!

Fantastic room and GM (Danielle) Are you a child of the 80's or 90's video stores? Then you must do this room. Loving care to really celebrate movie stores and movies from the era. The puzzles were fun, diverse, a bit challenging but fair. Everything was on theme. We completed it with 4 adult sized humans and that felt like the perfect number. Huge fan of Dare 2 Escape and they did not disappoint with this room.

Super fun room! Great theming, use of space, some fun reveals and a ton of nostalgia. Make sure to take everything in - you never know where clues are hiding!

Not very intuitive.

Let me start by saying that Mandy was an absolutely amazing GM. She is so kind and so fun. She was attentive and very willing to help in any way she could. The theme of this room is very original and nostalgic! I loved that it felt like Blockbuster and that you start on the outside of the “store.” We had a little bit of a hard time finding our groove in the room. I did feel as though certain puzzles didn’t flow into each other very cleanly. It was fun though and I’m glad we went slightly out of our way to do it!

Fun game! We were honestly between a like and love but Mandy was incredible and the story and set were unique enough to push it to a love. The game flow for us was choppy…it felt like there were too many items that you collect throughout the game at the same time but have to wait to use them until you have all the pieces. And signposting in a few cases was lacking that we feel like would have eliminated some frustrating distractions and time sucks. All that being said it was still really fun and the story and set were really cool and unique! Would recommend to anyone, especially anyone with blockbuster memories as it feasts on those!

So many good things about this one. First of all, GM Mandy was AWESOME. So friendly and fun. All GM’s should be like her! The room itself was amazing. It was definitely like being in a small town video store. Do this room!