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, 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
- Miss Jezebel Online, 60out (R-rated, avatar-style)
- Solve Our Shirts: Escape from the Maze of the Minotaur, CU Adventures (relies on mailed components – purchase ahead!)
- Taco Twosday, Trapped Puzzle Rooms (review coming soon; relies on mailed components – purchase ahead!)
- Temporal Tangle Online, Next Level Escape
- The Cyphstress, Deadlocked
- The Lost Temple & Floor 13, CU Adventures
- Unboxing the Mind of a Cryptic Killer, Eleven Puzzles (review coming soon)
Invite your Valentine (or anyone else!) and check out our favorite 2-player-friendly virtual escape rooms!