Last Updated: December 26, 2021
This year, instead of booking a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner out, you might be considering a romantic evening in… with an escape game.
Whether you’re in the same physical space as your Valentine, or connecting virtually, these games will make for a fun date, guaranteed.
Most of these recommendations are adaptations of point-and-click style gameplay. Some have roots in physical escape rooms, and others are influenced by the escape room format. Many were designed by escape room creators during 2020 while they were unable to operate their businesses.
If you can’t have a classic Valentine’s Day out (or even if you can!), here are our picks for Valentine’s Day from home:
Designed for Exactly 2 People
In alphabetical order:
- Alone Together & Together Apart & Together at Heart & Apart in Time, Enchambered
- The Social Distancing Puzzles, Eric Berlin (print-and-play word puzzles)
- Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
- We Were Here
Recommended for 2 People
In alphabetical order:
- A Death in the Red Light, Mystery City Games
- Hallows Hill: The Virtual Escape Room Experience, Wolf Escape Rooms
- Print + Cut + Escape: Mechanics of the Heart, clueQuest (and other games from the Print + Cut + Escape series)
- Solve Our Shirts: Escape from the Maze of the Minotaur & Treasure Trove at Pirate Cove CU Adventures (relies on mailed components – purchase ahead!)
- Taco Twosday, Trapped Puzzle Rooms (relies on mailed components – purchase ahead!)
- Temporal Tangle Online & The Strange Disappearance On Station Eleven, Next Level Escape
- The Cyphstress, Deadlocked
- The Lost Temple & Floor 13, CU Adventures
- The Sound of Spring, Ukiyo
- The Warp Core, Clue HQ (review of Part 2 & review of Part 3)
- Unboxing the Mind of a Cryptic Killer, Eleven Puzzles
Invite your Valentine (or anyone else!) and check out our favorite 2-player-friendly virtual escape rooms!