It was fun, but we needed tons of clues to solve the puzzles! We were on the Murder on the Orient Express, and one clue was crazy - you had to look way, way up! Overall, it was fun, but we only got halfway. This was my third escape room, and I've never escaped one yet. Hey, escape room companies, please make a beginner-friendly room so people will want to try again! read more

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Absolutely love these escape rooms! My husband and I just did amnesia and our game master was Garrett, he was absolutely fantastic. He made the game so much fun and really got us into the game! He was awesome and would highly recommend coming here!! Thanks Garrett! read more

Four of us did the Hour before Christmas escape room and solved it with 30 seconds to spare. Cheyenne kept an eye on us and provided excellent pieces of information when requested. She also gently chimed in when we were spending too much time on something for which we did not yet have all the clues. At the end she told us about the other rooms and offered to take our photo. We had great fun and would definitely come back to check out the other rooms. read more

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fun game! we did the Amnesia game with Game Master Garrett. it was a lot of fun! i personally do not like when the games have lengthy word instructions or riddles and this one had neither. the puzzles were straightforward yet tricky to figure out. it was a perfect level difficulty with incredible gadgets. i would definitely recommend checking this place out. read more

Out of the past was a blast! Our team of 4 went through several well thought out clues and with the support of Taymahn...we made it back to our time! Definitely recommend this venue. read more

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My first impression was, this is crazy. Who thought of this?!!! You quickly realize who are the brains in the bunch. It's like be immersed in a living puzzle and an endless maze of clues and riddles. Everything in the room has purpose and meaning which means you have to pay attention to everything. You can work alone. It's important you work together and communicate. Memory does come into play but they supply a pad for you to take notes. On every wall there are object that essentially are puzzles to solve. We didn't successfully complete the rooms. We did our very best, but we will be back. This is an amazing place. Jasmine was our game master and she was awesome. Please do yourself a favor and stop by and give the escape room a shot. read more

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Escape rooms are great fun for a group. paradigmQ was quite the drive from where I live in Beaverton but had to try when they had the fright before Christmas themed room. From the outside, the shop doesn't stand out too much, but once you go in, it's a very clean and spacious lobby with a very cool and large logo with an illuminated background. It makes you feel like you've entered a mysterious space. They have you sign in and do a waiver and also promotes safe precautions. They had us wash our hands before starting and ensured us that the room was cleaned prior to us entering. You get an hour to do the room and it was nicely decorated for the theme. I will say it was a simpler room than other ones we've done. It's a small, maybe 30' x 15' space with fairly straightforward puzzles. If you're looking for a more casual experience that'll still get you thinking, I would recommend doing this room with ~4 people. There was one puzzle (ornaments) that we weren't quite fond of, not because of difficult, but the design. I'll leave it at that as not to spoil anything :). read more

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Our group has played escape rooms across the U.S. and we really enjoyed Sasquatch at ParadigmQ. The theming was unique, set design was immersive, and the room struck a great balance of traditional lock and key with more high-tech puzzles. The puzzles were also non-linear, so even with a bigger group (6), everyone had something to do. Our game master, Garrett, was a great host! read more

My family and I came here for an escape room and it was a really great time. The host was super animated and knew the prep speech down cold, and helped bring some humor and answer questions. He was launching two groups at the same time, and did a really good job tailoring little details to our verses theirs since we had different missions. During the event, he was very present and helpful - jumping on the mic to call out noticing we were stuck on something, but making sure we wanted a tip before offering it. We only needed help a few times, and managed to complete the mission with a few minutes to spare! I've done three or four rooms now all at different locations and this one was probably my favorite. Nice clean facility, helpful staff, and challenging puzzles with a great story. read more

