The 16 best escape rooms in Manhattan
Mission Escape Games
265 W 37th St #802a, New York, NY 10018, USA
Very Positive
1 Award
2-6
60 mins
"A very good room! Set was immersive and there was a real flow of puzzles in this room. I played this with my son who has little experience with escape rooms and wanted him to experience as much of the room as possible. I talked with the gam ..." See more
Rices724
53 games played
Mission Escape Games
265 W 37th St #802a, New York, NY 10018, USA
Very Positive
2 Awards
2-10
60 mins
"Pretty standard escape room with a vast array of puzzle styles. Had a fun experience in the room, but I wouldn’t say it was the most unique. What I will say is that Mission Escape has really good rooms as far as puzzles go, and are good ch ..." See more
Rori21
124 games played
Mission Escape Games
265 W 37th St #802a, New York, NY 10018, USA
Very Positive
3-10
60 mins
"This room exceeded my expectations on all fronts. I’m also an escaper who tends to enjoy hi tech / sci-fi rooms less than others, but this may have changed my mind. I did this room with just one other person, who is also a pretty experience ..." See more
BaronAsInRed
40 games played
Exit Escape Room NYC
247 W 36th St Suite 101, New York, NY 10018, USA
Very Positive
3 Awards
2-8
60 mins
"This is a really cool conceived escape room! The subway car is particularly well designed, and lends itself to some unique puzzles I haven’t seen done in other rooms. Ambience is also cool I was with two friends, and we are very escape roo ..." See more
BaronAsInRed
40 games played
Exit Escape Room NYC
247 W 36th St Suite 101, New York, NY 10018, USA
Mostly Positive
2-8
60 mins
"Super fun room. It is perfect for beginners and kids but also fun for experienced escapers. I appreciated the different angle of the goal not being to escape but to bake. It’s the great NYC baking challenge after all! Puzzles were fun and i ..." See more
heathertrimm
57 games played
The Escape Game
Lefcourt Colonial Building, 295 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10017, USA
Very Positive
4 Awards
1-8
60 mins
"By far one of my favorite escape rooms I have done. Extremely well realized and conceived, with a fantastic flow. This room is also very puzzle and lock focused for those who really vibe with that. The room is also multi-tiered which makes ..." See more
BaronAsInRed
40 games played
The Escape Game
Lefcourt Colonial Building, 295 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10017, USA
Overwhelmingly Positive
5 Awards
1-12
60 mins
"This might have been my favorite escape room yet. The staff was incredible and so welcoming. Usually escape room employees are a hit or miss but this place really did have the BEST crew. As for the room, it was so much fun. It was really on ..." See more
caitlinlawls
31 games played
The Escape Game
Lefcourt Colonial Building, 295 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10017, USA
Very Positive
4 Awards
1-8
60 mins
"Another spectacular game. It’s basically two completely different themes combined into one game. The one downside about this one is all of the virtual puzzles. There are several screens in the second half of the game with self contained vir ..." See more
lucycherry
44 games played
The Escape Game
Lefcourt Colonial Building, 295 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10017, USA
Very Positive
2-8
60 mins
THERE’S AN ART TO CRIME Your world-class espionage outfit has landed you inside a prestigious art museum. A recently stolen masterpiece is presumed hidden within the office of the museum’s egotistical curator, Vincent Hahn. With the help of ... See more
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The Escape Game
Lefcourt Colonial Building, 295 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10017, USA
Very Positive
3 Awards
2-8
60 mins
"Atmosphere from this company is great! The puzzles were challenging but intuitive. Really cool elements to figure out and starting separated added to the fun. We actually did Heist earlier in the day and had a bad experience due to the p ..." See more
ewallred
28 games played
Clue Chase
39 W 32nd St 4th floor, New York, NY 10001, USA
Mostly Positive
1-10
60 mins
"Loved this room! And overall, really love Clue Chase (3 of their 4 rooms are exceptional IMO). This room was ideal for our duo. As we’ve done many escape rooms together, it wasn’t a terribly huge challenge for us, but really well put togeth ..." See more
BaronAsInRed
40 games played
"I love this place so much! From the moment you walk out of the elevator, you’re in a spooky yet incredibly cozy lounge and greated by some of the nice people I’ve ever met. Now, I’ve played a few Houdini-Themed rooms and this one blows the ..." See more
indielindie
32 games played
Clue Chase
39 W 32nd St 4th floor, New York, NY 10001, USA
Mostly Positive
1-10
60 mins
July 21st 1715 – The crew of the Hades’ Plunder has mutinied! With the captain locked in his quarters, the disloyal pirates scuttled the ship, gathered up whatever items they deemed to be valuable, and fled aboard the lifeboats. However, on ... See more
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The Cell Theatre
338 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011, USA
Mostly Positive
4-24
120 mins
Join us in a pop-up escape game dining experience unlike any you've seen before. Teams of four will work together to decipher clues, solve puzzles, and unlock teas, finger sandwiches, scones, desserts. But if you talk to the right order mem ... See more
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"Rikers is still one of my very favorite escape rooms ever, so I was very excited to try this one! What makes this company particular interesting is that their designers also worked on Sleep No More, and it shows. You are immediately immers ..." See more
BaronAsInRed
40 games played
"Still one of my very favorite escape rooms ever! What makes this company particular interesting is that their designers also worked on Sleep No More, and it shows. You are immediately immersed in the experience as soon as you step out of th ..." See more
BaronAsInRed
40 games played
Escape Operation: End Of Days
Mission Escape Games
2-6
60 mins
The escape operation is about to end and the end of the days are soon approaching! Can you complete the operation in an hour before the systems gets shut down?
