It's been a few years since I've tried out an escape room. Prior to covid times I've visited a few…read more I've heard of this and have always wanted to try it and I'm glad I got the opportunity to! In order to enter the building you have to enter an access code which is emailed to you at the time of your booking or you can just ring the bell. The staff were really great and gave us a warm welcome upon our arrival. We did dungeons of drakar which was labelled as one of the more challenging ones however, we didn't find it to be too bad. It was fun and we managed to escape (I've never escaped a room before). There was a glitch with one of our items and due to that the staff added some extra time to our room which was nice. Parking may be a bit tricky as it's downtown so plan for that. I had a nice experience and would love to return again. Bonus: you get to play for free if it's within 3 days of your birthday with proof of ID

Very expensive and terribly maintained . Nothing worked and think my escape room days are over…read morethanks to the employees insulting my wife for having a mental disorder. They are also not wheel chair accessible and made a big fuss that I couldn't see and didn't have hands and a tongue.

Having tried many escape rooms in Edmonton, I must say that this was mediocre at best. Other escape…read moreroom places have a pleasant greeting and enthusiastic personnel working however these folk working here definitely were not invested. Even after we escaped, we walked out to the front ourselves and they still did not know we escaped. Then an employee came running out from the back apologizing. Lol As for the room it self, we did the magic emporium room, which was okay. Puzzles were pretty mainstream (lot of locks and combinations). Not much technology used to complete puzzles. I would say the theme was definitely pretty cool, but seemed like this was like perhaps an original room when they first came out or something. Nevertheless, we had fun and the best part was we ESCAPED!! Definitely a confidence booster hahaha.

This is one of my two favorite escape room facilities in Edmonton. I have now officially completed…read moreall of the current 6 rooms at this location. Some I passed, some I've failed. I love this place because the theming for each of the rooms is on point. All of the details in the rooms are done so well. You really get immersed in the stories. The rooms and puzzles are fun and it's a great way to spend any hour. Great location with easy parking. I always finish a room and want to do another one right away.

Easy to find via Google maps. Lots of parking in the strip mall parking lot. We pre-booked and they…read morewere ready for us when we got there. 1 free locker with booking that had enough for our 4 winter coats. Shoes go under the lockers. Bring water! ( Could bring snacks too) Price seems high but totally worth it. Had a blast. Was really good as interestingly no one felt like the weak link as all the games are so different. Loved that huge variety of games. Really recommend going when others don't so no waiting. Games are really short so not a ton of waiting but it also means we couldn't play very long at each station. Worth playing ALL games once then go back and play your favorites. Love the free swag and prizes for returners. 100% would recommend and will be back.

Activate Edmonton is incredibly well-organized and smoothly operated. We went as a group of four…read moreadults and had an absolute blast! Each game has multiple levels, and the more you play and progress, the more points you earn--which you can redeem for swag at the end. It's not just fun; it's also a solid workout. I honestly wish they offered a monthly membership because I'd be back all the time. Such a unique and energizing experience--highly recommended

Definitely not one of the best escape rooms in the city; nothing wrong with the puzzles, which had…read morea nice flow and logical enough to solve, but they definitely cheaped out on the design here. Room was sparsely decorated and lacking in quality. Friendly service, although he was a bit hard to understand. Free street parking out front; they have underground parking available as well, although the parkade was under construction when we went.

It was ok. We went there as part of a birthday party with a group…read more The front desk staff was a nice person. The atmosphere seemed ok. Then we started our game. Compare to other places that I've been before, this was probably the lowest quality in terms of decoration and setup. The puzzles were ok and I didn't really have any complaints about that. However, part of our game got messed up because of a mistake in prep. There was a hidden door that supposed to be opened when we solve a puzzle. One of the ladies in our team touched the door and without any push it got opened. So we went to the next room and after we solved two puzzles there. A guy came in, and said you didn't solve the puzzle and should not be in that room and started giving us hard time that we may have kicked or forced that hidden door open. So all that time we spent In the second room was wasted and time was not reset and we started the game again with shorter time. If everything was setup correctly that door shouldn't have been opened at all. I think part of the fun and good experience about escape rooms is having high quality environment (close to reality) and setup everything correctly because these type of incidents just ruins the whole experience.