Game master was fake nice. He was late getting to our room and we were left sitting in the lobby for almost 20 minutes. We were told to show up 15 minutes early to be helped at 5:38 for a 5:40 room. I asked why he was late and would we get our full time. He was like we are short staffed and have to have lunch sometime. No apology. When I asked about the prison heist room I was made to feel stupid that I did not know they had a sister location. Game master was nice in the game and helpful. Afterward not so much. He just was pushy about booking again. When we did not he huffed off to reset the room and would not answer any questions. Had he stayed we would have booked. Had he been nicer we would have booked. These people are snobby. There is no passion from staff. They seem to not care about people just the paycheck. These are not puzzlers just employed robots going through a routine. We encounter three people during this visit all had the same snobbiness from all of them. read more

My husband wanted to book an escape room as a team building exercise for his employees. There were 5 of us in the Sasquatch room. The room was great. Lots of locks and we thought it was quite challenging trying to figure out what clues went to what locks. There was a main room and then a small "outside" room that had to be unlocked. We all had a great time! Our game master Peter was awesome! He was so friendly and helpful. He provided nudges when we were way off track and gave great hints when we asked for them. We did not escape the room in our hour time limit! We were on the last puzzle and would have escaped with an additional 2-5 minutes. We are definitely planning to return and try additional rooms. So fun! read more

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We played the Nightmare before Christmas parody. It is a single room game. The decor is good. There are a lot of puzzles in this game. The story is cute, but the puzzles don't really connect with the story organically. It's more geared toward puzzle lovers than immersive enthusiasts. I love that it merged Halloween & Christmas!!! read more

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Our game master, Garrett, was super helpful and informative! He explained all the rules and helped us along the way when we requested clues! Definitely recommend! read more

This was our first time attempting an escape room. We did the Sasquatch experience. It was so much fun and our game master John was awesome. read more

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Had an absolute blast with friends and kiddos ages 5-13! And John was super awesome and super helpful along the way! Will be back for sure!

If you haven't read my reviews you have to know I LOVE escape rooms! I have done three escape rooms with ParadigmQ, a sister location to Escape Games PDX! It is located less than 10 minutes away from where I live, so the convenience is there. Their location is spot on and smart as they are right off of Mill Plain and next to a popular Mexican restaurant - so grab some food and margaritas (that is what half our team did!). Everything is brand new once you enter. Open waiting area, friendly staff and we love their introductions prior to when you enter a room. I have had Bex and Natalie be our room masters. All have been great! If I had to rate them based on difficulty here is what I think, this is strictly based on my opinion - obvi! 1) Out of the Past 2) Into the Future 3) The Hour Before Christmas I'm so happy there is another escape room in the great Vancouver area, they are creating a couple of more escape rooms in the next couple of months, so be sure to know that I'll be there once they open! I can't wait to do another! read more

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We played the new Murder on the Express game last night!! And let me tell you it was so fun!! We've played a couple of the rooms before and this one was definitely the most difficult!! Natalie was our game master and we love her every single time!! We cannot wait to come back and play the rest of the rooms!! read more

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My fiancé and I are traveling escape room enthusiasts and have done 100+ rooms. We completed 3 rooms at paradigmQ. While 2 of the 3 was good, I don't think any of the 3 has reached "must dos" levels for enthusiasts who travel to do rooms. First, we did Sasquatch. It was a very whimsical room and we completed it with very few hints with plenty of time leftover. It was very fun but for us, nothing was novel. We've seen some version of these puzzles in one way or form elsewhere. I enjoyed the room and would recommend to locals and people new to escape rooms Second, we did amnesia which is meant for a smaller group. I think what they realllly mean is that this is a room with significantly less puzzles. We completed the room with 24 mins left and we feel that it was way way way too easy. While it was still fun, this is a DEFINITE pass for enthusiasts. Cool theme though. Lastly, we completed the Into the future. This is supposed to be their harder room. While the construction and immersion was pretty cool and it was very heavy in tech....we ultimately disliked the room. It was difficult not in a clever way but in a very "abstract WTF this can't be the solution" way. There were maybe 1-2 new puzzles we've never seen here. I actually would recommend this room for locals...it's not horrible but it also wasn't my favorite. read more

