My boyfriend and I LOVE to do escape games together for the thrill and for sometimes a much-needed communication exercise LOL. Every time we come to the Escape Game and try a new room, we are blown away by the tech they use. It's not-your-average mom & pop escape room, and for that reason we LOVE it. It operates with a first-come reservation basis, but each room has a max of 8-12 players. This means that you can bring your whole group in, and there's a chance you might have some strangers joining you as well if there's still space. We tend to wait last minute and book the rooms with no reservations yet so we can try to do them on our own. This time, our game keepers Ally and Marcy were so sweet and helpful. Can't recommend her enough! We will keep coming back! read more

The Escape Game - The Depths - Escape Games Near Me - Orange, California

As an avid escape room adventurer, I would recommend the escape games - especially for larger groups and/or if you want to meet new people. These are public escape room games meaning you and anyone out there can sign up for the SAME room for the SAME time/date. Most rooms here fit up to 8 people which would be perfect if you had a large friend group. BUT if you only had 2-4 people and sign up ahead of time, be prepared to enter the room with new faces. Games start pretty on time, so make sure to be there with waivers signed! Also, they occasionally offer 20% off your next game once you escape the first! These games lean more on the tech side utilizing digital screens, electronic doors/buttons, lights, and puzzles - all of which I love! It adds more flavor to the game, while still providing the traditional puzzles feel with some rooms having locks, ropes, and mind-tingling puzzles. I would venture to say I like having more physical handheld clues like papers or props for decoding, but this place does get the job done. Some of the puzzles even require you to work simultaneously with your escape room team which creates more thrill! I have had friends that have gone here to the same rooms I have done where the rooms are slightly changed depending on the amount of people in the room or if the tech is broken - so just be aware that your experience could be different than others. For the price of about $42 a person you can't go wrong since there are multiple options that vary in difficulty from 3/10 to 9/10. Overall would recommend especially for a quick fun nigh read more

I only knocked this down because no where on the site does it say it's a SHARED experience. My core group of 4 have done close to 20 escape rooms and we like to complete private experiences. That said, we were paired with 4 strangers but still managed to have a good time because the group we were paired with ended up being cool (thank goodness). The host did see our discomfort and offered to rebook us if we didn't enjoy ourselves. Since we still had a good time, we left that offer on the table. The Timeliner room was fun. A bit cramped for 8 people, especially with half of them being strangers. The puzzles were good, some were more challenging, which was appreciated. We did complete it in time but used a few hints (no penalty to use but we try to not use them). Give it a try, but know it's shared you may be able to request a private experience, but haven't tried yet. read more

This place escape room is so immersive. We tried the Heist and we tried Cosmic Crisis. Cosmic crisis was my favorite so far as you really need to have team work to get out! Really recommend it. I can't wait to try some other ones! Be back very soon! read more

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Come check out The Escape Game! We have a nifty escape room group that have somehow become addicted to escape rooms in the last year. We decided to check this one out. We opted to try out The Depths. It was a submarine theme. We really loved this room. It is probably our second favorite of the eight that we have tried so far. It was very intricate, and had three rooms within it to solve puzzles in, which is always much better than being wedged in one room the entire time. It was a bit of a challenge, but we managed to escape with one minute remaining! I really liked that we were allowed to take pictures in this room for better memories. We do want to try out the Recess room but it seems we need a bigger team for that one. My only complaint is that you can't keep the room as private if you don't buy all the slots. At any given time, you could end up with strangers reserving the extra slots and joining you. Awkward. Every other business we have tried locks up that slot once we book some. Luckily, no strangers joined us on this particular adventure. I do highly recommend checking this place out regardless. The staff is very nice and the room we did was very well laid out and detailed. read more

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The experience was a better escape room experience with very professional, well built rooms, and a great staff to help guide us / answer any questions we had. Our group was paired with another group to fulfill the capacity and we were okay with that and I'm glad we did. The room itself was challenging with multiple step puzzles, multiple rooms, and plenty of coordination needed / puzzles that link to each other that would have been more difficult with less people. I am excited to come back and try their other rooms for sure. read more

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Came and booked for 10! They were nice enough to book us the prison break as it is for 8 as I believe. We had a last minute unexpected change and Ophelia was so nice to help me rebook and do changes we needed for our reservation. We weren't able to get original booking room as it was taken but compromised to the another room!! Anyways we did end up doing The Depths. I think since most of us was our first time it was a good room for our first time!! Sind with was part of team bonding we did work as a group and did the room with less than an hour!!! It was fun, interactive, and again good for teamwork!!! Would def recommend!! read more

