So fun! Brian was so helpful and informative. The way the puzzles intertwined with each other is…read moreGenius.

Visited Cognition from out of town. This was one of the escape rooms close to our hotel. We did the…read moreExperiment room. I really felt like this was more of a 4 than a 3/5 difficulty room. The room design was pretty simple. Production was simple. But... puzzles were a good mix. Really had to think outside the box for some of them which I appreciate. Overall good experience, would have loved to try the rooms if we had time.

Was visiting a friend in Seattle and we wanted to do an escape room. Puzzle Break had the strongest…read morereviews both on Yelp and Google! We knew we had to try We decided to do the hardest room at Puzzle Break - Escape from Seattle, The World's Fair Affair We had a group of 6 with varying levels of experience with escape rooms (it was one of our friends first room while two of us have done more than 50 rooms) and the room felt perfect for the size! There were a lot of moving parts and lots to do in to this room so nobody was really standing around. We thought the room had a great balance between technology and analog. Puzzles were logical and hard in ways, but solvable and doable! We all had a really great time and got out with 16 minutes to spare! Communication/organization is key for this room Mason our game master was great and helpful! There was also a giant lounge to wait in for our game to start with tons of couches, games, puzzles, and water. A great escape room at a great venue! Would absolutely come again and would love to do Puppeteer's Workshop in the future

Finished Escape the Mystic Manor Red and was able to get in the board for top times in the past 30…read moredays which was exciting! Big props to the Puzzle Break team for allowing us to keep our time as they encountered a same day issue where one of their rooms was damaged. They handled it very professionally and we were still able to keep our time slot so we're thankful to the team. We had 8 people and surprisingly, most of us had something to do the whole time. Everyone had a part to play but some parts we partnered up to accomplish faster. Easily a room you can do with 4-8 people with moderate difficulty, with the more people making it easier. Puzzles were fun, a few challenging ones, but overall pretty linear progression without weird redundancies that can happen with some other escape rooms. This room is great to bring friends who are new to escape rooms as there are still a few surprises (not in the scary sense). Thanks to Puzzle Break for a great time! I didn't book the room so I didn't get the name of the person my friend spoke to but during our experience Neo did the introduction prior to the game and guided us on time when we asked (we only asked for one hint so there was minimal interaction on that part). If this review encouraged you to try it, I hope you enjoy it!

This was my first escape room ever!…read more It was so fun :) I was impressed by the creativity and the intricacy of the puzzles. The rooms are also beautiful and well crafted. I won't give too many spoilers - we did the Storyteller and it had three rooms to "solve". The staff are wonderful too. The price is $45 per person. Located in Fremont.

Really well made. I did both rooms and felt the puzzles were challenging and creative. Without…read morespoiling anything, the storykeeper has quite a physical puzzles that transport you to... well another story. I also like how there's an actor at the beginning and that really sets the stage. Bravo and would recommend to anyone.

My group spontaneously decided to give this place a try yesterday and booked The Bunker room…read more Unfortunately, it ended up being one of the least enjoyable escape room experiences I've had. The biggest issue was the host's approach to providing hints. Instead of offering subtle guidance to help us move forward, most of the hints simply repeated things we had already accomplished. It often felt less like receiving assistance and more like being told what we already knew. Several times, our team found ourselves responding through the intercom with, "Yeah, we already did that." The narration and interactions throughout the game also came across as unnecessarily sarcastic and somewhat condescending. Rather than enhancing the experience, it felt like being lectured by a teacher instead of being immersed in an escape room adventure. I understand that not every team will successfully complete every room, and that's perfectly fine. Failing an escape room has never bothered me before. However, this was the first time I've left an escape room feeling disappointed enough to think about asking for a refund. Afterward, we decided to visit another escape room venue just to salvage the evening and have a more enjoyable experience, which we did. Unfortunately, this experience left a poor impression, and I can't say I'd return or recommend it based on our visit.

You want jump scares -- Zodiac; you want a beginner experience -- Prison break; you want a…read morechallenging experience -- bunker. I tried all threes and equally enjoyed all of them. There was a slight technical issue with a door in the bunker room and the game master was thoughtful enough to add an extra minute for us. I will definitely return when/if they add new rooms.

