Latest update: June 23, 2023
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 2 Escape Immerse Explore escape room tours to Montreal, in 2021 and 2023. We hope to continue to bring many escape room players back here in the years to come.
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.
Market Standouts
In October 2021, we brought our Escape Immerse Explore tour to Montreal. The top-ranked games in this recommendations guide were ranked as such by the 60 escape room players in attendance.
- Forgotten Cathedral, Escaparium (Laval)
- The Lost Island of the Voodoo Queen, Escaparium (Laval) 🔒
- Wardrobe for Sale, Escaparium (Laval)
- Salutem Medicina Institute, Immersia (Boisbriand) 🔒
- Falderon Forest, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
- Project RESET, Immersia (Boisbriand)
- RAIN Corp, Escaparium (Laval) 🔒
Set & Scenery Driven
- Falderon Forest, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
- Forgotten Cathedral, Escaparium (Laval)
- Missing, Enigma-tic (Blainville)
- RAIN Corp, Escaparium (Laval)
- 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
- Forgotten Cathedral, Escaparium (Laval)
- Project RESET, Immersia (Boisbriand)
- RAIN Corp, Escaparium (Laval)
- Salutem Medicina Institute, Immersia (Boisbriand)
- The Lost Island of the Voodoo Queen, Escaparium (Laval)
- The Grand Immersia Hotel, 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:
- Vortex Future, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
Tech-Heavy
- Falderon Forest, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
- Forgotten Cathedral, Escaparium (Laval)
- RAIN Corp, 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
- Final Exam, Sauve Qui Peut (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu)… physically demanding
- 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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