Room Escape Artist

Latest update: September 2025

Montreal is an artsy escape room market. In this city you’ll find a range of games: expansive sets, thought-provoking stories, unusual themes, and quirky mechanics. In general, these games pack a substantial amount of puzzle content. However, whatever style of games you prefer, we expect you’ll find something you really love playing in Montreal.

The best escape games in Montreal are not downtown. You’ll have to travel about 30 minutes northwest to the suburbs of Laval, Boisbriand, and Blainville. We also recommend taking a day to visit a single company in the lovely town of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, which is about 45 minutes southeast.

We love the escape rooms in Montreal so much that we’ve brought 3 Escape Immerse Explore escape room tours to Montreal, in 2021 and 2023, and 2025! We hope to continue to bring many escape room players back here in the years to come.

Market Standouts

Listed alphabetically

• Ctrl+Alt+REBOOT, Escaparium (Laval)
• Falderon Forest, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
• Final Stop – V2, Escaparium (Laval)
• Forgotten Cathedral, Escaparium (Laval)🔒
• Magnifico, Escaparium (Laval) 🔒
• Project RESET, Immersia (Boisbriand)🔒
• Salutem Medicina Institute, Immersia (Boisbriand) 🔒
• The Lost Island of the Voodoo Queen, Escaparium (Laval) 🔒
• The St-Onge Case, Immersia (Boisbriand) 🔒
• Wardrobe for Sale, Escaparium (Laval)🔒

And if you’re looking for more great games, Québec City is 3 hours from Montreal, so it’s not exactly close, but it’s also worth a visit.

Located between Montreal and Quebéc City is Escaparium Shawinigan. We recommend playing their game, The Family 🔒.

If you are driving to Toronto, be sure to check out these games at Improbable Escapes – Wonderland location in Kingston, Ontario. Located about half way between Montreal and Toronto, this company with a board game cafe would be a nice a break in the journey.

• Neverland: Heist on the High Seas
• The Mysterious Miseries of Franklin N. Stein 🔒
• Seven Dwarfs: Mining Mission

We’ve heard very good things about Sauve Qui Peut’s newest game The Castle of Eternal Torment, and we look forward to playing and reviewing it soon. Note that it’s a very physical experience.

Set & Scenery Driven

• Ctrl+Alt+REBOOT, Escaparium (Laval)
• Falderon Forest, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
• Forgotten Cathedral, Escaparium (Laval)
• Magnifico, Escaparium (Laval)
• Missing, Enigma-tic (Blainville)
• The Grand Immersia Hotel, Immersia (Boisbriand)
• The Lost Island of the Voodoo Queen, Escaparium (Laval)
• Wardrobe for Sale, Escaparium (Laval)
• Wrath of Poseidon, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)

Tells a Story

• Ctrl+Alt+REBOOT, Escaparium (Laval)
• Forgotten Cathedral, Escaparium (Laval)
• Magnifico, Escaparium (Laval)
• Project RESET, Immersia (Boisbriand)
• Salutem Medicina Institute, Immersia (Boisbriand)
• The Grand Immersia Hotel, Immersia (Boisbriand)
• The Lost Island of the Voodoo Queen, Escaparium (Laval)
• The St-Onge Case, Immersia (Boisbriand)
• Wardrobe for Sale, Escaparium (Laval)

Puzzle-Centric

The best games in Montreal are all puzzle-driven games. Any game on this list offers ample puzzles. One game stands out for its pure focus on puzzles:

• At Mimi Cupcakes, Paradox42 (Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac)
• Chaos in Wonderland, Paradox42 (Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac)
• Vortex Future, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)

Tech-Heavy

• Ctrl+Alt+REBOOT, Escaparium (Laval)
• Falderon Forest, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
• Forgotten Cathedral, Escaparium (Laval)
• Magnifico, Escaparium (Laval)
• The Lost Island of the Voodoo Queen, Escaparium (Laval)
• Wardrobe for Sale, Escaparium (Laval)

Newbie & Family Friendly

• At Mimi Cupcakes, Paradox42 (Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac)
• Bernie Block, Escaparium (Laval)
• The Master Builder’s Path, Enigma-tic (Blainville)
• Tyranno Industries, Escaparium (Dorval)

Something Different

• Final Exam, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)… physically demanding
• Magnifico, Escaparium (Laval)
• Project RESET, Immersia (Boisbriand)… revolves around a rarely-seen game mechanic
• The Game Show, Immersia (Laval)… created escape room enthusiasts
• The Golden Jubilee, Escaparium (Laval)… second act played in complete darkness
• The Underground Bar, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)… sexually themed
• Wardrobe for Sale, Escaparium (Laval)… a 2-hour epic

Learn More

Check out our interviews with creators Maxime & Roxane Filion (Immersia) and Jonathan Driscoll and Sacha St.Denis (Escaparium) on The Reality Escape Pod.

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