Escape The Hydeout: The Mystery Of Henry Jekyll
Mission Escape Games
2-10
60 mins
The good Dr. Jekyll has been acting strangely for weeks and has gone missing. A crazy fellow has been causing chaos in town so you’ve been hired to investigate. Can you find out what happened to Dr. Jekyll before it is too late?
Carbon: 3708
Mission Escape Games
3-10
60 mins
Experience the most thrilling and high tech escape room in NYC! The evil corporation Cyber Industries is trying to take control of humanity. You and your team now have to infiltrate their headquarters to destroy the data stored inside. Hurry and prevent the takeover of humanity before time runs out!
High Speed NYC
Exit Escape Room NYC
2-8
60 mins
The high speed NYC High is a game that is full of adventures, that ensures you to experience a spine chilling escape process like no others!
Sugar Rush
Exit Escape Room NYC
2-8
60 mins
You and your team enter our state-of-the-art bakery to compete in the great NYC cupcake challenge, but as the timer starts you realize that your biggest competitors have hidden all the tools and ingredients and locked you inside in order to sabotage your chances of beating them! Can you manage to find everything you need and get the cupcakes ready on time? Sugar Rush is a super fun and interactive escape game, full of sweet surprises, with puzzles that put all your senses to work! Oh, and should you successfully complete the challenge on time... you'll get to enjoy your masterpiece cupcake creations!! Bon-a-petite!
Gold Rush
The Escape Game
1-8
60 mins
Can you find the gold before the mob which Clyde Hamilton had hid who was a greedy gold prospector who was missing? Make it out in 60 minutes.
Playground
The Escape Game
1-12
60 mins
Can you and your teammates ace the ultimate group project that you had taken up in this summer for your school? Can you complete it in time?
Special Ops: Mysterious Market
The Escape Game
1-8
60 mins
Can you and your fellow field agents investigate an area's local market as you are about to wrap up you encounter a twist never expected?
The Heist
The Escape Game
2-8
60 mins
THERE’S AN ART TO CRIME Your world-class espionage outfit has landed you inside a prestigious art museum. A recently stolen masterpiece is presumed hidden within the office of the museum’s egotistical curator, Vincent Hahn. With the help of your intelligence agent on the outside, you have one hour to find your way into Hahn’s office, recover the painting, and slip away before Hahn returns.
Prison Break
The Escape Game
2-8
60 mins
A MILLION WAYS IN, ONE WAY OUT The year is 1955. You’ve been wrongfully accused of a crime, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Your new “home” is a cell that once belonged to an inmate who disappeared without a trace…or did he? Some claim he escaped. Others swear he was murdered by the infamously cruel warden. But no one actually knows… can you escape before you suffer the same fate?
Moonshine Madness
Clue Chase
1-10
60 mins
October 1923 – A speakeasy in 1920s NYC has received a filtration system for their liquor that unbeknownst to them contains small fractions of the artifact. These fractions are causing visitors to the speakeasy to experience visions of past and future events. We need you to go back in time to this speakeasy, mix their famous drinks, and imbibe them in the hopes that the visions you receive will grant you further information in our hunt for the artifact itself.
Houdini's Workshop
Clue Chase
1-10
60 mins
October 31st 1926 – Harry Houdini has died. Famous for his skepticism of self-proclaimed “mystics” Houdini was famous for taking part in seances in order to debunk these charlatans. Clue Chase Labs believes that Houdini was holding these events in order to search for the only real source of mystic power in this world – The Artifact. With his passing we must ensure that any research or discoveries he made during his time on earth do not fall into the wrong hands. You have one hour to search his workshop for anything concerning the artifact. Good luck.
