The Escape Game Chicago
The Escape Game Chicago
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08:00 - 00:00
Monday
08:00 - 00:00
Tuesday
08:00 - 00:00
Wednesday
08:00 - 00:00
Thursday
08:00 - 00:00
Friday
08:00 - 00:00
Saturday
08:00 - 00:00
Sunday
08:00 - 00:00
About
The Escape Game Chicago is a live 60-minute adventure. You and your team will select a challenge and will have one hour to complete your mission and escape. We offer several unique experiences, all happening in a completely immersive environment. You may be in prison planning an escape, on Mars trying to repair a spaceship or in a museum stealing back a piece of art.
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Neighbourhood: Near North Side
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- Grand • 3 min walk
- Chicago • 5 min walk
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Kat W
1 contribution
Jan 2023 • Couples
Jackie was super sweet!! We loved our experience and definitely will be back! Greate date night experience!
Written 29 January 2023
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itsashby
Thomaston, ME11 contributions
I cannot say enough good things about The Escape Game Chicago! My 13 year old son and I booked the Mars Room during a short trip to the city last Friday, and were the only ones there on a winter morning. The staff was welcoming, professional and friendly, and got us started right away. I love that this place offers unlimited hints, and they clarified first HOW we would like hints - only on request, or also when they noticed us struggling. We said to hint whenever, and the hints they gave us throughout the game were just helpful enough to poke us in the right direction without taking the joy of discovery away from us. The Mars room was great for two people - it's pretty linear so we worked together to solve all the puzzles. We've done a few other rooms in other places, and these puzzles seemed more creative than most - not repeating the same kind over and over again. The room was really immersive and intense (but not scary), with multiple rooms and lots of audio and visual elements.
Once we finished, we actually left the building, walked down the block, and then impulsively went BACK to try another room (plus you get 40% off for doing a second room!). We loved the Gold Rush room even more - very cool world-building, awesome visuals, incredibly creative puzzles, multiple rooms, challenging enough but also solvable for the two of us.
The best part of our experience was by far the wonderful staff - they were so kind and enthusiastic, and they even made me a cup of coffee when I mentioned being under-caffeinated - I honestly could have cried with gratitude the moment the timer stopped on the room and the door popped open to a staffer holding out a mug and offering me a "coffee break." We were visiting for my son's birthday and they made a very big deal of it - he has told everyone we've seen since then about it!
Once we finished, we actually left the building, walked down the block, and then impulsively went BACK to try another room (plus you get 40% off for doing a second room!). We loved the Gold Rush room even more - very cool world-building, awesome visuals, incredibly creative puzzles, multiple rooms, challenging enough but also solvable for the two of us.
The best part of our experience was by far the wonderful staff - they were so kind and enthusiastic, and they even made me a cup of coffee when I mentioned being under-caffeinated - I honestly could have cried with gratitude the moment the timer stopped on the room and the door popped open to a staffer holding out a mug and offering me a "coffee break." We were visiting for my son's birthday and they made a very big deal of it - he has told everyone we've seen since then about it!
Written 17 January 2023
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Vanessa V
1 contribution
Jan 2023 • Business
Sydney was awesome and helpful! The room was a high tech and very detailed and interesting! Very challenging!! But we escaped in record time
Written 5 January 2023
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kyla g
1 contribution
Nov 2022 • Friends
my favorite part was getting the first clue and finding the next lion in the bag. we were also able to realize what the shoes were for
Written 1 January 2023
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Makayla R
2 contributions
Dec 2022 • Friends
Best experience on bro!!! You won’t be disappointed. Go with the right group of people. You get a great experience
Written 1 January 2023
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Simran D
1 contribution
Dec 2022 • Family
Sydney was our guide today and she was super helpful and explained everything well. She gave us a preview of all the rooms that exist across locations and was super helpful throughout.
Written 31 December 2022
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Sam L
1 contribution
Dec 2022 • Friends
Mitch was an awesome game master he made it a great experience in the amazing spice room escape room!
Written 31 December 2022
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CW
1 contribution
Dec 2022 • Friends
Super fun experience. We played special ops and we really enjoyed it. Mitch is very nice and helpful. We will be back again and play the prison break
Written 31 December 2022
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Ranveer S
1 contribution
Dec 2022 • Family
so much fun, the game host, Mitch was very nice, we made it out, would definitely come again. 10/10.
Written 30 December 2022
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Flavia M
1 contribution
Dec 2022 • Business
Zack was great! Our team had a lot of fun! The first team building experience and it was great!!!!!!
Written 30 December 2022
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Zoe S
Chicago, Illinois, United States1 contribution
Can you book a private room just for your party and if so does it cost more?
april10hill
Chicago, IL1 contribution
So if you go to book online, you can "reserve" as many spots as you want (until you hit the maximum, of course). It's public though. So, let's say you want to reserve an 8 max room. You reserve 4 spots for you and your 3 friends. If another party wants to do that room at that time, they can reserve the remaining spots. Then it would be all 8 of you in that room.
Really, unless it's gotten super busy since I went last, you should be fine. Especially if you book kind of last-minute, or at a time that seems relatively sparse (i.e. you're looking at the reserve page and none of the time spots around it are taken either).
You CAN ensure yourself a private room by reserving (and paying for) all of the spots, however in my experience this is not necessary.
Sescenee W
Brookings, OR105 contributions
We have a 2 day Chicago Go Card. We did the Escape room today. Can we do it again tomorrow?
Robotr0n
Chicago, IL2 contributions
It depends on what kind of Go Card you purchased. If you have the all inclusive, then you can visit each attraction once per day for most attractions (double-check in the guidebook for Escape game). If you have the Explorer pass, then you are only allowed once per attraction. Have fun!
Lyn D
22 contributions
How many people are allowed in to the room?
Elisabeth B
37 contributions
Eight people per room. There were 4 of us and 2 others in the first game, so 6 and in the second game 3 people joined us, so 7 total. You pay for however many are in your group and they can add another group to your game with a max of 8 people in all.
Cupidl0ve01
Madison, WI45 contributions
How much is a ticket?
rickthacker
Chicago, IL10 contributions
$34.99 for the three normal rooms (Heist, Gold Rush, and Prison Break), and $39.99 for the premium room known as Mission Mars. Mission Mars is very difficult and very different from traditional escape rooms as it has a lot of touchscreen and technology in the room. I would recommend it to those looking for a great time and a challenge!
Do we have to reserve ahead of time?
bacongirl1
Byron Bay, Australia15 contributions
Yes you do
cabwindo
Pittsburgh, PA
What times are available 2-18 thru 2-20? Age limits?
barrylee94
Chicago, IL
Times are available online & based on which room you want to play. I would say anyone above the age of 8 can play! Probably not as for really little kids.
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- The Escape Game Chicago is open:
- Sun - Sat 08:00 - 00:00
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