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Shades of Grey

Very Positive (12 ratings)

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Are you ready to solve a murder? Step into a black-and-white, film noir world as you race to crack the case in this one-of-a-kind blend of escape room and murder mystery! This is your chance to impress gumshoe Sheila Lockwood and earn your place at the Lockwood Detective Agency, so grab your team and get sleuthing! Alongside traditional escape room puzzles, Shades of Grey features a unique Case File system, inspired by games like Return of the Obra Dinn or The Case of the Golden Idol. To crack the case, solving puzzles alone isn't enough. You'll need to identify the suspects, understand their relationships, and connect the evidence to complete this story-rich experience.

  • 2-6
  • 60 mins
  • Hard
  • Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (12)

Very Positive

Gameplay
Positive
Atmosphere
Positive
Customer service
Mostly Positive

Reviews

@TheEscapeAngel
TheEscapeAngel

134 escape rooms

𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿

Jul 23, 2026 | Experienced Jul 19, 2026

J

JamesFromToronto

307 escape rooms

This is everything an escape room should aspire to be: split beautifully between being narrative-driven and system-driven with a novel interface, a fantastic set, numerous puzzles of different types, everything comes together. Staff was fantastic, I can not wait until they expand in this space.

Jul 20, 2026 | Experienced Jul 19, 2026

Thanks for your visit, James!

Jul 20, 2026

@Alex2000
Alex2000

419 escape rooms

Keep experimenting Lockwood and I’ll keep following! This held up to the high standards of their previous pop ups. This was a smartly constructed experience that forced you to follow the narrative but in a more manageable and interesting way than most “narrative” rooms. If you’ve played Obra-Dinn/Roottrees/Case of the Golden Idol, the primary mechanic of the room will be familiar. You must input discoveries from your investigation and the system will verify your inputs in sets and allow you to proceed. I really enjoyed this fresh take to an escape room that requires you to follow the narrative throughout. The writing is funny, the mystery is manageable for 1 hour experience, the room is gorgeous and the puzzles were fun to solve/all tied to the mystery. This room shows that you don’t need the most advanced tech to create an engaging experience. No notes, go play the room, you’ll have a lot of fun.

Jul 20, 2026 | Experienced Jul 19, 2026

Thanks for coming, Alex! We don't plan to stop experimenting any time soon. 🧑‍🔬

Jul 20, 2026

@theescapecrew
theescapecrew

72 escape rooms

This is an absolutely fantastic room. One of our favourites. It involves story telling in effective ways and has clues and puzzles that require logic as well. It’s hard to be unique in the escape world but Lockwood absolutely was able to pull this off. I strongly recommend this one.

Jun 26, 2026 | Experienced Jun 26, 2026
@baffledgyal
baffledgyal

204 escape rooms

Playing this room was so refreshing! The space is on the smaller side, but it packs quite the punch in terms of puzzle content. The puzzles were extremely creative and such a joy to solve! Loved the aesthetic. Loved the small details. Loved the storyline. This room proves that you don’t need a large space and a massive budget to create experiences that are oodles and oodles of fun! It’s so nice to see escape room creators doing unique and interesting things, and the folks at Lockwood definitely ate with this one!

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

3

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Accessibility

There is a set of stairs leading up to the escape room.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Limited

Safety

Yes

Jun 19, 2026 | Experienced Jun 19, 2026

p

periodscream

23 escape rooms

This room was a lot of fun! The puzzles were solid, it was just the right amount of dialogue (with subtitles which was very appreciated), and the room itself was simple yet well designed given the theme. It’s a quality company that I will continue to support, looking forward to more rooms in the future.

Jun 19, 2026 | Experienced Jun 19, 2026

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