Room Escape Artist

Mind your manors

Location: Sugar Land, TX

Date Played: July 8, 2025

Team Size: 2-8; we recommend 2-4

Duration: 60 minutes

Price:  $35 per player

Ticketing: Private

Accessibility Consideration: Players must crawl to experience the whole game, but an alternate route is available upon request.

Emergency Exit Rating: [A+] No Lock

Physical Restraints: [A+] No Physical Restraints

REA Reaction

Rigley’s Manor continued the common mansion room tradition of packing a bunch of fancy mid-century objects into a single space. If it’s the first time you encounter such things, these trimmings might be fun and exciting. If you’ve seen them before, they’re nothing new. Where Rigley’s stood apart was in its simple yet innovative puzzles, allowing players to do a few new things and several variations on old things in rapid sequence. It was easy to reach a flow state in this place thanks to just-right cluing, and we appreciated a couple of gems.

The other difference between Rigley’s Manor and other manors was in its later act. A common reveal led way to unexpected terrain, adding a bit of mystique to the experience. It was a welcome, if not elaborate, change of scenery that made Mr. Rigley seem a little more interesting than we’d thought. But just a little.

At its heart, Rigley’s Manor was a reasonable introduction to the mansion genre of escape rooms that would be best enjoyed by players who haven’t experienced the setting before. Families and newer players who’ve already discovered Let Me Out for their flashier rooms (The Relic and Alice’s Dream) will find this room to have a more puzzley feel, introducing them to some meaningful variety in how escape rooms can present challenges. Even as experienced puzzlers, we had a fine time with this game flow and were glad to have included it in our Let Me Out itinerary.

Who is this for?

• Puzzle lovers
• Newbies

Why play?

• To introduce newbies to the mansion genre of escape rooms
• For some satisfying rapid-fire puzzling

Story

Uncle Rigley died, and the bank was preparing to confiscate his luxurious manor. We weren’t about to let that happen. We needed to find the deed to prove to the bank that the manor belonged to someone not-the-bank.

Setting

We found ourselves encircled by your standard mansion fare: organs, clocks, chairs, artwork, etc. Rigley didn’t have the most extraordinary tastes in all the land, but his manor was nonetheless well-maintained and tidy.

Gameplay

Let Me Out Escape Rooms’ Rigley’s Manor was a standard escape room with a moderate level of difficulty.

Gameplay consisted of observing and making connections. This was a rapid-fire puzzling game with a satisfying flow.

Analysis

➕ The well-clued, logical puzzle flow yielded an exceptionally smooth solving experience amidst a mix of combination locks and simple tech triggers.

➖ Although the set was in top-notch shape functionally, the hodgepodge of worn furniture did not communicate luxury or a strong sense of place.

➕ The manor included a couple of standout puzzles that overlayed common tropes with more divergent connections.

➖ Although a mid-game flavor feature fit the mood, it ultimately distracted without enhancing the experience. With a slight adjustment, it would be easy to integrate it into puzzle flow.

➕ The final puzzle sequence tightly built momentum and culminated in a meaningful final action.

Tips For Visiting

• There is a parking lot.

Book your hour with Let Me Out Escape Rooms’ Rigley’s Manor, and tell them that the Room Escape Artist sent you.

Disclosure: Let Me Out Escape Rooms comped our tickets for this game.