Athens, Greece: Escape Room Recommendations

Latest update: January 5, 2021

Athens is known for a pronounced style of escape rooms, that I can only describe as epic… but not in the high-budget blockbuster sense. Rather, the Athens escape rooms combined a specific set of traits to deliver exciting, memorable adventures.

We identified 6 traits that made the escape rooms in Athens stand out: length, scale, storytelling, mode setting, safety, and water. You can read more about how these qualities impact the Athens market in our Field Report.

Market Standouts

1. The Sanatorium, Lockhill 🔒
2. The Bookstore, Paradox Project 🔒
3. El Exorcista, No Exit Escape Rooms 🔒

Unusual Gameplay

• Survivor, Great Escape
• Swamp of Sorrows, Room 54
• The Sanatorium, Lockhill

Set & Scenery Driven

• Cosmos 05 Death in Space, Escapepolis
• The Requiem, Mystery Lab
• The Bookstore, Paradox Project
• The Sanatorium, Lockhill

Puzzle-Centric

• Cosmos 05 Death in Space, Escapepolis
• The Bookstore, Paradox Project
• The Mansion, Paradox Project

Spooky & Scary

• El Exorcista, No Exit Escape Rooms
• Swamp of Sorrows, Room 54
• The Requiem, Mystery Lab
• The Sanatorium, Lockhill

Games with Actors

• El Exorcista, No Exit Escape Rooms
• Swamp of Sorrows, Room 54
• Survivor, Great Escape
• The Requiem, Mystery Lab
• The Sanatorium, Lockhill

More Than 90-Minute PlayTime

• Cosmos 05 Death in Space, Escapepolis (120 minutes)
• The Requiem, Mystery Lab (120 minutes)
• Swamp of Sorrows, Room 54 (150 minutes for insanity mode)
• The Sanatorium, Lockhill (150 minutes for midnight mode)
• The Mansion, Paradox Project (180 minutes)
• The Bookstore, Paradox Project (200 minutes)

Scheduling

If you’re booking an escape room trip to Athens, I recommend a group of 4 people.

Embrace an atypical schedule for a few days. Some of these games are long, which means you won’t be fitting tons of escape rooms into each day, and you’ll have less flexibility in the scheduling puzzle. Also, many of the companies only operate on evenings and weekends, but they offer bookings that start as late as midnight.

Accept that horror games have shaped this market and challenge yourself to play them, even if they aren’t usually your preference. Just make sure one of your teammates is bold enough to be the teammate who always goes first into the unknown.

Learn More

If you’re interested in learning more about escape room in Athens, we hope you’ll check out our interview with Paradox Project creator Dimitris Varelas on The Reality Escape Pod in October 2022.

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