Orlando, Florida: Escape Room Recommendations

Latest update: September 14, 2023

In Orlando, escape rooms are competing with the biggest names in entertainment for a share of your time and your money. While it might be hard to pry yourself away from the parks, it will be worth it. There are some outstanding escape rooms in Orlando.

Each company in the region offers a different style. There’s humor, inventive interaction design, character-driven storytelling, and more.

This is a generally puzzle-heavy market, even when the styles lean heavily on storytelling. That said, there are plenty of newbie-friendly experiences to check out. There are also a few spooky games, for the Halloween Horror Nights fans.

And, FYI, Universal also offers escape rooms, but we strongly recommend avoiding Universal’s Great Movie Escape. Check out these recommendations instead.

Market Standouts

• Captain Spoopy Bones, Doldrick’s Escape Room 🔒
• Neighborhood Watcher, The Escape Ventures 🔒
• Operation Arctic Storm: The Final Meltdown, The Escape Ventures
• Possession at Haddon Heights, The Bureau 🔒

In Clearwater, FL (2 hours away):

1. Pins & Needles Tattoo Parlor, The Exit Games FL 🔒
2. Servants of Sleight, The Exit Games FL

Set & Scenery Driven

• Bloodshed Bayou: Waters Uncharted, Locksmith Escape Games
• Operation Arctic Storm: The Final Meltdown, The Escape Ventures
• Possession at Haddon Heights, The Bureau
• Puppet Heist: The Hand of Life, The Bureau
• The Escape Game (multiple games)
• The Seventh Room, Dare 2 Escape
• UFO: Go for Launch, The Bureau

Puzzle-Centric

• A Fisherman’s Tale, Escape Goat
• A Knight To Escape, Escape Effect
• Bloodshed Bayou: Waters Uncharted, Locksmith Escape Games
• At the Hop Ice Cream Shoppe, Dare 2 Escape
• Captain Spoopy Bones, Doldrick’s Escape Room
• Operation Arctic Storm: The Final Meltdown, The Escape Ventures
• Puppet Heist: The Hand of Life, The Bureau
• Red Sled Redemption, Doldrick’s Escape Room
• Spoopy’s Ghoulish Graveyard Gameshow, Doldrick’s Escape Room
• Strange Magic, Mind Masters
• The Archive, Dare 2 Escape
• The Escape Game (multiple games)
• The Quest, Escape Goat
• The Satirical Miracle: A Jolly Tale of Granny’s Blackmail, The Escape Ventures
• The Seventh Room, Dare 2 Escape
• The Video Store: Be Kind Rewind, Dare 2 Escape
• UFO: Go for Launch, The Bureau

Theatrical

• Neighborhood Watcher, The Escape Ventures
• Puppet Heist: The Hand of Life, The Bureau

Humorous

• Bros for Life Fraternity Heist, The Escape Ventures
• Captain Spoopy Bones, Doldrick’s Escape Room
• Puppet Heist: The Hand of Life, The Bureau
• Red Sled Redemption, Doldrick’s Escape Room
• Spoopy’s Ghoulish Graveyard Gameshow, Doldrick’s Escape Room
• Super Bomb Squad, Doldrick’s Escape Room
• The Satirical Miracle: A Jolly Tale of Granny’s Blackmail, The Escape Ventures
• UFO: Go for Launch, The Bureau

Tech-Heavy

• Possession at Haddon Heights, The Bureau
• Super Bomb Squad, Doldrick’s Escape Room
• UFO: Go for Launch, The Bureau

Something Different

• Outage: No Vacancy, The Escape Ventures… played mostly in the dark, but not scary

Newbie-Friendly

• A Fisherman’s Tale, Escape Goat
• At the Hop Ice Cream Shoppe, Dare 2 Escape
• Bros for Life Fraternity Heist, The Escape Ventures
• Spoopy’s Ghoulish Graveyard Gameshow, Doldrick’s Escape Room
• The Escape Game (multiple games)
• The Satirical Miracle: A Jolly Tale of Granny’s Blackmail, The Escape Ventures
• The Video Store: Be Kind Rewind, Dare 2 Escape

Spooky & Scary

• Neighborhood Watcher, The Escape Ventures (not scary, just a bit intense)
• Possession at Haddon Heights, The Bureau
• The Seventh Room, Dare 2 Escape

🔒 Golden Lock award winning experience