This was our first time trying an escape room, and it was an absolute blast! We came here as a family. (Adults and 12 YO and 10 YO). We played The Depths, which has a difficulty rating of 7. I was worried it might be too easy and that we'd finish with too much time to spare--I was definitely wrong! It was challenging in the best way possible, we barely made it on time. Beyond the game, the staff were fantastic--professional, friendly, and incredibly thoughtful. They even went the extra mile by writing a birthday card for my son! If you're looking for a fun family activity, I highly recommend this place. Thank you Marci, Merah, Circe and Danie! read more

Terrible service. The game was no prepared fully so we were interrupted during the game which affected us because we were not sure what we were trying to solve. Then after the game the staff were not apologetic at all and even were very dismissive. My group of 4 do escape rooms all the time so we know that if you purchase a card for the next time it will be a different price but the staff didn't even offer it to us I had to remind them. Not sure what was happening this time but truly disappointing. If you want friendly service I'd advise to go to any other location like the spectrum who always takes great care of you ! read more

The Escape Game - Escape Games Near Me - Orange, California

It was such a wonderful experience! The puzzles and technology were so intuitive and creative. I also feel like they were all varied yet seamlessly connected to each other. The escape room itself was so well made and accessible. Also, one thing I like that The Escape Game does is that they have built in coat hangers and storage in the room itself! After the game, they offer a discount to do another game or a gift card to use for a future visit. Can't wait to try the rest! read more

The Escape Game - Cosmic Crisis - Escape Games Near Me - Orange, California

My wife and I booked the Playground and ran it with our 5 year old. Our game master was Chelsea and she did an amazing job keeping us engaged and was able to task our daughter with things to keep us all working and moving along. We decided to use a 40% off same day booking to run the Heist, also with our 5 year old. The heist was certainly more difficult than the Playground but was also great. Our Game master this time was Gyng. Overall it was a fantastic end to the Summer and absolutely ignited our Daughter's interest in Escape Rooms. Both the front end staff and the Game Masters made the experience incredible, fun, memorable and we will be back to try all of the games here. Everything was well maintained and clean, also great location to do other stuff while you're in the area. read more

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Love the games here! My husband and I have done The Heist, The Space One (can't remember the name) and this time we did Timeliner. Timeliner has been our favorite of the escape rooms. The puzzles were super fun. Honestly I think this would have been perfect for 4 people instead of 2. My husband and I def got a lot of hints. We finished the room! But with a lot of help. read more

The Escape Game will always be one of my favorite escape room companies. I've solved a majority of escape rooms with different friend groups by this company and I have to say that my absolute favorite of all-time had to be "Prison Break". It's definitely a memorable one for sure, but I would advise bringing a larger party for this difficult room! Also, I included a few key points down below to help anybody who's trying to figure out what room to do: Best Escape Rooms (in my personal opinion): - Prison Break - The Heist Runner-Up Escape Rooms with more complicated puzzles aka I struggled in these more lol (in my personal opinion): - Cosmic Crisis - The Depths - Playground All in all, I always recommend this company to my friends and they always have a great time with The Escape Game as well! read more

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Visited with my little sister and her friend, as well as the friend's mother! Everyone enjoyed the experience so much and had a lot of fun! We loved our operator Ofelia, she was very helpful and helped us through the escape room as much as she could! Great experience and would recommend 100%‍ read more

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Our room was the playground it was so much fun! We had just finished with very little time left. Our host who was there for us when we needed the clues! Lol she was so kind and funny . We definitely loved the escape room and loved all the puzzles will definitely be coming back soon! read more

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So fun! So far we have done 2 rooms (back To back, we couldn't wait!)They do take last minute reservations so by the time you're done with your shopping your escape room will be ready! Staff members are all super helpful, they do not penalize you for asking for clues you have one hour to escape and some rooms are more challenging than others. Definitely a day for family day, friends day or even a date. Can't wait to finish all the rooms! read more

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Huge shoutout to our game master, T, for making this the best escape room experience I have ever had! I do not say that lightly. I have done escape rooms across the country and this is now my favorite location. Unfortunately, I live in Las Vegas, but I'll make sure to stop by when I'm in the area again. Las Vegas has a location on the Strip that was my favorite before I experienced the Orange location. I have completed Prison Break, the Heist, Gold Rush, Rugrats & the Playground at the Las Vegas location, that is how much I love the escape rooms created by this company. I completed the Timeline escape room with my boyfriend, brother, and my brother's gf. We had a blast. Even my boyfriend, who normally dislikes escape rooms talked about how much fun he had. T made our experience special by creating a sheet she laminated of our sayings while we played the game. I have never had a game master do that, so it was truly appreciated. We also got a little ticket at the beginning with our names on it that we are hanging on to for our memories. Thank you for bringing us joy and laughter T! read more

The Escape Game - Group Photo - Timeline Escape Room - Escape Games Near Me - Orange, California

