We all need an escape every once in a while. No, we’re not talking about going on vacation, staycation, or day-trip, we mean literally. Whether you need to find out if your significant other can act under pressure on date night, want to promote camaraderie in a team building activity, or want to celebrate your birthday in Houston cosplaying the characters in Cube, you can test your wits at the best escape rooms in Houston!
1-2. The Escape Game Houston
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With two locations in the city, in CityCentre and in The Galleria, The Escape Game Houston is one of the best escape rooms in Houston. Having garnered a stellar 5 stars on Google (both locations) with over 10,000 reviews, interested parties can be assured that they’re in for a exciting time at The Escape Game.
Each venue provides a quartet of unique rooms catering to a variety of skill levels. Here, visitors can find their way out of submarines (both venues), prisons (CityCentre), a period-piece train (both venues), space shuttle (The Galleria), a playground (CityCentre), and more!
The Escape Game Houston offers shared experiences where multiple groups are teamed together, but if parties want to book a private event, they need to book all the available spots while making their reservation.
Games are recommended for ages 13 and up, though younger players are allowed to play if a paying adult accompanies them. Individual tickets are priced at $38.99.
📍5015 Westheimer Rd #A1178 & 794 Sorella Ct #127
📅 8 am – 12 am Monday through Sunday
3. Strange Bird Immersive Escape Rooms
The Man From Beyond – a Houdini Seance-themed escape room – at Strange Bird Immersive Escape Rooms in Katy is a truly unique Houston experience that weaves story-telling, immersive theatre, and escape room in one dramatic, otherworldly adventure.
In addition to a trophy case worth of accolades – both national and international – the experience was rated the #1 Escape Room in the United States 5 years in a row by The Top Escape Rooms Project.
Experiences here feature professional actors, responsive and cinematic lighting fixtures, as well as custom-designed puzzles and sets to enhance the realism of the experience. Strange Bird experiences are catered to groups between 4 and 8 people (ages 16 and up) and range from 90 to 120 minutes. Pricing is tiered based on group size. A party of 4 people will have tickets priced at $58 a piece, whereas with a party of 8, individual tickets cost $47 a piece.
📍7026 Old Katy Rd #310
📅 Consult website for hours
4. Escape Hunt Houston
Escape Hunt is another highly-rated escape room. Here, visitors can go down the rabbit hole at their Alice In Puzzleland room, make off with Blackbeard’s treasure off a sinking ship at Pirate’s Adventure, or discover the original meaning of “Houston, we’ve had a problem” at their escape room modeled after the Apollo 13 Lunar Mission.
All games are rated PG – okay for kids 10 and under, though they will require a ticket.
Parties from 2 – 6 people can work together at once to solve puzzles, clues, and (hopefully) successfully escape in under an hour. Prices vary depending on group size; tickets are priced at $39.95 individually for groups between 2 and 3 people; tickets are $34.95 for players in groups of 4 – 6 people.
📍125 Gray St #100
📅 10 am – 9 pm Monday and Tuesday; 10 am – 10 pm Wednesday and Thursday; 10 am – 11 pm Friday and Saturday; 11 am – 9 pm Sunday
5. Locktopia
Locktopia in the Greenway/Upper Kirby Area is an escape room experience catered to ages 7 and up. The venue features four unique experiences including the steampunk-influenced Antidote room, voodoo/skull-talking Spellcaster room, the based-on-a-true-story shipwrecked Endurance room, and 4th-dimension Gateway room.
Rooms here vary in difficulty, with Spellcaster and and Gateway on the mild side, and Antidote and Endurance being more difficult.
Only private booking is allowed at Locktopia, so no other parties will join your game. Booking is available for $34.50 per person. Each experience is accompanied by a game master present to help you with clues.
If visiting for a birthday party, Locktopia also has a separate birthday party room where patrons can celebrate their successful escape.
📍5326 Weslayan St.
📅 12 – 7:45 pm Monday through Thursday; 12 – 11 pm Friday; 10:30 am – 11 pm Saturday; closed Sunday
6. Escape The Room Texas
Located in Midtown, Escape The Room Texas features seven exciting and immersive experiences. Each imbued with mystery, secrecy, and fun, rooms here range from a Jurassic-era escape, an excavation to the center of the Earth, and a cerebral-workout at its Rec Room experience. Other experiences here include the Meltdown, The Theater, The Apartment, and The Agency.
All experiences are timed at an hour.
Parties from 4 – 12 people are allowed to play at a time depending on the experience. Private bookings are also available. Individual prices depend on party size; individual tickets for a pair of two are $40 a piece; prices are $25.00 for individuals in parties of 8.
📍3303 Louisiana St #220
📅 1 pm – 8:30 pm
7. PanIQ Escape Room Houston
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Located between the Museum District and Midtown, Paniq Escape Room Houston provides a variety of thrilling escape room experiences. Here, patrons can travel back to the Wild West and bust out of the clink (while warding off zombies), go Hurt Locker and defused a hidden bomb, and/or survive the deranged wrath of the notorious Leatherface at its Chainsaw Massacre escape room.
All one-hour escape room experiences are available for parties between 2 – 7 people and are of medium difficulty. Entry prices depend on party size, whether public or private, and day of booking. Public bookings begin at $30 per person on sessions Sunday – Thursday.
📍1017 Eagle St
📅 2:30 pm – 9 pm Monday through Thursday; 2:30 pm – 10 pm Friday; 1 pm – 11:30 pm Saturday; 1 pm – 9 pm Sunday
8. Virtual Hangout
For a true escape from reality, enter the virtual world at Virtual Hangout. Specializing in VR adventures, Virtual Hangout in Huffman enable visitors to engage in single player and multi-player games with 9 unique experiences.
Equipped with high-quality VR technology, players can solve puzzles among dragons, space stations, manors, trains, lasers, pirates, sharks, and more. Games here are timed at 45 minutes with tickets priced at $35.
The venue also hosts VR Latency tournaments, in which players can test their reflexes and skills while competing for prizes.
Private party packages are available from 1 – 3 hours, with up to 20 players – 10 playing at any given time.
📍11421 FM 1960
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9. Exit Lab Houston
Restore the life-force of a remote and mysterious island, race against time amid a zombie apocalypse, and track down the final masterpiece of Salvador Dalí at Exit Lab in Houston.
Parties up to 10 can work together to solve the puzzles at Exit Lab, though the group size depends on the room. Prices here start at $33, though also depend on the size of the party.
During the holiday season, Exit Lab provides a series of Yuletide-themed adventures.
📍6400 Southwest Fwy #J
📅 4 pm – 9 pm Tuesday through Thursday; 4 pm – 10 pm Friday and Saturday; 4 pm – 9 pm Sunday; closed Monday
10. Escape Now
Escape Now is a innovative, family-owned business located in the Cy Fair Plaza Shopping Center in the Cypress area of Houston that features three unique escape room experiences. Each room requires patrons to solve a series of riddles, puzzles, and Sherlock-worthy clues to escape.
Experiences here feature Wizards & Dragons-themed room, a superhero room, and a Sherlock Homes escape room.
📍13243 Jones Rd
📅 12:30 pm – 9:30 pm Monday through Friday; 12 pm – 9:30 pm Saturday; 2 pm – 7:30 pm Sunday; closed Wednesdays
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