So, it's not the most fun, but maybe if you're a tourist and you're looking for something that will…read moretake you around to different sites around the city, this might be good for you. The questions weren't very "puzzling" - they weren't very clever and brainy which was a little disappointing. It was a little tricky clicking through the app and when to click because they give you some time to walk to places. Most of the answers were really easy once you get to the spot, but occasionally it was tricky trying to figure out exactly what answer they wanted. We actually tried this in another city as well, and it was roughly the same experience - just mediocre.

UPDATE: They apologized and gave me a refund so I'm adjusting my rating. I do hope they've fixed…read morethe glitches that caused this to happen and have made it easier to reach customer support on the weekends so this won't happen to others but they were professional in their response, even though it was too late to save my party. Original post: Thanks for ruining my birthday, Puzzling Adventures! I purchased the Puzzles by the Glass (21 and over) adventure for my birthday party as it seemed like it would be a fun time. What I wound up with instead is some sort of walking tour of the sculptures at the Seattle Center. It was a total snooze fest and definitely not what I wanted to do for my birthday. Basically, it has you walk from one sculpture to the next, read the plaques, and then answer a reading comprehension question for each one. Freaking ridiculous. I thought I was purchasing basically a pub crawl and thought it would be a fun way for my friends and I to go on an adventure and check out some places we might not otherwise go to. After 30 minutes of walking from sculpture to sculpture, our group finally decided it was clear they weren't leading us to a bar so I tried to call but (surprise) nobody works at Puzzling Adventures on the weekends when folks might actually be using their products so there was no way to get support to get us on the correct adventure so we chose our own adventure instead. What a waste of money (not just the cost of the "adventure", but also the $22 parking at the lot it has you start at).

The theming was top notch. Our large group was paired with 2 strangers which seemed odd but the…read more"private group" price was much more expensive than the already pricy per person price. There are multiple rooms, and we solved almost all of the puzzles even though there wasn't any sort of feedback for someone other than the guide telling us we'd done it. This was the most disappointing part since we expected the parts and pieces to have functionality. If you're looking for an experience that feels more Disney than other escape rooms you might enjoy this one but we felt it was lacking.

The good and the bad: The good is that there is some fun…read morecool tech in the first and last rooms in particular (no spoilers) and all the tech worked. There are a few rooms to go through and that was fun. They have a lot of lockers (with free locks!) Foe heavy coats/bags, etc. Some of the puzzles are different takes than what you might expect. You have "Alex" with you at all times. Sometimes it is helpful. The bad: The rooms are time gated because the group in the room in front of you has to finish or fail before you can move on. That means sometimes you wait or they give you the equivalent of busywork until the next room opens. It would be better to have optional video filler at that time. They have a lot of video sequences that don't give clues and are too long. If I am trying to figure out a puzzle next to a screen, I don't want to be randomized by a video unrelated to the activity. The rooms are pretty noisy. If you have a listening puzzle it is hard to hear. Parking nearby is spendy. The worst IMO? YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR YOUR PICS AT THE END. That really irritated me. It's not a cheap ticket and having an electronic copy of a photo should be part of the package IMO. You can also choose to tip your "Alex" at the end. They aren't the most complicated puzzles especially if you are an experienced puzzler. All of them involve tech which was interesting... The only physical locks were ones on the lockers outside. I think it may be the only escape room we've done where there wasn't a single lock to solve! We solved all the puzzles and made it out.

I am so excited to write this review, for context I did work here for a bit, but note that my…read morereview is based off of experience with The Escape Game before and after working here. This place is EPIC. Seriously. The game design is top notch, the game guides actually pay attention to you when you're in the rooms so they know what you've done and tried, they don't watch several games at once, and they actually CARE if you had a good time. Prior to them arriving in Seattle my wife and I had done all but one of their games in different cities (DC, Nashville, San Francisco) and were thrilled that they came through with Cosmic Crisis, one we had not done. On top of the rooms and general customer service being top notch - the space is clean. Being in facilities both my wife and I judge places by their restrooms - and The Escape Game Downtown Seattle has consistently had a pristine restroom - and frankly? That counts.

This escape room was so fun! I was so impressed with the entire staff and the puzzles. Tiff was…read morereally great at helping us too since we definitely didn't know a lot of the answers. But it was so much fun and I'm excited to go back!

Ambience was amazing The slushie cocktail (pineapple…read morewatermelon Bay breeze ) was amazing Also had the 3 for $6 pizza rolls with marinara sauce pretty good but nothing to fave about

I don't like being talked down to. I just felt like trash and wanted someone to acknowledge it…read more Instead I was treated like nothing. I don't want anything free. Instead I was met with "well you go served didn't you "