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Latest update: July 14, 2026

Visitors to Paris can enjoy the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame Cathedral, and cafes and patisseries on almost every street corner. But Paris should also be a destination on your escape room travels, as this beautiful city has a robust market offering a variety of styles for all player types.

Leading companies including Deep Inside, Pandore & Associés, and Lock Academy have built immersive worlds and impressive sets in and around their games. We experienced compelling narratives, often highlighted by entertaining actor interactions that both surprised and delighted us. Make sure to visit Paris on your next escape room trip.

Most of the games on this list are easily reached via the extensive Metro system. However, when planning your schedule, we suggest allowing extra buffer time before and after games for conversation with gamemasters and staff. We found that socializing occurred quite often.

Editor’s Note: While we don’t have reviews of all of the games in this recommendations guide, members of the REA team have played everything listed here and we look forward to returning to Paris to review more of them.

Market Standouts

• Cobayes, Panik Room 🔒
• Full Experience: The Magician of Paris & The Funhouse, Deep Inside *Note: Each game can be played as standalone experiences)
• Galactic Mission, Majestic Escape
• Nautilus, the Aronnax Expedition, Unleash Escape
• Secret Mission, The Game🔒
• The Disappearance of the Zanetti Train, Secret Hunters
• The Grand Hotel of Paris, The One Escape 🔒
• The Fantastic Warehouse, Pandore & Associés 🔒
• The Mystery of the Deveaux Family Manor, Panik Room
• The Taxidermist, Deep Inside 🔒
• Zone 51, Live Cinema 🔒

Set & Scenery Driven

• Cobayes, Panik Room
• Fairy Tale Regulations, Pandore & Associés
• Galactic Mission, Majestic Escape
• Nautilus, the Aronnax Expedition, Unleash Escape
• Secret Mission, The Game
• The Disappearance of the Zanetti Train, Secret Hunters
• The Grand Hotel of Paris, The One Escape
• The Far West, The Game
• The Magician of Paris, Deep Inside
• The Taxidermist, Deep Inside
• Zone 51, Live Cinema

Puzzle Centric

• Galactic Mission, Majestic Escape
• Haunted Cinema, The Game
• L.A. Confidential, Lock Academy
• The Disappearance of the Zanetti Train, Secret Hunters
• The Druid’s Bane, Quest Factory
• The Examination, Lock Academy

Newbie Friendly

• Fairy Tale Regulations, Pandore & Associés
• Revolt at the Lock, Lock Academy

Spooky & Scary

• Cobayes, Panik Room
• Lost Asylum, One Hour Charonne
• The Doomed Expedition, One Hour Escape Game
• The Funhouse, Deep Inside
• The Grand Hotel of Paris, The One Escape
• The Mystery of the Deveaux Family Manor, Panik Room
• The Slaughterhouse, One Hour Voltaire
• The Taxidermist, Deep Inside

Games with Actors

• Cobayes, Panik Room
• Fairy Tale Regulations, Pandore & Associés
• Galactic Mission, Majestic Escape
• Revolt at the Lock, Lock Academy 
• The Doomed Expedition, One Hour Escape Game
• The Fantastic Warehouse, Pandore & Associés
• The Funhouse, Deep Inside
• The Grand Hotel of Paris, The One Escape
• The Magician of Paris, Deep Inside
• The Mystery of the Deveaux Family Manor, Panik Room
• The Taxidermist, Deep Inside
• Zone 51, Live Cinema

Something Different

The Mystery of the Deveaux Family Manor at Panik Room offers a unique ghost-hunting experience with one team member blindfolded, equipped with a front-camera, and the rest of the team directing their actions in the haunted Deveaux Manor. 

If you are looking for an escape room that has dialed up scenic, effects, story, and adventure, step into Zone 51 at Live Cinema and prepared to be dumbfounded.

Outside of Paris

We haven’t played as many games outside of Paris, but here are the standouts from elsewhere in France.

• Alpha District, Escape Time Le Mans – Le Mans(Review coming soon)
• Archeon, Escape Time Le Mans – Le Mans (Review coming soon)
• Dirty Money, Escape City – Toulouse
• Following in the Footsteps of Doctor Stone, sKpad 🔒- Champagne-sur-Seine
• Swan’s Room, Le Casse-Tête Delaunay – Lyon

🔒 Golden Lock award-winning experience