The polished end of escape rooms

The Escape Game is the national chain that treats escape rooms like theme-park attractions — built sets, story-first design, and a general manager who, in the enthusiast interview on this page, happily shares the wildest teamwork tactics he has seen from guests. At filming, Orlando ran six games across nine rooms, with more — including the submarine adventure The Depths — under construction.

Watch: The Escape Game Orlando, guided

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An ETR EXCLUSIVE interview with THE ESCAPE GAME ORLANDO in Orlando, Florida!!

ESCAPETHEROOMers

The ESCAPETHEROOMers crew stops at The Escape Game Orlando on their road-trip escape tour, plays Mission: Mars, and sits down for an exclusive interview with the location's general manager. At filming, Orlando ran six games across nine rooms, with two more games — including The Depths, a submarine adventure — under construction. The conversation digs into how the games are designed, the creative teamwork the staff has watched guests invent, and why safety stays front of mind even in the heat of a solve.

Key takeaways
  • Recorded right after the crew played Mission: Mars
  • At filming, Orlando offered six games with more rooms being built
  • The GM shares the wildest teamwork tactics he has seen from guests

The Escape Game Prison Break Trailer

The Escape Game

The official trailer for Prison Break, The Escape Game's most difficult adventure, is narrated by Warden Haywood Morris himself. After 15 years running Irongate prison without a single challenge to his authority, the warden offers inmates one taunting deal: beat him at his own game and earn your freedom — if you can.

Key takeaways
  • The trailer is told in the voice of the warden
  • Prison Break is widely considered The Escape Game's hardest room
  • Teams start split between two prison cells and must work together to get out

Gold Rush Game Trailer

The Escape Game

The Escape Game's official trailer for Gold Rush: your late relative Clyde Hamilton hid a fortune in gold somewhere in his California log cabin, and as his next of kin you have 60 minutes to break in and find it before word gets out.

The rooms that matter

  • Prison Break — the chain's most difficult adventure; your team starts split between two cells and has to reunite before it can escape, as the warden's own trailer taunts
  • Mission: Mars — the room the ESCAPETHEROOMers crew played on their road-trip tour before interviewing the GM
  • Gold Rush — 60 minutes to find the gold your late relative Clyde Hamilton hid in his California cabin

Why the footage looks like this

Escape rooms ban recording inside the games — spoilers are the product — so the honest video record is trailers, designer access, and enthusiast interviews like the ones on this page. What they establish is the design philosophy: creative teamwork is the mechanic, and the rooms reward groups that split up, communicate, and search everything twice.

Who it's for

Groups of four to eight who want an hour of genuine cooperation — and a difficulty ladder that starts friendly and ends at Prison Break.

Sources: the three videos on this page — an enthusiast interview with the location's GM and two official game trailers — summarized from their entries in our catalog.

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