Located at the Block at Orange, this Escape Game place has been on my radar. Their website provides information about each escape game, difficulties and the time available. We booked our reservation ahead of time and we were in our own private group. Plenty of parking and things to do before and after. Nearby outlet shopping, Dave and Busters and many dining selections. Upon arrival, we were warmly greeted by the front, asked us to sign waivers and waited for our game master to take us to outer space in "Cosmic Crisis". The rooms were immersive and were built very well. The games involved technology with old school and new school puzzles, it got us old and young to be really involved and worked together. The game master was cool and the hints were helpful. We barely escaped with 4 minutes left. Everyone had a blast. Highly recommend booking in advance and wear comfy shoes and clothes. read more

We went for my son's birthday and did The heist! We came in costume and the employees matched our energy. We had so much fun. A couple of the things don't work during the game but staff was on it and came in to notify us before we had to reach out. We are so excited to try the other rooms and will definitely be back! read more

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Revised rating. See they've updated their site to make the guidelines more clear. They gave us a chance to come back and the game was awesome. Know the guidelines and you will have a great time. read more

We did the prison break, my third time doing an escape room with the Escape Game. Erick was absolutely amazing, so thorough and so so nice! Will 100% be coming back, 12/10 experience!! read more

My visit was so fun And the Depths was so fun and we fished with 2:21 left and they were nice read more

We returned to do 3 more rooms: Cosmic Crisis, Timeliner, and Playground. Originally it was just the first two but they convinced us to squeeze in Playground to close the night. All three rooms were really good but the stand out one was Playground. We played with just four of us and it was perfect. We had about 15-20 mins left when we escaped each room, and with no hints. Cosmic and Timeliner's puzzles were pretty techy and had a few locks to solve. Playground was loaded with dexterity puzzles and is my top favorite from TEG! They figured out a good formula for the their rooms and I'm loving it. I just wish their room were private bookings. read more

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It was so fun! Went for my nephew's birthday and they wrote him a hand written card and gave him a little toy. He felt so special and it was such a nice touch read more

The Escape Game knows how to do escape rooms. They've been around since 2014 and have a solid reputation across the community for high quality props, customer service and puzzles, and the Orange location is no exception. We completed every room at this location and I highly recommend going during weekdays and avoiding weekends if you want to maximize your time and avoid being grouped with another team. Other that one caveat, everyone here is really nice and management takes issues seriously. I've also found that this company will really make it right--if for some reason you just don't have a good time they will really go out of their way to see that you are made whole. The reason I like the Orange location specifically is that the team here is just awesome. They're super nice and passionate about the industry, you can literally talk to them for hours about escape rooms, the company, or whatever and they're more than happy to spend the time explaining everything you might be curious about in detail. Hats off to The Escape Game Orange team and looking forward to more newer rooms opening up in SoCal. read more

Broooooo first time being an escapee I gotta say it's pretty wild but great experience over all and if you get to meet T she was absolutely a homie and showed us how it's supposed to be done so if you ever get the chance stop by and have yourself a great hour read more

Cosmic Crisis was super fun! Huge thanks to Aiden & Donna for being amazing teammates, Hermes for helping us along the trip and Alley for being a super duper gamemaster! Perfect game for a group of 4-6 friends that want a unique space adventure. read more

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we did about all the rooms in less then 2 weeks and we had a blast there!! def recommended to try especially with the help of TE we are able to try some rooms out in NYC! She's very friendly and someone i would love to go back to if they add rooms!! she deserves a raise big time!!! thank you TE!!!! read more

If you're looking for an out-of-this-world experience, you have to try the "Cosmic Crisis" at The Escape Game in Orange, CA! This was easily one of the most immersive escape rooms I've ever done. From the moment you enter the room, you're transported to a futuristic space station where the fate of the universe rests in your hands. The puzzles were well crafted, blending technology and creativity to keep us on our toes the entire time. Every challenge felt purposeful, and the storyline unfolded in a way that kept us engaged and excited to see what would happen next. We worked together as a team, and the adrenaline rush of beating the clock added to the thrill. We succeeded and finished with 5 minutes left! The staff was top-notch--friendly, informative, and genuinely invested in making sure we had a fantastic experience. The facility was clean, well-maintained, and had a great atmosphere. Whether you're a seasoned escape room enthusiast or a first-timer, "Cosmic Crisis" is a must-try. I can't wait to come back and try the other rooms, especially Prison Break! read more

The Escape Game - Finished Cosmic Crisis with 5 Minutes Left - Escape Games Near Me - Orange, California

It was our first escape room. We chose to escape from prison. And it was great! Difficulty 9/10, teamwork is very important. Insanely interesting. Excellent staff. read more

I had a great time here. We did two games in a day. The games were challenging, but you have unlimited help. Each room has a lot of varieties. The hosts were nice. We also got unlimited help. The clues didn't give you the straight answers. They teased you the solutions really well, so you would still feel that satisfaction of solving the rooms. read more

