Best escape rooms in Austin: find options near you

We had two back-to-back escape room experiences here and left extremely satisfied. After doing Prison Break with Spencer we knew we had to come back. Spencer was not only a great game guide but also super personable and gave us a recommendation for another escape room in Houston that we’re planning to check out before heading back to California. His energy and genuine enthusiasm made our first visit unforgettable.

The next night, we did Cosmic Crisis with Joe, who also gave us an awesome experience. But the biggest shoutout goes to Hailey, the general manager, who personally followed up with us after our first game and went above and beyond to make sure our second visit was smooth and memorable. Hailey even made our booking private and ensured every detail was taken care of. Her kindness and communication really stood out.

Also wanted to thank Taylor for calling ahead when we were running late. Despite the delay, we were still fully accommodated and got our full time, which we really appreciated.

The staff here is truly amazing. Friendly, professional, and clearly passionate about creating memorable experiences. Spencer, Hailey, and the whole team made this a big highlight of our trip!

I’m one of those people that would second guess paying to escape a room. With that being said this place completely changed my mind about escape rooms!! Stella was very very kind & her energy was great. We honestly had a BLAST in ‘the playground’ escape room. I don’t wanna ruin any surprises but the part at the end that required ‘teamwork’ was so adorable and really had every single one of us working together! We finished with 12 minutes to spare. It was truly a one of a kind experience.

10 -11 and 12 year old boys plus my husband and me. Whew! Hazel was our game master and she was so good at “reading the room” – dropping hints (not answers!) when the boys were getting frustrated or losing the plot. She also helped ensure they were successful without giving too much away. My son is already hoping to go back next year for his birthday! And as a bonus, the kids employees made a cute card for my son.

The Escape Game Austin is an absolute blast and I highly recommend it, especially for team bonding! They offer a wide range of themes, each with its own unique challenges and atmosphere. The staff are consistently nice and friendly, which really adds to the experience. We had a great time tackling ‘Classified,’ and I’m already looking forward to trying another theme on our next visit!

This was my first escape room in Austin, Texas, and I had an absolute blast In the cosmic escape room!

We were with a group of six other people that didn’t know each other, and it was still a great experience.

Cam was the employee that helped us out (even though we didn’t take a single clue and escaped with 11 mins remaining!) I will definitely be back!

We did the playground escape room and even thought it’s meant for 12 people, we were able to do it with 4 with a minute to spare! We had so much fun and Cam was awesome with giving us hints to figure out the room! Highly recommend The Escape Game!

This was so much fun! Played the Gold Rush with Cam as our guide and he was great! Gave us the right clues at the right times. We played with only two people and got pretty far but if we had about eight people, it was sad to be a lot easier so recommend going with more people

Escape Hour was really fun! We did Call of the Ancient and it was a really good room. Challenging and really unique puzzles. We have been to different escape rooms all over TX and other states too and this one was definitely a great place! We will be back!

Our group of 4 has collectively done a ton of escape rooms over the years, and none have been talked about with such laughter afterwards as this one: The Cabin pt. 1. Sabina, our game master, is insanely good at her job (once you do the room you’ll understand why I’m saying that) and made the experience that much more immersive for us from the moment we walked up to the entrance of the building.

I will say that we would never dream of taking our preteens to this room. Jump scares are one thing, but this room does a phenomenal job of creating suspense in every moment. Not what I want my kids feeling at their age. But when they are much older, they will hopefully get to have as much fun as we had in The Cabin (or at least afterwards when we felt safe again).

Amazing experience as soon as you step through the door. Leia was a brilliant host, I couldn’t stop smiling because of her enthusiasm and love of the job. Our group did The Cabin: Final Chapter and had a blast. We screamed, we laughed, and we escaped! Thank you again, Leia! You are awesome. We have done almost every room at Escape Hour and always have a great time. The puzzles are challenging but intuitive and everything flows really well. Hands down the best escape room in the Austin area (worth the drive)!

Best escape rooms in Austin! We did the Cabin chapter 3 with a group of 4 and it was great. Our guide, June, was fantastic as well and prepared us with all the info we needed. Horror fans will love this room. The atmosphere is the top quality and the puzzles are challenging. We escaped with 4 minutes to spare. We will be coming back for more rooms!

Really well-designed and maintained rooms. Family owned business and you can tell they really care about creating awesome experiences for people that love escape rooms. We’ve now completed all 3 chapters of the Cabin and highly recommend the entire series. If you like a little horror in your escape room experience, those rooms are the for you. Most unique experiences in an escape room and we’ve done hundreds all over the world. Leah was a fantastic actress!

