The Crypt

Escape Hour was a bit of a trek from our hotel, especially in heavy Austin traffic, but worth the drive. Solid set design and unique puzzles. Bit of wear and tear on some props. Fun interactions. We only played The Crypt, but would have loved to have more time to check out their other experiences.

This was my 24th escape room and I think my favorite that I have done so far! I lived the high volume of puzzles and that there was a lot to do. It felt like a great room for 4 people, keeping all of us busy the whole time.

Really fun and clever. Deliciously atmospheric. Unexpected at several points. Clever game master interface

So much fun! Lots of puzzles, and crawl space to explore. Some parts may be difficulty to access for folks with limited mobility. The theming is excellent and there is enough to do that larger groups would be occupied throughout. Our GM, Rachel was fantastic and gave just the right amount of assistance.

I’d recommend with more than three people. I think they cram more then they should into there so they start giving answers out right away.

The “best in Austin” ranking on Morty is well-deserved. This is one of the most elaborate and well-constructed escape rooms we’ve ever seen (with the greatest number of rooms/chambers we’ve ever seen). The set is extremely immersive, the puzzles are innovative and well-themed, and everything feels very cohesive. With six people on our team, it feels like we could do it over again in the near future and all have completely new things to do the second time around.

This is definitely not the best theme I’ve done (a little overused if I’m being honest), but what an amazingly executed room from a basic theme! The space seems like one thing, but over the course of the room it reveals itself in the coolest ways. A good amount of things to do (I think you’d have trouble w smaller groups) without being overwhelming, and a super clever hint delivery system. I brought my escape room newbie friends and they LOVED it!

10/10 The Crypt blew me away. It is without a doubt the best room I have done (38 rooms). Scouring Reddit for "Best Escape Rooms in 'X City' " when visiting new places is my golden ticket to the best spots. Lately it has become overwhelming to try and do the research myself, as there are SO MANY places popping up with varying levels of effort, ingenuity, and well-crafted rooms. The Crypt was highly recommended and Escape Hour Austin equally so. I'm not usually one for creepy themes, but my partner has always mentioned how doing a few creepy ones every once in a while would be fun (she is a horror movie fan, I am absolutely not). This one seemed interesting enough as a theme that I figured it may be more Indiana Jones than just straight creepy. Happily, I was right, though it had some very "unsettling" moments for sure. To start, there was a LOT to do in this room. When we finished at 1:09:22 I figured we had failed, but in fact this room has a 1:10:00 time limit. Puzzles had a HUGE variety, some physical (crawling, climbing) some interface interaction, some unique puzzles and "hidden-in-plain-sight" puzzles/answers that were hidden well enough that it took us a bit to figure out, a compliment to the theming here. This room is HARD both in time management and in puzzle difficulty in places, you'll really be stretched thin at 2 people. Only 1 puzzle really gave us a hard time in terms of not adequately hinting at/explaining necessarily the pieces required out of a collection of options, given we were struggling we were given a hint/nudge here, and without it I'm sure we would have kept spinning our wheels. The puzzle itself was fine, but think it could have been more clear in the wording. Speaking of the hint system, this was definitely one of the best implementations. I won't spoil what it entails, but it is certainly worth doing this room just for the unique experience it gave us in this aspect, let alone the rest of the amazing experience. We did the room with 2 people, however it would certainly help to have at least 1-2 more. 6 or more I think would feel crowded, there are a lot of small spaces and the there is a general sense of linearity here. Most if not all puzzles felt very well themed and cohesive, only one really comes to mind that may not have been, but can be waved away relatively easily. Highly highly recommend you do this room, I'll be thinking about it for a long time!

Easily the best room I’ve done. So well decorated and designed. Loved how everything looked and felt… at times I did feel some puzzles were a bit confusing or didn’t really flow with others. Bear in mind, we tried it with 2 people. I can definitely see why you’d need 3 people minimum. But anymore more than 4 feels like it would be too crowded. Also… not a spoiler ** fair warning** there’s a good amount of crawling and climbing. Just a heads up for anyone with sore/weak knees lol

Our group loved this room. It’s such an enjoyable experience and has good puzzle flow. Great use of space and the immersion was fantastic.