The Dark Room

I am a bit confused by reviews because anyone who is going to play “The Dark Room” should expect the room to be DARK or at least dimly lit. There are were 4 of us and we all though that puzzles were a lot of fun and the perfect level of challenging. Good story lining and our guide was fantastic!

This room has a great opening and is dimly lit. There is a shortage of light that your team will need to handle. This room is fairly non-linear and kept a group of 4 experienced players busy for 45 minutes. The puzzles were solid and on theme. This room is eerie, but not scary at all.

Like the name suggests, you start off being left in a dark room with some dim flashlights. Most of the difficulty is in being able to keep track of things with limited light sources. That said, that did add an additional layer of creepiness to the experience and the overall story. I think you could probably skip most of the story elements and work your way through this escape room but there were story elements around if you wanted them. I did make the room more exciting by thinking the room had a jump scare (there isn’t one) and telling the rest of the party that there was going to be one. My anxiety ramped up as the room went on which was actually a positive for ambiance. The set dressings themselves were pretty sparse in the beginning and the ending to the room was a let down. Most of the middle was a fun (and terrifying in my head) time.

Very unique and different experience. It is what it says it is, a dark room and that is really the biggest challenge with this room. There not so many puzzles, but they were very time consuming and could make you lose a lot of time if attempted too many times. Would recommend for those looking for a different experience.

As the name suggests, darkness is a big part of the game. I didn’t find any outstanding puzzles but just the darkness was a huge challenge for us to escape.

This is a game that relies heavily on locks, and has little to no tech… and I kind of enjoyed it. It’s a little spooky, but definitely not scary, and I think it provides a lot of room for collaboration and creative problem solving. This is a great beginner room; nothing fancy, but a really good intro to game mechanics for a new Escape Artist. I will say that this game really relied heavily on the darkness, so the atmosphere was lacking. Also, the storyline deals pretty heavily with the weaponization of mental illness, which I didn’t love. All this said, I had fun in this room. I brought a friend here who had never done a room before and this was enough to hook them, so I’d call it a success.

Seemed simply put together which I can understand due to a low light room and the story line