Came here on a whim and it did not disappoint!! We did Dead man’s cove which is a pirate themed escape room and it was really cool!! The rooms truly do match to the theme and it wasn’t difficult at all…except for one part only. The game master Lee was amazing and did a great job at explaining everything to us! They were so nice! 🙂 We will definitely come back to try the Cabin part 1 & 2!!!

This was our first escape room experience and wow what a time we had doing the Cabin part 1! It was INTENSE! We were so scared during the experience and haven’t stopped laughing since leaving. It was one of the most fun things we have done!

Ciana was amazing from start to finish and provided just the right amount of assistance when my brain was too overwhelmed.

I can’t recommend this place enough. We will definitely be back and can’t wait for the cabin part 2!

We had an absolute blast at this escape room! From the moment we walked in, the atmosphere was immersive and exciting. The puzzles were clever, well-designed, and just the right level of challenging – we were constantly engaged and loved how every clue led naturally to the next. We have done the Pirate and Wizard themes and both were executed perfectly with impressive attention to detail that really brought the story to life. We already have our eye on other rooms to do in the future!

A special shoutout to our game host Heather – she was phenomenal! She set the tone right from the beginning and gave just the right amount of guidance to keep us on track without giving too much away. She was the best!

The birthday girl and her crew had a fabulous time working on the haunted asylum. They would totally do it again. Great experience and the staff were supportive and friendly.

My kiddos and I had a great time in the Wizard Trials room at PanIQ Escape Rooms! The mom was well kept and the puzzles were challenging enough without making you want to give up. I liked being able to provide my kiddos with the opportunity to use their brain over the summer in a super fun way. They’re already begging to go back!

It was amazing!! The hints (which we needed a lot) were enough to give us somewhere to look without giving it away and responses were fast when asking for a hint. The staff is also very sweet and kind. I will definitely book again.

It was fun! And liked the tablet with the hints was nice, hard was not very hard. It was nice to have the weekday code! And was offered a discount to book another room right after, but it ends up being more then if week booked online with (even same day) and before discounts because they only allow you to do private room up charge, so a little bummer to want to stay and play another room!

We had a blast doing this escape room! We did the Wizard Trial and it was challenging enough where we were occasionally stumped, but could figure a lot on our own without any hints. Loved the variety in puzzles and storyline!

Wizard room was cool and beautiful! Neat effects and I enjoyed the mission

The cartel room was also fun but definitely more thinking!
I will recommend to people

I had the best time!!! My first time experiencing an escape room and gotta say I had more fun than I thought I would!
The only reason why the 3 stars its because the staff literally gave us the answer to 2 mayor clues while we still had 28 minutes of experience, so I feel like the game ended way earlier than it should’ve, and could’ve let us figure it out on our own, I mean that’s the point of the experience… Would’ve loved to finish the game 100% on us, or at least they would’ve given us the answer 5 min before our hour ended.

Other than that, great experience!

The vibes here are super sketchy. The employee was in the room constantly watching us. Additionally, he was cleaning stuff up the whole time. It completely ruined the experience. This was not worth $100. We were put in a room at the beginning to watch a rules video, and we watched the employee actually lock us in that room and unlock it when the video was over. That makes zero sense to me and it made me fearful of a room that isn’t scary. A lot of the puzzles were not following the story line. You go back and forth from room to room and some of the clues are not logical. I have done over 100 escapes rooms, and I wouldn’t recommend it at all. Also, the game master seemed very unhappy to be there. 0/10.

We went to the Great Escape Zombie room as a family for Mother’s Day (kiddos 14 and 12). We had a great time. We escaped with 3 minutes to spare. The puzzles were challenging and the zombie in the room element added some intensity. The team at Great Escape was great. I recommend a visit!

The great Escape room was so much fun. We went at 9:30 PM. The room had plenty of props that gave a great experience. Definitely a lot of clues that you will need to put together and solve your way out of the room. The employees were awesome! Very helpful and courteous. They asked us if we were ok and even gave us clues. The axe throwing was so much fun as well. You get a target and have 2 practice throws and 5 actual throws. They have beverages for sale available and a machine that you can punch too for fun.
The parking lot need some lights tho
Shoutout to Ricardo for wearing a neon vest directing traffic

Another great escape room experience. My family has done half a dozen escape rooms over the last couple of years and we tried out the Houdini one for Mother’s Day. It was fun and challenging. No jump scare! And our host was good at helping us when we needed it. We escaped with 5 mins left. Would recommend.

