Past Forward

We had a great time. Story was a little confusing, but we’ve done enough rooms we knew what to do. Lots of puzzles that were unique, very high tech as well. GM was amazing as well. Excited to go back when they add more rooms in the coming months.

Super fun room with an easy start and a slight increase in difficulty in the middle and finale, but still manageable with a couple of hints for a group of 2 adults and 3 kids under 11. We enjoyed the different scenes throughout and spent the most time on a challenge to organize the mess with all the right pieces. Not more than 5 number or word padlocks and a whole lot of great mechanical and electronic puzzles.

Puzzles were very intuitive. We did it with no hints required. Some interesting mechanics.

Fantastic room by newcomers to the escape room scene. The rooms were very well done and thematic and our family enjoyed the use of physical locks and object manipulation. Plenty of things for everyone to do, including our two kiddos who went with us. The owners were super nice and friendly. Would definitely recommend!

Great game!! We had a really fun time. Thank you Masha for being an awesome game master!!

Past Forward was a solid game from a new company in the Bay Area! I enjoyed the theming, decor, and the majority of the puzzles. There were a couple highs and a couple lows, but nothing that felt unfair or broken, and a couple things I actually hadn’t seen before. This is a great room to scratch the itch, and an enthusiast duo would be the perfect amount of people.

Great experience here. The puzzles are very straightforward and easy to comprehend. There is literally ONE game master on staff, and she’s very good at monitoring the games. We had no moments of “but we did that already!”. Each game has a TV with the timer.

All time record! Solid thumbs up! Of their two rooms, this one was more refined and I really liked the puzzle quality in this one. There’s some really cool out of the boxing thinking (not in the frustrating, out of reach way, but in a really fun unique way I hadn’t seen before). There were also a couple puzzles I hadn’t seen anywhere else before. The theming was great and the story was fun how it flowed between past and present. Overall, a really fun and enjoyable room!

For an avid lover of solving puzzles and exploring mysterious and mind bending escape rooms, 404 Escape Room is a goldmine. Tucked away in the up and coming Irvington neighborhood of Fremont, this unassuming spot took me and my 2 friends by surprise. As we walked in, we were greeted by a boisterous group of people who were celebrating a bday party and were thrilled with excitement having solved the mystery game just in time, that energy was contagious. The escape room crew were super awesome and gave us a mystifying introduction which amp’ed up our excitement. The game “Past Forward” that the 3 of us signed up for, was not merely a nostalgic visual delight, but an absolute masterpiece that gives time travel a new definition. The transcendental experience takes you into dawn of time, something we only read in books giving you a first hand experience of what past looked like. The puzzles were so much fun to solve, some mathematically enchanting and some visually appealing. The difficulty is real…. I think 3 of us were too few and we barely made it out in time even after seeking clues. We are surely gonna come back for their other game “Stabbin Cabin”. If you are looking for the next great escape room experience, 404 Escape Room is going to give you a run for your money.