Pirates of the Bermuda Triangle
Clue Chase
1-10
60 mins
July 21st 1715 – The crew of the Hades’ Plunder has mutinied! With the captain locked in his quarters, the disloyal pirates scuttled the ship, gathered up whatever items they deemed to be valuable, and fled aboard the lifeboats. However, one item was overlooked. A seemingly insignificant stone stolen from a merchant vessel. This stone, we believe, is the artifact. You must board the ship and work with the captain to get the treasure safely to shore before the vessel sinks with the artifact on board. Our geologists estimate that failing to do so will create a massive bermuda triangle event in the Atlantic, and we already have one of those.
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The Order of the Golden Scribe: Initiation Tea [Portable]
The Cell Theatre
4-24
120 mins
Join us in a pop-up escape game dining experience unlike any you've seen before. Teams of four will work together to decipher clues, solve puzzles, and unlock teas, finger sandwiches, scones, desserts. But if you talk to the right order members you might find there is something else afoot. You are formally invited to the high tea and initiation ceremony for new recruits into The Order of the Golden Scribe. This secret Order goes back as long as history has been written, destroyed and rewritten. The key to the Order’s power is utter secrecy. As a new recruit, this shall be your formal induction into the Order. Alongside your tea, you will be presented with the final tests of your training. These puzzles are a mere formality and should be child’s play for someone with your status within the sect. We look forward to your official RSVP to attend this most prestigious and highly secret event.
The Haunted Hotel
BrainXcape
2-10
60 mins
You are in the haunted hotel and you realize this after waking up in the room 224. Your heart is pounding as the door is cracking open. Escape before you are gone.
Rikers, 1932
BrainXcape
2-10
60 mins
This is it. After years of planning, the hour is here. Follow the plan to a T, meet on the outside and high tail it outta here, never look back. Just one more hour and then it's blue skies and cherry pies. No sweat, right?
More Escape Rooms
Learn More About Manhattan Escape Rooms
Just like with almost everything, the capital of escape rooms is probably Manhattan. Since the first escape rooms arrived in New York City in 2016, the culture capital of the World hasn’t stopped crafting these immersive puzzle experiences. In fact, New York City is home to nearly 50 different escape room venues and Manhattan offers a particularly exciting array of escape room experiences that are suitable for all tastes. 60 Out’s Gold Rush has been a fan favorite for years, and was voted the 4th best escape room in Manhattan. Clue Chases’s Houdini’s Workshop is another hit that is known for its beautiful set and immersive story. With over 100 escape games in the entire area, the possibilities are nearly endless — you’ll find games with themes of horror, adventure, crime, espionage, and plenty you may not expect.
How Do Escape Rooms Work?
Remember those point-and-click adventure games where you’re locked in a room and have to solve puzzles to find the key and escape? Those online games were the original inspiration for the live escape rooms you’ll find all across the world today. An escape room is an immersive experience where you (and your team of 2 or more people) are locked in a room with a series of puzzles for 60 minutes. To escape and win the game, you have to look for clues, solve the puzzles, and find the key. While most escape rooms only give you 60 minutes to complete the challenge, others may have shorter or longer time limits. Many venues are private rooms where you and your team are the only players. However, some places may pair you with other groups who booked a slot at the same time. And don’t worry about getting stuck, asking for hints on a difficult puzzle is totally normal. While the original escape room (created by SCRAP in 2007) had a fairly simple aesthetic, today’s escape games often take you into a different world. Artistic set designs, secret doors, and unique interactive elements are all part of the fun. It’s like an adventure game that you can interact with in real life. But if you’re hoping to preview any rooms before you book a game somewhere, detailed images and videos can be hard to find. To keep the puzzles a secret and preserve the experience of seeing the room for the first time, most venues only offer a few photos or a short trailer about the room’s theme or narrative. The only way to know what it’s like is to go and try it for yourself!
Find the Best Manhattan Escape Rooms with Morty
There are plenty of awesome escape rooms to choose from in Manhattan. The goal of Morty is to make escape rooms more accessible for everyone to find and play. With Morty, you can: - Browse escape rooms anywhere in the country - Read reviews and ratings from other community members - Book a room together with your friends Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned escape room enthusiast, our aim is to help you play more escape rooms and visit more immersive attractions.
Frequently asked questions
How Do I Book an Escape Room in Manhattan?
Most escape room venues don’t accept walk-ins, and time slots for popular games may fill up fast. Besides that, not every escape room is the same — some have varying difficulties, and you don’t want to get stuck playing a room that’s beyond your experience level. That’s why the best way to book an escape room in Manhattan is through the Morty app. You can get updates on new games, read reviews, compare details (including difficulty, theme, runtime) and plan an outing with friends, all on the same platform. You can even coordinate games with your friends collaboratively. Download the Morty app and book your adventure today!