Room Escape Artist

Latest update: January 10, 2025

Just north of San Jose, in the heart of Silicon Valley, is a rising escape room destination: Omescape’s Sunnyvale facility. Currently housing 7 rooms, almost all over an hour long, a team of enthusiasts could easily spend at least a full day here.

Off the Couch is the other company to keep an eye on in this area. They are in the process of creating a multi-hour episodic escape experience. The first 3 chapters are currently available, and they are all part of the same world.

Both Omescape Sunnyvale and Off the Couch offer puzzle-forward gameplay. Many of these games are challenging! Read on to learn which games will appeal most to less puzzle-focused players.

In October 2024, we hosted the Tour Escape Immerse Explore Bay Area, where we brought a group of enthusiasts to Palace Games and Omescape. Many also visited Trivium and Off the Couch. Here are their top-ranked escape rooms in the region!

If you’re in the area, check out our guides to San Francisco and Sacramento.

Market Standouts

• Chaos in the Galleria, Omescape Sunnyvale
• Cosmic Crisis, The Escape Game 🔒
• Haunting at Haruka High, Omescape Sunnyvale
• Midnight in Hong Kong, Omescape Sunnyvale
• Robotopia, Omescape Sunnyvale 🔒
• The Morgue, Off the Couch
• Undercooked, Omescape Sunnyvale 🔒

Set & Scenery Driven

• Chaos in the Galleria, Omescape Sunnyvale
• Haunting at Haruka High, Omescape Sunnyvale
• Kingdom of Cat-tastrophy, Omescape Sunnyvale
• Midnight in Hong Kong, Omescape Sunnyvale
• Robotopia, Omescape Sunnyvale
• Undercooked, Omescape Sunnyvale

Story Centric

Off the Couch offers a trilogy that will eventually be part of a longer story: Occam’s Apartment, Norcross Art Gallery, and The Morgue.

• Chaos in the Galleria, Omescape Sunnyvale
• Haunting at Haruka High, Omescape Sunnyvale

Large Team

• Chaos in the Galleria, Omescape Sunnyvale
• Midnight in Hong Kong, Omescape Sunnyvale

Something Different

• Mystery Spot – a “gravitational anomaly” near Santa Cruz that is not an escape room… but feels like it maybe should be (and makes for some great photo ops!)
• Winchester Mystery House – a mysterious mansion with a peculiar history that has been the inspiration for at least one virtual escape room

REPOD

REPOD hosts, David Spira and Peih-Gee Law recently interviewed Sarah Zhang, one of the co-founders of Omescape Sunnyvale, about their escape rooms. 

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