We had an awesome experience here! I brought my family and friends and we did the Houdini room which was a lot of fun! It was bigger than other escape rooms I’ve been, challenging in the best way but not too hard that we couldn’t escape in the end. I got a Groupon which made it affordable and the staff there were super kind and helpful! Parking is easy to find and they’ve got clean restrooms as well as axe throwing!

We had a fun time here! The staff were very friendly and helpful and when we got stuck with a few of the clues. Good idea to bring a small flashlight as some of the areas are dimly lit.

Shoutout to Christian! He was really sweet and funny. We had a great time! Our group did the “The Dream” escape room. It was visually stunning, challenging, but not frustrating. We actually ran through the first couple of rooms quickly and got stuck on the last room. Overall, a really fun time! Really recommend this experience!

Christian was an awesome game master. Great sense of humor and enthusiastic about the puzzles. Explains what you’ve missed at the end if anything SUPER stumped you (if you want). The rooms were challenging but entertaining, and there are no penalties for hints/help. Some of my favorite rooms I’ve done!

Our family of 4 had a great time doing the Jungle Game room! It was tricky overall, but had some easy elements that meant our elementary age kids could help figure out pieces of the puzzle. Imani was the perfect game master — kind, encouraging and swooped in with hints just when we needed them, helping us just enough to finish in time!

Yippee we had super fun at 4 dreams Escape game. It was our first escape room and it was super fun yet quite challenging and tricky! Our game master was Tiba and she was super helpful. Will surely come back again with our friends. Thank you for making my birthday and first escape game so memorable and fun

We had a great time. It was a really fantastic experience. Elijah was incredibly supportive and friendly. We will definitely be going back for another experience very soon. We highly recommend for a fun time with family and friends.

Took my real estate team here and we had the best time. We did the Dream Room and it was way harder than we thought it would be but that made it even more fun. We laughed so much and had to really work together to figure it out. Highly recommend for a night out with friends or a team event. We’re already planning to come back with more friends to try the Jungle Room!

Christian Coffey made this experience a 10/10. Ask him about his prior mascot experience. He loves to talk about it. Hook ‘Em Horns.

We had such a great time celebrating a friend’s birthday at Lonestar Rage & Entertainment! The people there are so nice and helpful. They provide everything you need for a smashing fun time. You could even create a playlist in advance and then plug your phone into their speaker – just don’t smash it! I would highly recommend this experience for a celebration or just stress relief.

cool family owned business. the experience was great! definitely the fun & therapy session i needed while visiting ATX. MOST DEFINITELY will be coming here again!

We just did the Rage Room experience and… WOW — it was phenomenal! 25 minutes of pure release, breaking things in the best possible way.
From the moment we walked in, we were greeted with nothing but friendliness and amazing energy. The customer service was next-level — they made sure we were geared up, safe, and set up with the perfect breakables for a full-on smashing good time
Highly recommend to anyone looking for a safe, fun, wildly satisfying way to let loose. Can’t wait to come back!

Went to the rage room with my daughter and found the experience great! The owner was attentive and was clear on communicating all safety information. We actually took slow motion videos and they turned out really cool. Definitely would go back!

We had an absolutely fun time here.

I’m actually surprised by how many different kinds of throwing weapons they actually provided.

Get your reservation in advance as they are actually popular, and I will definitely come back for the rage room.

I just found an incredible spot called The Breaking Point, and I can’t wait to visit it someday! This place seems like the ultimate destination for psychological release. They have a room where you can smash all kinds of things—TVs, bottles, cans, laptops—basically, anything that comes under your hand. Pure chaos in the best way possible!

And if that’s not enough, they also have a paint room where you can throw, smash, and spill paint however you like. It’s a creative way to let loose, de-stress, and maybe even discover your inner artist while breaking stuff!

Highly recommend checking this out if you’re into unique experiences. I’ll definitely be making my way here soon.

I’m not usually one to write reviews but I definitely had to for The Breaking Point! My friend and I came in yesterday and had the most amazing time. We were immediately greeted with such excitement and humor and the guys made the process so easy. You’re given a jumpsuit and safety gear and even have access to a speaker in the room for your own music. Safety is a number one priority with fun and stress relief a close second. I do recommend wearing shoes with thicker soles because you will be standing on broken glass. We wore blundstones instead of sneakers and it was great because we did leave with some glass embedded in the bottoms (all for the sake of fun tho)! This was the best $40 I’ve spent in a long time and I would buy a membership if I could. Could not recommend this place enough!

