2024 NorCal Escape Rooms Rated (Spoiler-Free)
My husband and I love escape rooms. So much so, in fact, that I started putting together a list of all the local offerings complete with links, pricing and themes. It's proved so useful, I thought others wishing to explore the escape rooms of the Sacramento area might be interested, as well.
ABOUT THE REVIEWS
Every franchise offers something a little different, which is great! On this page, I'm mostly detailing the basics, including rooms, cost and general impression. In my full reviews, I try to note what makes each place unique, including but not limited to: costumes, leaderboards, props, photo ops, puzzles, room themes, timers, hints, fun and cost. The vast majority of these places I would happily recommend and return to if they had more rooms to try. Unless otherwise stated, all rooms were played as a team of two (my husband and I). While I will mention a few specifics, I will make sure everything is spoiler-free because I don't want to ruin the fun!
Without further ado...!
Red Door Escape Room - Sacramento
Cost: $39.95/person, save 20% if you pay for your next adventure after your visit!
Rooms: Every room we've tried has been awesome. The settings were unique and well-tailored to the themes, and every room was technically a multi-room with multiple spaces to explore/escape.
- The Gift: 2–8 players, 8/10 difficulty (as rated by the venue)
- Break into an antique shop to steal a sword!
- Solved with 6 minutes to spare!
- Once Upon a Time: 2–8 players, 6/10 difficulty
- Fairy tale theme with Shrek-like vibes. Family-friendly, fun and not difficult.
- Solved with 19 minutes to spare, 1 hint!
- Confinement: 2–8 players, 9/10 difficulty
- Spooky (but not too scary) room where you have to escape someone's nightmare....!
- Solved with 6 minutes to spare, 2 hints!
- Treehouse Takedown (45 minutes): 2–6 players, 7/10 difficulty
- Fun, little adventure where you build a Rube Goldberg machine.
- Solved with 5 minutes to spare, 0 hints!
- Prison Break: 2–8 players, 7/10 difficulty
- Escape prison! Fun, multi-room experience with cool puzzles.
- Solved with 23 minutes to spare, 1 hint!
- Taken: 2–10 players, 9/10 difficulty
- Difficult but fun set of hotel rooms where you and your team start separated!
- Solved with 1.5 minutes to spare, 1 hint!
Temecula: repeats plus...
- Captain Maniacal's Lab-ratorium: (30 minutes) 6/10
- Entrapment: (coming soon) 7/10
- Fair Game: 8/10
Concord: repeats plus...
- Last Stop: (30 minutes) 7/10
- Cash Me if You Can: 6/10
- Warrior's Way: 8/10
Overall Fun: 5/5, would escape again. Get the full review here.
Beat the Room - Rocklin
Cost: Rooms vary in price ranging from $88–130 for 2 people (more for the 90-minute experience with a minimum of 4 people). Save 10% by paying for your next room after your first!
Rooms: All the rooms we've tried so far have been fun, immersive and engaging. Some are single room (did not feel cramped) and some are multi-room.
- Captain’s Quarters: 2–8 players, Intermediate-Beginner (as rated by venue)
- Pirate-themed single room with immersive setting and plenty of puzzles.
- Solved with 4 people in 25.12 minutes, 0 hints! (Top of the leaderboard!)
- Bitten: (90 minutes) 4–10 players, Expert
- Vampire-themed multi-room that was spooky but not scary.
- Solved with 4 people in 81.18 minutes, 4 hints! (3rd on leaderboard!)
- 221 Baker Street: (50 minutes) 2–8 players, Intermediate
- TBD
- Chasm: 2–8 players, Intermediate
- TBD
- Deep Space: 2–8 players, Intermediate
- TBD
- The Lab: 2–10 players, Intermediate
- TBD
- Initiation: 2–8 players, Intermediate/Challenging depending on ending
- TBD
- New York Noir: 2–8 players, Challenging - ranked by points vs. time
- TBD
Vacaville
- Sherlock: (50 minutes) 2–8 players, Intermediate/Challenging - revamped 221 Baker Street
- TBD
- Prohibition: 2–8 players, Intermediate/Challenging
- TBD
- Krampus: 2–6 players, Intermediate/Challenging - SCARY
- TBD
- Plundering: 2–8 players, Challenging
- TBD
Overall Fun: 5/5, would escape again. Get the full review here.
Escape Out - Folsom
Cost: $80 (M-Th) or $115 (F-Su) for 2 people, and they have a loyalty card: play 4 rooms, get 1 free!
