Room Escape Artist

Latest update: September 14, 2024

Looking for an escape room near Boston, Massachusetts?

We go back and forth to Boston a few times a year and we try to sneak in a few escape rooms on each trip.

These are our recommendations for Metro Boston.

If you’re ok with traveling beyond Route I-95, check out our recommendations for the rest of Massachusetts.

Market Standouts

The standout experience is: The Storyteller’s Secret, Boxaroo🔒

And if you’re visiting Boston in December, do not miss: Club Drosselmeyer 🔒

But these others are also fantastic:

• Conundrum Museum, Boxaroo
• The Body Shop, Red Fox Escapes 🔒
• The Heist, Red Fox Escapes
• The Hot Dog Heist, Trapology

Something Different

These are not escape rooms, but they are also market standouts!

• Boda Borg 🔒
• Level99 🔒

Set & Scenery-driven

• Ghost Submarine, Trapology
• The Body Shop, Red Fox Escapes
• The Heist, Red Fox Escapes
• The Hot Dog Heist, Trapology
• The Storyteller’s Secret, Boxaroo
• The U-Boat, Red Fox Escapes
• Witching Hour, Trapology

Puzzle-Centric

• Conundrum Museum, Boxaroo
• Ghost Submarine, Trapology
• Mystery of the Magician’s Study, Boxaroo 🔒
• Organized Chaos, Room Escapers
• Panacea, Room Escapers
• The Body Shop, Red Fox Escapes
• The Heist, Red Fox Escapes
• The Hot Dog Heist, Trapology
• The Institute, Trapology
• The Storyteller’s Secret, Boxaroo
• The U-Boat, Red Fox Escapes

Newbie-Friendly

• Mystery of the Magician’s Study, Boxaroo
• The Institute, Trapology
• Witching Hour, Trapology

Rated R

• The Boobie Trap, Trapology

Corporate Events

• The Perfect Heist, Boxaroo 🔒… Contact Boxaroo to set it up for your large group.

You are always welcome to contact us if this recommendation list doesn’t answer your specific questions.

🔒 Golden Lock award-winning experience

Update 1/14/25: Boxaroo owner, Robert ‘Fro’ Myers discussed their “user centric” design process on this REPOD episode.

Update 1/6/24: If you enjoyed the games at Red Fox, we hope you’ll check out our interview with Marie Huber and Nico Cesar on the Reality Escape Pod.

We also interviewed Matthew DuPlessie, founder & CEO of Level 99 and 5 Wits. Check out the REPOD episode below.

Update 12/6/22: If you enjoy Boda Borg, we hope you’ll check out our interview with President/ CEO David Spigner on The Reality Escape Pod.

For more about Club Drosselmeyer, check out this interview with creators Kellian & Brian Pletcher.