Took my 13 year old with several friends. We occupied both rooms (20,000 Leagues and Casino Heist). We had a blast. Both rooms were able to cater to that age group. Staff was super friendly and accommodating to a rambunctious group of boys. Parking was easy. I can’t wait to go back and try out the other room I didn’t see.

This is our favorite escape room in Austin! We’ve done both rooms and think the theming for both is done really well.

The design of the puzzles are also amazing. You’re never confused where certain answers should be used and there’s no lazy puzzles here where you have a generic thing to solve which gives you 4 random numbers and then are forced to try it on all the 4-digit locks in the room. The puzzles fit the room and the hints in the room subtly tell you exactly where to go next.

We’ll be looking forward to future rooms being released!

First time visiting Novel Escape in Austin and we had the best time! We had a group of 4, with ages ranging from 12-65, and escaped the 20,000 leagues under the sea room with a second to spare. The puzzles were interesting, challenging (but not impossible), and the theme was well executed. We’ve done other brands of escape rooms before and this is one of our new favorites. They have new rooms in development so you can try more than one. Highly recommend for puzzle and book lovers!

Novel Escape is by far the best escape room company in the entire Austin area. The care and intent that all of the game designers and game masters put into their craft is something that is to be applauded. I was vastly impressed when I played the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea about a year ago so I was extremely excited to hear they finished their new room Casino Royale Heist. The room was fantastic by all measures. 10/10 experience, can’t wait to tell my friends about it!

Visited to experience Casino Heist today. It was my 4th escape room experience and the most fun by far. It was definitely challenging, but not frustrating, and all of the clues were clever. Stephen was great. My group had so much fun. We will be back for sure.

This place is phenomenal. It’s in an unassuming location but as soon as you walk in you’re greeting by warm staff who are truly excited to give you a fun experience. We’ve done both the under water and casino rooms. Both are the perfect level of clever, challenging, and memorable. We keep our eyes out for new rooms here because they do such a great job!

My family and I had the best time escaping our 20,000 leagues room. Some of the clues were easy and others were very challenging. Our amazing hostess/captain gave clues but not complete answers which kept us on our toes. We had a great time and want to return to escape from the Casino Royale.

My boyfriend and sister took me here for my birthday to do the escape room and I absolutely loved it!!! Zack/Zach explained everything very well and thoroughly. Will DEFINITELY be back soon!

Their space is so cool looking and the space is perfect for 8-4 groups of people. The games are so interactive and fun and I had so much fun with my colleagues and can even communicate with one another through headsets. They also have axe throwing and escape rooms. Staff are really nice too

The escape room experience was really fun. The crew did a great job explaining the rules and what’s expected. Overall great experience for an escape room. Would recommend bringing additional friends for more fun.

We did the time travel escape room today and it was so much fun! Just enough of a challenge to where we were puzzled but we ended up figuring it out without using all of our hints. Caleb was amazing and super informative and made our experience a 10/10!

My kids (ages 14, 11, and 10) and I were there a little less than a week ago (April 2025) and we really enjoyed our time! My son picked it for his birthday outing since he really loves escape rooms and he was not disappointed! The game we did was one of the easier ones (Dragons) and it was perfect–we escaped with nine minutes to spare, but the game was complicated enough that we got stumped a few times and were never bored. The whole thing was like doing an escape room while being in a video game. It was really easy to get used to the VR headset and controls. My older kids who don’t really like escape rooms even loved this! It felt like we all contributed equally to our success and everyone left in high spirits. I’d love to come back and try a harder one! I don’t even think I will mind if I lose!
In addition to the escape room game being awesome, the staff who set everything up for us was really patient and kind too. I could tell he enjoys his job and loves seeing people succeed!

We had SO much fun today. As a mom, I needed this adrenaline rush. It was so immersive and challenging. We will definitely be back with our other boys!!

Real fun, really enjoyed the puzzles and we luckily didn’t need to use any hints but we still had a lot of fun. Would recommend doing one of the escape games

TLDR- Don’t waste your money!

Please don’t let the 4.5 star rating fool you. I went here a few weeks ago with some friends, and left extremely disappointed.
I cannot believe this place has such a high rating.

This is now located inside the owner’s house. We got a little lost because we were expecting the store front pictured on Google.

The experience is incredibly repetitive…you’re put in a room with some LED screens. There’s some fun lighting, but that’s it. The whole experience is shouting “psych”, playing with plastic fruit, and high-fiving each other. Oh wait you high-five the floor, too.
Based on other similar rated reviews..he hasn’t changed this format or the videos in years. This is very outdated, niche humor. Think videos you made back in 2008 with Microsoft Paint.