Rooms: Most of the rooms we tried were great. One, honestly, had some issues. It was the first one we tried and had we not pre-paid for our second one, we might not have come back. Luckily the second (and third!) rooms were much better.
- Time Machine: 2–6 players, Easy/Moderate
- Single room where you have to self-destruct a faulty time machine. Busy setting and multiple things did not work as they should. Had potential, but sadly disappointed.
- Solved with 5 minutes to spare, 3 hints!
- Heist Society: 2–12 players, Moderate/Challenging
- Multi-room where you need to break into a secret spy headquarters to retrieve a treasured artifact. Fun and engaging puzzles and setting.
- Solved with 6 minutes to spare, 2 hints!
- Da Vinci’s Workshop: 2–12 players, Moderate
- Single (very spacious) room where you must solve Da Vinci's puzzles to find his last invention. My favorite so far at this venue!
- Solved with 12 minutes to spare, 0 hints!
- Alien Zoo: 2–10 players, Easy/Moderate
- Multi-room where you must escape your human exhibit in an alien zoo and make it back to Earth. Fun, creative puzzles, just wish there were more.
- Solved with 32 minutes to spare, 0 hints!
- Malice Manor: 2–12 players, Moderate/Challenging
- Spooky multi-room haunted by spirits and secrets alike. Clever and challenging puzzles plus a mysterious visitor and fun mid-game twist...
- Solved with 13 seconds to spare, 3 hints!
Overall Fun: 4/5, worth it with the loyalty card. Get the full review here.
Enchambered - Sacramento
Cost: $80 for 2 people, plus $5 per person Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Rooms: So far, we've only played the one, but it was great! The settings was completely immersive with sound effects and impressive decor. Puzzles and props were clever, in theme, diverse and fun to solve.
- Containment Breach: 3–8 players, Medium (as rated by venue)
- An abandoned lab you must explore to discover what happened to the scientist who disappeared...! Puzzles were plentiful, diverse and fun to figure out.
- Solved with 5 people (and 2 dogs!) with 20 minutes to spare, 3 hints!
- Skull Witch: 3–8 players, Expert
- A witch's hut with spooky (but not scary) vibes, great setting and lots of out-of-the-box puzzles.
- Our first non-solve, with about 2.5 puzzles to go - alas!
- Trouble in the Toy Shop: 2–4 players, Medium
- TBD
- Whispering Halls: 5–10 players, Hard
- TBD
Overall Fun: 5/5, will escape again. Get the full review here.
TBD: Rooms/venues we haven't yet explored!
Way of Escape - Folsom $87-109/2
- Gingerbread - easy
- Hiding place
- Bomb squad (45 minutes)
- The cure - med
- Pirate’s revenge - hard
- Chernobyl - expert
Quandary - Roseville $105/1-3 (weekend), $140/1-4 (week)
- Sweet revenge
- Factory reset
- Dynaline incident
Escape Sac - Sac $83/2 - private?
- Seance - easy
- Crypt - med
- Fortune’s favor - expert
Paniq Room - Sac $86-90 M-T, $96-100 F,S,S
- Haunted manor - easy 45 minutes
- pirates - med
- Wizard trial - med
- Asylum - expert
Exit Strategy - Elk Grove $70-140
- Spy v spy - hard min 4 people
- Squirrels - med
- Wizard school - med
- Torture chamber - hard
Escape Davis - Davis $90/group, 140 combo
- Gunrocks den - easy
- Escape detention - med
JAR Studios - Rancho $80/2
- Post apocalypse
NEO - Sac - min $180/4
- Capitol Treasure
- Haunted Train
Skeleton Key - Sac 4.2 - min $120/4
- Magician’s library x3
- 1858
- Fall Out
- The Cabin in the Woods
- Stranded at Sea
- Hunter's Heist
- Bunker 77
- Santa's Scout
- Dom's Diner
- Get to the Game - 6/10
- X Marks the Spot - 8/10
- The List (Santa) - 5/10
- Aunt Edna's Condo - 6/10
- Becoming Houdini - 8/10
- Baker Street Mystery - 9/10
- The Kraken Casino - Hard
- Uncle Tick Tock's Circus - Medium
- Temple of Razum - Hard
- The Attic Society
- Holding Cell
- Pirates!
- Secret Vault
- Wizards
- Toyland Space Cadets
- Wizard School
- Pirate Adventure
- Bank Heist
Article originally published February 17, 2024 and updated whenever we complete another escape room.
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This is a great resource!
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