The 12 best escape rooms in Pittsburgh

“This room was done at the original location. (I promise to this review it when I do their new game at the new location and can find out how much they changed.) amazing, just amazing. First off, the size. The original location was located in a warehouse and they made sure to use the entire space. You know you are in for something special, when you show up and they tell you to go back to your car, turn on the radio to a specific station and stay tuned. The set designs were gorgeous and the puzzling was great. As I said, spacious, so we actually found ourselves running down the floors on multiple levels! What an experience! They have since changed locations and I’m curious to do this room again, in part, just to re-experience it even if nothing was changed”

darthkumar37

230 games played

“This was a very good room that easily exceeded my expectations. It had a little wear and tear but the GM told us they were actually replacing the room with a new one next year. We will definitely be back to try whatever room replaces this!”

Fuzzychan

85 games played

“Favorite room here! Flowed well, the theme was unique and the room was well decorated/designed. There was a puzzle or two that required some “nudges”, which for enthusiasts can be frustrating if you can’t get through the room without help, but overall very enjoyable and challenging. Would definitely recommend!”

“Enjoyed the room! Yes it had a creepy factor but not so much that it was unenjoyable or too scary to play. I think more than 4ish would be a little cramped but we had three and a very comfortable play.”

rfeldman93

153 games played

“Felt like a well designed room. Second room/site I’ve done of the Escape Room Pittsburgh and both of the rooms I’ve done with them so far seem to do a great job of some local callouts that you don’t get to see as much in chain escape room companies. In terms of the puzzle, nice semi linear puzzle with a nice variety of puzzle types including a couple red herrings (with bonus points to details that acknowledge as much in a way) found it easy for my team of four to rotate around a bit working as partners helping keep track of the details that while not always needed to solve a puzzle, can make it a bit easier to solve and helped us finish the room without any hints.”

“Large spacious room that did a great job of tying into a local theme and the aesthetics a repurposed bank vault. Game master was attentive and gave a couple welcomed nudges. Really appreciated some of the mechanisms used including almost no key/combination locks so puzzles were a bit more intellectual puzzle solving.”

“While not the most challenging room I’ve been in, the full immersion aspect is on point, and I had already left comments complementing Escape Room Pittsburghs aesthetic designs for Diamond Heist and Carnegie’s Millions. Subway Escape goes above and beyond from the well produced introduction video to a special effect that I haven’t seen in an escape room before, and that as a theatre tech absolutely love since I didn’t expect the effect and had to look around a bit to see the mechanism that did it. For some it’ll be like magic. In terms of puzzles, as mentioned, not the hardest to solve but enough to allow some non linear team work and parallel problem solving but some added difficulty keeping track of past things seen and what has and hasn’t been used. There were a couple glitches to the room that the game master noted, and who was attentively enough to recognize that we had triggered the solution to one but have us a nudge to find what didn’t open like it should have. Sounds like the company is always doing some internal review to keep the rooms working well. Can’t wait to be back in Pittsburgh and be able to try the last of their rooms!”