Room Escape Artist

This is the top escape room market in North America. It’s that simple.

Since it can be hard to get to Sauve Qui Peut and hard get a team together for some of Escaparium’s enormous adventures, we’ve designed the Tour to make it easy for you to visit. Plus some of these games really make you think, and you’ll want to talk about them with others who are sharing the experience. The best way to do that is to join this Tour.

This will be the third.

We first took a trip to Montreal in 2019 and we absolutely loved the games. We were about halfway through the trip when we started thinking, “we might want to take a Tour here.” We started planning this on the drive home at the end of the weekend.

Unfortunately, we weren’t able to run that Tour in 2020, as planned due to the pandemic, but when the border reopened in the fall of 2021 we brought 60 people to experience the wonder of these games. We had an amazing time.

As these creators continued to innovate, we brought another 65 people back to Montreal in 2023 to experience the magic and adventure of the Montreal escape rooms.

We’re excited to bring another group to Montreal in 2025. The top games are even more impressive today than they were on our earlier Tours.

Yes!

Wrath of Poseidon at Sauve Qui Peut won a Golden Lock award in 2019.

The Lost Island of the Voodoo Queen at Escaparium and The Grand Immersia Hotel at Immersia won Golden Lock awards in 2020.

Rain Corp. at Escaparium and The Salutem Medicina Institute at Immersia won Golden Lock awards in 2022.

The Forgotten Cathedral and Wardrobe for Sale at Escaparium and Project R.E.S.E.T. at Immersia won Golden Lock awards in 2024.

Falderon Forest is also a standout game. We played it before it was completed, but had we played it in its final form, it too, would likely have won.

The Wizard Four and the Rise of Lord Thulsa at Escaparium is not officially on the Tour. We aren’t using Escaparium’s Dorval location this time. However, it won a Golden Lock award in 2019 and you can visit it on your own while you are in town.

Yes, you will need a valid passport to enter Canada.

You are responsible for your own border crossing.

You are responsible for your own border crossing.

You are responsible for your own border crossing.

If you are an American and you don’t have a passport yet, start that process early. It can take a while.

Yes! On past Tours were were unable to sell to Canadians, but we’ve gotten that sorted out. Canadians are welcome to buy tickets to this Montreal Tour.

That’s going to depend how much you’ve already played.

Contact us. We’ll make it work if we can.

Session 1 is Sunday, June 1st – Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025. There were both Optimal and Essential Tickets available for Session 1. This event sold out in pre-sale.

Session 2 was added later. It is Sunday, June 8th – Tuesday, June 10th, 2025. There are only Optimal Tickets available for Session 2, for now. The price is a little higher for Session 2 because our costs are higher on this second round.

We will be going by bus to Sauve Qui Peut, as it’s about an hour from Laval, where we’ll be staying.

For the games in Laval and Boisbriand, Uber/ Taxi should suffice. You could also rent a car if you prefer. We have more detailed recommendations for transportation in the attendee documentation.

All of these municipalities are suburbs of Montreal. Really this is more a Tour of Montreal suburbs than it is the city itself.

Escaparium has multiple locations including Dorval and Laval. On their website the Dorval location is called “Montreal” and the Laval location is called “Laval.” As part of this Tour, you’ll play games at their Laval location.

Immersia has 2 locations: Boisbriand and Laval. As part of this Tour, you’ll play games at the Boisbriand location.

No. All the escape rooms are 100% playable in English. They can also all be played in French, and you’ll see different ways of tackling bilingualism in escape rooms over the course of the Tour.

Quebec is bilingual. Don’t be alarmed when people greet you by saying “bonjour – hi.” It’s a Montreal thing. They will also speak to you in English.

For Optimal and Essential Tickets, the welcome event will be Saturday evening, and the wrap up will be late Tuesday night. You should plan to arrive on (or before) Saturday. We recommend leaving on Wednesday, unless, of course, you want to stay in town even longer. If you leave on Tuesday evening, you will miss the wrap up event, and you might miss your last escape room.

Not, but there are two ticket types for the Tour: Optimal and Essential.

Optimal tickets cost a little more, and have a more ideal scheduled order of games.

This is a more expensive Tour for us to operate, and the price reflects that.

This Tour incudes more games than any other. It also includes some of the longest and most expensive games we’ve ever had on Tours. These games are priced as the premium experiences that they are.

No, but we’ll choose games specifically for you. You’ll fill out a fun pre-tour survey about your escape room preferences. We’re confident you’ll play a lot of games that you’ll love.

The most popular and impressive games in the region will appear on everyone’s schedule (unless you specifically opt out of any of them.) Your tour schedule will include Magnifico‘s Circus.

You’ll find out your escape room agenda far enough in advance that you can book additional games for yourself during the rest of your time in Montreal.

If you purchase 2 tickets together, you’ll play all of your games together.

If you purchase a single ticket, you may flag 1 other person to play all of your games with. We guarantee this request will be honored… provided that you both request one another.

You may request as many people as you’d like to have on your team for at least a few games and we’ll honor these requests to the best of our ability.

Your pre-tour survey will also help us select teammates with whom we think you’ll gel.

You will only be able to request teammates who have the same type of ticket as you have and the same session as you. This means if you have an Essential Ticket, you cannot request someone with an Optimal Ticket, and vice versa. This means that if you have a ticket for session 1, you cannot request someone with a ticket for session 2, and vice versa.

Yes, provided your group is 6 people or less.

While you won’t play all your games on the Tour together, we will arrange it so that you play all the same games as each other, even though you’ll play them at different times. This will simplify your scheduling for additional games outside of the Tour. In order to ensure this, you must tell us who you are traveling with in your pre-tour survey.

If your group is more than 6 people, we may not be able to accommodate entirely matched schedules, but we’ll do the best we can.

Not at all. A lot of our regulars travelers alone. Coming alone is just an opportunity to meet new friends.

We’ll put you in groups with other escape room enthusiasts from far and wide.

At Sauve Qui Peut, you’ll play in teams of 4 players.

At Immersia and Escaparium, you’ll play in teams of 5 players.

We will use the pre-tour surveys to group you with teammates whom we think you’ll enjoy playing with. On past Tours, many groups loved playing together so much that they booked additional rooms together at the end of the Tour.

That said, we will vary your teammates. You likely won’t play more than 2 or 3 games with the exact same team.

Your ticket does not cover travel or lodging. We are setting up a hotel block in Laval. Hotel block information will be emailed to ticket purchasers soon.

No, but we will provide snacks and water at the escape rooms and recommendations for convenient meals and local cuisine.

We can’t really say. We are planning to run additional Tours, but they may go to other destinations.

We’re planning to host a second spring 2025 Tour to a new destination. Stay tuned for details.

While we love all our Tours, and we are excited for a new destination (details forthcoming), there is no question that Montreal is the top escape room market in North America right now. If you are able to go on the Montreal Tour, that’s the one to choose.

Yes! All are welcome.

Yes! Really… all are welcome.

Unfortunately, no. All participants must be 18 years of age at the start of the Tour.

This is an insurance thing.

This is the world we have to operate in now. We do our best to remain aware and adaptable, and support the needs of all guests. If you are high risk, know that a Tour is a social event, and make the right decision for you.

No.

Contact us about sponsorship opportunities.

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