Playground

Very Positive (925 ratings)

The Escape Game - Irvine

Escape room
IRL

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SEE YOU ON THE PLAYGROUND Summer is here! Well, almost… If you and your friends are going to leave for summer vacation, you’ll need your final report card. Here’s the problem, you haven’t finished your work and these assignments are unlike anything you’ve encountered in a classroom before. Luckily, you’ve got a great squad and everyone brings something different to the table. Band together to ace the ultimate group project. Pass or fail, you’re in this together!

1-12
60 mins
Medium

Awards

Finalist (2025) - TERPECA
Finalist (2024) - TERPECA
Finalist (2023) - TERPECA
Best of Morty (2022) - Morty
Finalist (2022) - TERPECA
Finalist (2021) - TERPECA
Gold - Best Puzzles (2021) - Keys To Greatness
Silver - Best Game (2021) - Keys To Greatness
Finalist (2020) - TERPECA
Gold - Best Puzzles (2020) - Keys To Greatness

Ratings

All ratings (925)

Very Positive

Gameplay: Overwhelmingly Positive

Atmosphere: Overwhelmingly Positive

Customer service: Overwhelmingly Positive

Reviews

wjomlex

4 escape rooms

Fun and unique theme that I haven’t seen before. Good parallelism even for our large group of 9.

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story

Difficulty

Medium

Ideal number of players

We played in a group of 9, and the parallelism was pretty solid even with that large party size, but 3-6 feels ideal.

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Physically active

Somewhat

Accessibility

At least one person needs to be able to climb a small ladder. A wheelchair probably doesn’t fit inside comfortably. A few puzzles involve distinguishing colours.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Safety

Yes

Oct 4, 2026

DrReverendCLove

13 escape rooms

This has become my new favorite escape room! Until I do another one from these fine folks! The staff is super polite and easy to talk to. The merch is great, really like the pins for each game. High quality puzzles and well designed rooms.

Gameplay

Gameplay was great from start to finish!

Atmosphere

From the first room to the last, awesome.

Customer service

Coolest staff. Super welcoming and willing to chat.

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Very unique game. Probably one of my favorites.

Story

The intro video was great.

Difficulty

Medium

I think the puzzles weren't too hard. Doing it with only two people made it a challenge.

Game tech

Mechanical

Bit of both?

Ideal number of players

Honestly, I think with 4 people you can divide and conquer.

Scary

Not scary

Not scary at all.

Minimum age

As long as they can read, this room is manageable.

Was anything broken?

Great quality.

Live actors

Physically active

Somewhat

Not strenuous, but there is some climbing, crawling.

Accessibility

Colors play a large role here. The game is not single level, so mobility may be an issue.

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Medium

Parking is a decent walk away. But there are plenty of shops on the way.

Safety

Yes

Oct 4, 2026 | Experienced Oct 3, 2026

Emily062313

7 escape rooms

Very fun would recommend kids or teens would love!!!

Gameplay

Related with all the things I learned in fourth grade

Atmosphere

Made me feel like I was in 4th grade again

Customer service

Awesome recommend Sophia

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

A lot of it has exercise (wear tennis shoes)

Story

Was really great and make sure to pay attention

Difficulty

Medium

Sometimes it was easy some times it was hard

Game tech

Mechanical

Barely any technology

Ideal number of players

You need a lot but not too much where it’s crowded

Scary

Not scary

NOT scary at all if you do get scared it could be a loud noise or something not included

Minimum age

Needs to pass 4th grade for some of the things and someone at least athletic-ish

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Physically active

Somewhat

Only physical if you choose to but you could not do any exercise besides walking

Accessibility

No it is pretty impatient friendly if your with other people

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Medium

Safety

Yes

Very safe but you could trip or fall if not paying good attention

Apr 19, 2026 | Experienced Apr 19, 2026

Arrow

3 escape rooms

I went with a bunch of people and there as some stuff that I just learned in school so it was fun to get to show that

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story

Difficulty

Medium

Ideal number of players

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Yes

I was a desk but not an important one

Live actors

Physically active

Somewhat

Accessibility

There was a part when someone had to climb through a window or go down a slide but with many people it’s fine

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Medium

It was at a mall

Safety

Yes

Apr 17, 2026

sierrachristy

12 escape rooms

I hate that they don’t do private games unless you book out the whole room. Definitely cheapens the experience to the point where I wouldn’t come back even though the room was really cool

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Ideal number of players

They don’t do private games unless you buy out the whole room so we had to play with strangers and it was so many people with 11 of us

Sep 21, 2025 | Experienced Sep 21, 2025

valgazor

69 escape rooms

Fabulous room for big group- would be very difficult with only 2-3 or difficult with 4. We had 5 adults and were scrambling but finished. Puzzles not hard but massive quantity. Would recommend, one of my favorites

Gameplay

Jun 25, 2025

mompro

57 escape rooms

Super fun for group of 8

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Live actors

Jun 19, 2025 | Experienced Jun 15, 2025

DistortedLeaf

155 escape rooms

You’re in elementary school and you have one hour to get everything finished before summer vacation, and this game does a great job of putting you in the mindset of an excited student ready to spring from school. The puzzles aren’t hard, which is fun because just like being in elementary school, it isn’t the difficulty of the activities that is tough, it’s the time crunch of getting all your schoolwork done with enough time to play with friends. Loved just how much there was to do in this room, and was a great challenge to tackle alone. Claire and Gwen were awesome!

Gameplay

Atmosphere

Customer service

Claire and Gwen are awesome!

Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story

Difficulty

Hard

The puzzles themselves aren’t super difficult but there’s so many to do!

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

Was anything broken?

Live actors

Physically active

Somewhat

Only one person has to do any kind of physical maneuvering, they make it so after one person does it the area becomes easily accessible to everyone else