We did the "into the past" escape room. Such a cool set up and Jasmine was amazing! There were 7 of us, and it was perfectly challenging, with time to spare! Very family friendly. We will definitely be coming back soon!! read more

We had such a blast solving the Fright Before Christmas room. The puzzles were the right amount challenge and our game master provided helpful clues. Although we didn't escape, we will be returning for another challenge. read more

I planned a virtual escape room for my fiancé's birthday over the weekend, I knew these types of puzzles would be right up his alley but since we aren't comfortable doing stuff in person I found this place in a quick google search to see if a virtual option was possible, and I was so pleased to find this! I was nervous/curious how it would work in a virtual environment, but they made it so smooth! It took a little bit to get our group on zoom and get the setup ready, but if you have a team that's all super familiar with zoom features this shouldn't be an issue. Our host, Brett, was awesome! He was funny and super understanding of getting everyone ready to go and seems to genuinely love his job. He was so fun to work with and made the experience so fun! We all felt it worked really well in a virtual space and we can't wait to do it again. read more

Almost proved the existence of Bigfoot just needed maybe 10 more minutes Aiden was an excellent game master

Fun experience. Well organized and well thought out room. We did the wild west themed room. Thanks to Taymahn for good hints when needed.

Came here for a friend's birthday, did Murder on the Express and had Alex as as our game master. Absolutely fantastic time.

Came again and Garrett was our game master had a lot of fun playing Amnesia. Thank you!!

Did this as work event and it was a blast thanks for having us!!! Everyone stepped up and did their parts!!

The room was awesome! We got out with 5 minutes to spare and each of our "littles" was a able to contribute. Katniss did great helping us when times got rocky. read more

Love this place and how challenging it is. Working my way through each escape room. I believe we will be doing the big foot one next. read more

This was my first experience and it was amazing. Tay (definitely spelled it wrong, sorry!) was absolutely amazing. Having someone so passionate about what they do made the experience so much more enjoyable. The room was well done and each theme was crafted well. Highly recommend! read more

We just had our sons 9th birthday here and it was a success. We had kids from 8-14 years old and they all had a great time. The game masters Alex and Taemon we so helpful (and so patient) and really got everyone into the experience. One group did the Murder on the Express and it was difficult but at the same time highly entertaining, the rush the kids got when they solved a clue was fun to be a part of. We will definitely be back and will recommend, without spoilers of course:) read more

Had an awesome time with a minute left on the express, our game master Taymahn was great! Will be back

This place is amazing. I would highly recommend paradigmQ for a fantastic escape room experience. The staff were super friendly and our game master, Sid, was awesome. We ALMOST escaped the Sasquatch room, but regardless we had a great time. Our little family of four will definitely be back! If you have some time to kill, I highly recommend paradigmQ...you won't be disappointed! read more

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We escaped the Amnesia Room! The room is clean and all parts of the room were in working order. Great staff... and felt like everything was well organized. read more

We had the best time in the Out or the Past room with Kyle organizing our adventure! Thanks!

This was honestly very difficult but a lot of fun! I'd recommend doing it with more than two people if you want to win!

What a fun experience with the family. The pricing should be adjusted to be more budget friendly, but otherwise I highly recommended. The guy who checked us in and ran the rooms was patient with the kids questions and the check in process. read more

Awesome rooms with well designed puzzles and great atmosphere. Definitely try the Sasquatch room. Unique theme and fun clues.

Sasquatch escape room was excellent. Will be back. Our GM Syd was excellent and very helpful.

Loved this we had so much fun in the old western room!! Kloe was extremely helpful in her hints for us 10/10

I went to their grand opening this evening, and although I haven't gotten to experience the actual escape room games, I was very impressed by the clean, fun an unique premises and the friendliness of the service staff. They had several rooms, each with a different theme, And prepared with different complex puzzles, codes and hidden clues. I'm excited to go back with my family and possibly host a party there. read more

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