The Sideshow

The Sideshow

Mostly Positive (4 ratings)

  • Escape room
  • IRL

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Today, you received a notice in the mail that your old Uncle Simon who you had lost touch with had suddenly passed away. He’d been distant with everyone in the family when he joined the circus and everyone made fun of him – everyone but you. To you, that was your favorite part about him. He was the fun uncle – always wanting to make the world smile and laugh. The letter goes on to say he eventually bought the travelling circus and ultimately wants YOU to have it. As a child, you saw the Simon & Son’s Sideshow Circus just once as it travelled by your town and loved all the sideshow acts without a clown in sight. The performers were amazing and your uncle treated them like family. Turns out, the circus closed when your uncle fell ill last year and the tent still stands as it was after the final show. Wanting to protect the circus, everything was locked to preserve it’s future with you as the new ringleader. However, your jealous cousins “The Sons” hired a bulldozer to demolish everything because if they can’t have it – no one should. Without the last name “Simon”, the bulldozer needs proof of your ownership to stop them. THE SHOW MUST GO ON! Can you find the circus keys hidden inside the tent so you can take your place as ringleaders and stop the destruction of your childhood memories?

  • 2-6
  • 30 mins
  • Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (4)

Mostly Positive

Reviews

@AmyAndCam
AmyAndCam

44 escape rooms

We've played several rooms at 60 Minute Missions, and The Sideshow has some of the best puzzle design we've seen from them. Although it's a single-room escape room, it never felt small or lacking. The room is packed with puzzles, and nearly all of them were creative, logical, and genuinely satisfying to solve. In fact, I thought the overall puzzle quality was better than many of their larger rooms. The variety kept us engaged the entire time, and there was always something interesting to work on. There was only one puzzle that felt out of place involving a word clue, the answer had nothing to do with the theme. It wasn't a major issue, but it stood out because the rest of the room did such a good job of keeping the puzzles connected to the theme. Overall, we were pleasantly surprised. It's proof that you don't need multiple rooms to create a memorable escape experience. If you enjoy puzzle-heavy escape rooms with clever, well-thought-out challenges, The Sideshow is absolutely worth playing. I actually think it's one of the strongest rooms 60 Minute Missions has created in their recent line up.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

We hadn't done a circus theme yet.

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

Color blindness was an issue on one puzzle.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Safety

Yes

Jul 17, 2026 | Experienced Jul 16, 2026

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