Overall, please consider doing something else. For $25 you can have a lot more fun in Austin. The owner/creator was incredibly nice, though!

This was an interesting artistic experiment. It’s a fun idea for a small friend-group or a date night for people who want to be silly for a little while. However, the execution did not meet my expectations. I would not recommend this for a first date as the experience lends itself to a variety of awkward moments.

It was pretty boring and cringey—I’m sorry!! but just… honestly? overpriced and not worth the time overall 🙁

The owner is super nice, but I wanted to do my part by leaving an honest review so others think twice before spending money.

It’s essentially a pre-recorded video where you say and do repetitive things.

Btw it is not in a brick and mortar store. The Eureka Room is now set-up in the owner’s home which is kind of odd… so pee before you go unless you wanna use his own private bathroom.

Also the owner left the lights on nearly the whole time, and we didn’t know they were Supposed to be off so we didn’t say anything.

Idk, man. I’m really confused by the reviews praising it? Because I felt majorly swindled by the price for essentially watching Millenial-cringe humor (think primitive days of YouTube like Charlie the Unicorn but worse) and high-fiving people over and over again.

The Eureka room is a pleasant experience for those who are looking to lightly participate in a series of immersive scenes! There are lights, voices, colors, and activities for a small group of people to enjoy and be wondered by. If you’re a performer or artist, I think you’ll super enjoy it! If you’re not, I think you’ll still super enjoy it!! The host/owner, Michael, is a friendly and welcoming presence and I could tell right away how passionate he is about The Eureka Room, which makes the experience that much better, because he cares a lot! He assured that we felt safe, comfortable, and excited. Whenever I’m in Austin, I’m surely heading back to The Eureka Room for more fun, creative times!

*update: The owner was able to make time for my friend to experience The Eureka Room as well, because they weren’t able to do it the day before, and the owner even participated with us…AND IT WAS JUST AS GREAT!!!

If you are up for a random time with strangers, getting silly, laughing, and maybe testing your reflexes, this is the place for you! I had a great time; definitely think the more the merrier if you go, but we had plenty of fun with two pairs. Mike has something special here.

Very cool, unique experience. Traveling alone and socially awkward haha and yet had an absolute blast with 5 strangers. Highly recommend to singles, couples, groups etc for fun or bonding. Sounds silly, but the experience totally promotes synergy

This was amazing and loved it. Anyone who did not have fun has something wrong with them. Love this so much 10 stars

What a unique way to experience Austin! I’ve lived here for a while, but this game showed me all kinds of quirky landmarks I had no idea existed. The time travel theme was creatively integrated into everything we did. All of the artifacts that we got in our box were beautifully designed and high quality. There’s even a mixtape to listen to while you play! We had our kids with us and they were able to participate and contribute, but they may have cost us the win. 🙂

Escape the Box coordinated an excellent corporate event for 105 people for us! The event took us about 30 minutes less than predicted, but folks had a really great time and appreciated the downtime. The puzzles were challenging yet doable. Rain was in the forecast, but Mark and Aris were flexible and we were able to make a game-time call to stay outside when the rain held off. Highly recommend!

Thank you to Mark and the team for a fantastic experience! We played Escape the Box as part of our team building offsite and it could not have been better. We got to explore downtown Austin solving fun riddles using landmarks and attractions. The team-based activity encouraged friendly competition and lots of laughs. Highly recommend!

Mark and Aris organized the best event for our company retreat in Austin! Everything ran smoothly from start to finish, the team helped plan everything. A huge thanks to Mark and Aris for the energy and time in making it a fun event all our colleagues enjoyed, including so many photos! We would love to do another event with Escape the Box next time we’re in Austin.

We had the best time with Mark and team at our team event in East Austin in October. Super fun, so well organized, and really clever group activity. We loved it and would absolutely do it again.

Mark was wonderful to work with, proactive and flexible for our corporate group’s custom needs (start time of the event, location, duration, number of participants, etc). We got a custom scavenger-like hunt through the ~3 blocks surrounding our office. Everyone had a blast. Mark helped guide the group throughout the activity, and our team had fun bonding over a bit of friendly competition. Thanks Mark!

I recently organized a small (under 10) corporate outdoor escape room event with Mark through Wishing Horse in Austin, TX. Mark was quick to respond, very organized, and readily available to answer any questions and make the entire planning process seamless. Our team loved the tour and had fun spending a day walking around a few S. Congress landmarks on the scavenger hunt. I’d recommend for both small and large events and would happily work with them again in the future