The Den

Funny story.. so this was the first ever room I’ve done cause we found a deal on Groupon and we’re like….sure why not. We also didn’t know it was a scary one and my friends don’t so scary really well. I did some scare-acting in the past so I was fine. We also didn’t know there was a scare-actor in this room. My friends weren’t ready so whe. He came popping out of the fireplace, the group lost all functionality. I was the one trying to get us through the hour but it wasn’t enough. Even the scare-actor was trying to give us nudges in the room which I figured. My friends just stayed huddled together opposite side from the actor. He wasn’t even supposed to be scary. But we had a great time and I remember the hosts being great as well. A few years later I did this room with another group of friends and we got out! I remember they were saying they planned to expand to the story and add more rooms but for some reason the city wasn’t allowing them. They also mentioned they were going to move to another location. But then they closed and disappeared.

The closure of Cromwell Estate ruined my life. Only slightly hyperbolic. I loved this game. It was scary and immersive, puzzles were fun, and the actor was talented in being scary without relying on old haunted maze tropes (aka didn’t just screech the entire time). The storyline was gripping. Every employee and owner I met was passionate. If i ever win the lottery i will bribe this company to reopen.

I’ve played this game twice, once before the actor, and once after. We had such a great time both times!

One of my first escape rooms and this was well worth the cost.

The live actor added a wonderful element to this room. Glad we got to do it before it closed. Definitely scary, spooky enough that made puzzles that could have been mild seem like we were solving the most complex tasks.

This is one of the games where I have fond memories and really miss them. They had a very good puzzle flow with a few scares that would be great for players just getting into scary type of escape rooms. The owners were also the nicest and best people ever.