The wife and I are big fans of escape rooms and this was the first one we did after covid. Our…read morebrains needed a bit of warm up time but once we got going, it was fun. The place is neat and tidy and staff were friendly. We did 2 rooms (carnival and chaos effect). The puzzles were fun, not like other places with a bunch of padlocks. This place also has unlimited clues, which I'm not a fan of. I like clues to be capped because then you have to use them wisely. Reason I removed a star was because you could hear people in the lobby and it was distracting. People were yelling and laughing and the staff were not mindful of it. Overall, worth checking out!!

This was my 2nd escape room and most of our group of 7's first time. The location was easy to find…read more The staff was very friendly and explained everything we needed to know. We did the Jack the Ripper room. It was a fun experience and we made it out right at the 60 minute mark. It was thought provoking and definitely required people who think differently. I would definitely go again to try their other rooms

Unlike most Escape places in Edmonton, the lobby of this place has benches and a seatimg area, for…read morepeople to sit and relax. Party of 7, did the Jungle theme room and the staff started us off with a missing part of the room. In asking for help/clues, you have to hold a laminated plaque in front of the camera in "asking for help" ....... Meaning you loose time if the staff are NOT watching the screens. Our party lost 40seconds, in trying to get help. We DID complete the room but the we were disappointed with the overall experience.

I've been to a few escape room locations throughout the city and while this one looked cool from…read morethe outside I wasn't too impressed with the actual escape room. The puzzle was one we were able to figure out without actually completing all the steps. And once we completed it we actually discovered one of the pieces to one of the puzzles was missing so we wouldn't have been able to complete it anyways. The staff were nice enough though. I would probably give it one more shot to try another room maybe.

We came here with a team of folks of varying ages and experience-levels with escape rooms. The…read morelocation was easy enough to find and we had a pretty good experience with check in (though we had to complete the waiver on paper rather than on the tablet as it was not functioning properly. We then went to complete our 5 Elements escape room which was a really nice themed experience. Often we over thought things as people in the room itself. I liked the room as it had some neat theming and some more unique choices. That said the lighting was rather dim which really diminished the experience for several in our group. We would really hope that such an escape room could be better lit in the future -- for accessibility reasons at the very least! Nonetheless this was a good experience and I would recommend it to others.

My friends and I recently did the Matrix room here , First I…read morereally appreciate that they keep the door locked and you have to be let in - considering how City Center mall has become a scene out of a zombie movie it made us feel a lot more secure. Overall it was definitely pretty great as far as escape rooms go, the fact that there are no padlocks is pretty cool. Overall it's a lot more high tech than other rooms we've experienced. Everything worked the way it was meant to and we were able to escape the matrix! We would definitely return here again. I also appreciated a message before our appt letting us know the best place to park.

We were told to show up the usual 10-15 minutes before our booking time to sign the waiver and to…read morepay, but because of the way they operate their business, we actually ended up waiting an extra 15 minutes PAST our booking time. They have this stupid policy where you have to leave a piece of ID, and the staff will go in to the room afterwards to check for damage, hence the delay in play time. (I've played in a lot of the different escape rooms in Vancouver, and this is the first time I've come across this sort of policy). We had a misunderstanding regarding one of their promotions, and the staff were quite rude about it. We did the hostage room, and I was pretty disappointed by the set up. Definitely not as fancy or elaborate as Breakout. Due to the downtown location, there is no free parking unless you come outside the meter hours. I also was not a fan of the sketchy basement location. All in all, I would NOT recommend this place to anyone. I prefer Breakout by far.

I did the National Security room with some friends. We initially booked the room for 4 people, but…read morefound out once we got there that we'd be put in a group of 8 with 4 other people. I thought it was a bit weird that they didn't mention that we'd need a group of 8 when we first booked, but suddenly put us together with other people the day of our booking. Because National Security is the hardest room they have, I think it IS good to have more than 4 people, but 8 is far too many (maybe 6 max). There were just too many people and while we were crowded in a circle, trying to read a clue or look at something, there were always like 2 or 3 people who were standing around and not doing anything. We did not complete the room, but it wasn't because we were hurting for people, it was because we ran out of time. 45 minutes is far too short to do this, and just adding more people is not the solution. Also, I really didn't like the cheap-looking basement location. The setup reminded me of a very low-budget elementary school play. The props and clues, while creative, were very cheap and not at all convincing. I feel very ripped off since they charged each person $25 for a group of 8 for 45 minutes, and only got a cheaply-decorated room in a sketchy basement. I would not recommend this place, and I will not be returning.