Room Escape Artist

Latest update: July 2026

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) 🔒
• Escape Plan, Escaparium (Dorval)🔒
• 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 Castle of Eternal Suffering, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)🔒
• 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.

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

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 Castle of Eternal Suffering, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
• 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)
• Escape Plan, Escaparium (Dorval)
• 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.

• Escape Plan, Escaparium (Dorval)
• The Castle of Eternal Suffering, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
• 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

• Bernie Block, Escaparium (Laval)
• The Master Builder’s Path, Enigma-tic (Blainville)
• Tyranno Industries, Escaparium (Dorval)

Something Different

• Escape Plan, Escaparium (Dorval)… point and click style brought to life
• 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 for 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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