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Montreal, Canada: Escape Room Recommendations

The best escape rooms to play in Montreal, Canada

REA Hivemind
4–5 minutes

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.

Image: Montreal bio dome. Text: "Montreal Escape Room Guide"

Market Standouts

Listed alphabetically

Puzzle Focused

Story Centric

Set & Scenery Driven

Tech Heavy

Beginner Friendly

Regional Roadtrip

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.

Less than 2 hours east of Montreal is Fox in a Box Sherbrooke. We recommend their game Pirate’s Cove.

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 break in the journey.

REPOD

On REPOD, co-hosts Peih-Gee Law and David Spira interview immersive gaming creators about the nuance of their craft.

If you’ve ever played games at Sauve Qui Peut, located in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, you’d know that the house style is that there is no house style. During Season 11, Steven Keller & Shawn Mercier from Savue Qui Peut joined us to talk about their design process and how they work together to keep things running smoothly.

Emma Rochon, co-founder of Improbable Escapes in Kingston Ontario, joined us on REPOD to discuss her escape room journey having built and designed over forty different games and experiences, including escape rooms, outdoor escape rooms, large event “podium games,” and even a board game café.

Jonathan Driscoll and Sacha St. Denis, owners of Escaparium, joined us to talk about their new games, what’s driving them, and where they’re getting inspiration.

Escaparium, is the home of several jaw-dropping enormous experiences, filled with endearing characters, immersive puzzles, and touching storylines – and owners Jonathan Driscoll and Sasha St. Denis joined us to talk about staying humble while still maintaining ambitious aspirations.

We kicked off Season 3 chatting with Maxime and Roxane Filion of Immersia Escape Games. They spoke about their immersive approach to games design, their diverse gaming influences, and how they measure success.

Spoilers Club

In this monthly Patreon exclusive podcast, David Spira and Peih-Gee Law discuss an escape room in great detail, spoilers and all! Often bringing on the creator to go behind the scenes.

To listen to this show, back Room Escape Artist on Patreon at the “Search Win!” level ($15 per month).

You are always welcome to contact us if this recommendation list doesn’t answer your specific questions.

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