Just like all the other Escape Games I've been to, this place is spectacular! From the enthusiastic game masters to the superb build quality I think The Escape Game make some of the best escape rooms! I love the multi-room challenges and their difficulty is usually pretty spot on. read more

T and Cas were amazing! we came in to do one escape game and ended up staying until 1 AM doing multiple games. We had an amazing experience and customer service was top-tier. was so knowledgeable on the additional games that they offer and we look forward to coming back very soon. This is a must experience and worth every single penny. read more

The Escape Game - Escape Games Near Me - Orange, California

SUPER FUN ERIC MADE US THIS CARD ONCE WE ESCAPEDDDD SO CUTEE!!! We did the Cosmic Crisis and it was so much fun. I'm used to doing escape rooms with a lot of codes and locks but this one had more buttons which was good for our group. Also super clean escape rooms and nice themes! read more

The Escape Game - Escape Games Near Me - Orange, California

Thank you so much Katie! Did the cosmic crisis escape room, and really enjoyed their use of technology for the escape room! read more

Cas is amazing and is my forever Escape Room Fairy She helped me make a last-minute reservation today and was not only beyond pleasant but went out of her way to make sure my group would have a memorable experience. We have done many of the rooms at the Irvine Escape Game location but this will be our first time at the Orange location. If everyone is as personable, helpful and sweet as Cas, we are in for a great time!! read more

Ruby is a great host!!! Definitely coming back! The game was so good and she gave us great clues read more

Coming to this location is great because the place is surrounded by good food places. Also, the great thing is, if you are out and about with friends/family late at night, this is the place to go. Not is it only located close to a Dave and Buster's, there is also Lucky Strike. My family and I came out here to try their Escape Room - Prison Break. We were greeted by the manager there, T. She was extremely sweet and helpful. Our game master, Nova, helped us thru our adventure and we were able to Escape. We had so much fun that we quickly booked another room on the same night. We are definitely going to check out the other rooms when we can. read more

The Escape Game - Finished escaping Prison Break - Escape Games Near Me - Orange, California

We really enjoy doing escape rooms and about a month ago I saw an ad for a new escape room place opening in The Outlets at Orange so I joined their mailing list. Weeks later I was happy to receive an email saying that they were about to open and were offering people free games for a few days before their official opening date so I jumped on the offer immediately. The Escape Game is located on the northeast side of the Outlets at Orange by Dave & Busters and the Nike Factory store. We went on a Saturday night and finding parking is always insane. If you don't get lucky finding a parking space quickly, for $10 you can self-park in a roped off lot only a few hundred feet from their location and that is what I did. I signed the waivers online that morning to speed things up and we showed up ten minutes early as is always customary. We were very surprised when we were told we had to wait for other people who had not arrived yet who would be doing the same room with us. More on this later... They have six different rooms and we did "The Depths" which has an undersea submarine theme. The room had a lot of great puzzles including a few that we have not encountered in any other escape rooms before. The online listed difficulty factor of 7/10 is about right. We escaped with a few extra minutes provided. Our game master Ofelia was good and was kept busy by others in the room hitting the help button a lot. After we finished the room, we were given a tour by Ofelia and were able to take a quick peek inside the other rooms that were not occupied. Everything is brand new, clean, and there is a great variety of different themed rooms. If everything was good, why only three stars? We have done 25+ escape rooms at over a dozen places in both OC & LA and 98% of the time it is always just me and my girlfriend doing the room. We work together well and have a method to our madness. Until now, booking an escape room has always been a private experience where you have the whole room to your party exclusively. Most places charge a little more if there are only 2-3 people in your group which is perfectly fine. In all fairness, The Escape Game website does say their games are "shared experiences" but it was a surprise to us when we showed up and they said we would be joined by six other people. Thankfully two of the other people didn't show up because even with six people in the initial room it was a little crowded. The other four people proudly announced that they had been drinking all day and this was their first escape room. Half way through our time, one of the other couples were verbally fighting and ended up exiting the room. The remaining couple was cool and they were actually catching on to things quickly, but working with strangers was definitely awkward and not what we were expecting. It's a crap shoot who you will get put in a room with as we saw a few groups with kids and one other group who was speaking only Korean. We appreciated the opportunity to play for free and check out a new place, but unfortunately we won't be back for another shared experience. The only way to have a private experience is to get lucky and nobody else books your room or book all of the spots in the room even if you don't have other people which is way too expensive. If you don't mind doing a room with strangers or if you have a large group of friends to go with then you will have a great time. They also have another location in Irvine with some of the same rooms and some different ones. read more

A+ experience. T and Derek were very helpful and this was our 12th Escape Experience. The Cosmic room was awesome and we'll definitely be back to try out another. Highly recommended read more

The Escape Game - Escape Games Near Me - Orange, California