Hope End

Wow! What a thrilling and immersive experience! After The Man from Beyond (Strange Bird Immersive) in Houston, I was waiting to find another escape room that could match the benchmarks set by their production level, immersion, performance - and the puzzle design of course. Happy to say, Hope End exceeded our expectations! The Ministry of Peculiarities should be on the wishlist of every escape room enthusiast. The quality of puzzles was excellent. They were thematic, layered, and just made sense. A joy to figure out and solve. The game is not scary but spooky. I enjoyed the surprise moments sprinkled throughout. The game flowed very well and the choreography was excellent. Our "GM" stayed in character throughout, dressed for the part, and interacted with the group ad lib. I encourage you to actively (and sportingly) participate. Our game and everyone's individual progress was followed closely. I enjoyed the dry and sarcastic humor that accompanied the overall mystery. We lost track of time inside (in a good way). There wasn't an obvious countdown timer. However, they made sure we stayed on track. A minimum of 4 experienced players is recommended. A group of 6 would be ideal (and fun). Communication is especially important in the initial stages.

Incredible. Just go in blind. Some creepiness but nothing overtly demonic or scary. The interactivity was unlike any other room we've done and it added a ton of fun memories and immersiveness.

It was worth waiting years for meeting Dolores. It was a real experience, not just escape from a mansion. Before then, I was tiny bit upset with The Ministry to require at least 6 people to play this highly scored room, now I understand that we needed every person. The moment you ribg the door, we started “feeling” (scared, laughing, confused, betraying, empathizing, wondering, …) and that upbeat flow never stopped, till we leave the building. Do it, play the room, and send my regards to my new best friend 🙈

Hopes End has a stellar reputation. It was recommended to us by several folks in the industry, and we thought it was super well deserved. A fun game with innovative features, but more the commitment from the staff and the deeper themes that they explored was what made it stand out. Great to do with folks you know well.

absolutely phenomenal game! my coworkers and i truly had a great time. the production design was incredibly well done and the theming was fantastic. highly recommend!!

From start to finish this was a top notch experience!! Highly recommend and already looking forward to future rooms from this team!!

Hope End is absolutely one of my ALL TIME favorite escape games, especially in SoCal! I will start off by saying it’s slightly scary. Probably not so great for children, unless they’re super brave! There is a live actor, but they’re not…too scary. There’s no chasing, not really there to scare you except unsettle you a bit… They’re there to make the experience unforgettable! 😁 There’s only a few moments that’s a bit scary but it was more from the sudden appearance than anything scary scary, otherwise this game isn’t designed to scare you, rather just unsettle you. 4 people is the absolute minimum. I don’t think they can really fudge that limit to accommodate lesser number of players. Slight spoiler, you do get separated momentarily in the beginning, hence the minimum number of players. From even before you enter the door, they are all already in character! They only break character at the really end when you’ve finished and my they were absolutely AMAZING. The puzzles weren’t too difficult, but you can tell this room was designed as an EXPERIENCE, and less so trying to make it so difficult that the pass rate is low. They WANT you to finish the game, so you can experience it in its entirety ❤️. For our group, we went in as a group of 4, and I think the difficulty was just right! Lots to see, do, find, and explore! Some dexterity involved haha. 🤣 The story is PHENOMENAL. Most escape games you can go through and forget about the story. Not this one. You are engaged and stay engaged to the story throughout. The puzzles make sense and adhere to the main storyline. There were a few locks, but all of them were to theme, no combination locks at all. They make you believe (down to the smell lol), that you’re in a different time period. The set was absolutely on point! They did very well to bring the manor and story to life with the lights, sounds, set designs, live acting, etc! I would absolutely absolutely recommend Hope End to anyone hoping for an unforgettable experience!

We absolutely loved this escape room. It was honestly life changing! It was so immersive and the live actors were absolutely incredible. We loved Annie and Dolores. This is absolutely a must-do escape room!!!

Phenomenal. Just do it.

Very immersive experience. Enjoyed this escape room with friends. One of my favorites thus far.