Escapism: Ritual Room

My family had such a fun time doing the Ritual Room! It was the perfect thing to do while my sister was home for Christmas. James was a great host and gave helpful but not TOO helpful hints when we needed them. It was just challenging enough and we actually finished with 23 minutes to spare!!

We did Wizards Lair with a group of 6 and it was really fun!! Interesting spin with potions and other mystical puzzles. Highly recommend!

My cousins and I have started a new tradition of doing an escape room when we have a large gathering and decided to try the Ritual Room. We got a good discount on our party and I believed we paid $18-20pp on this night.


I had some complaints about the room...mainly one of the light bulbs needed to solve a puzzle was burnt out and we weren't aware of that until spending a long time trying to figure it out. Another group prior had damaged one of the clues by getting a book wet and red dye was all over the prop which made it difficult to solve another puzzle. Another one of the props was made with really thin paper and the ink bled thru so it was difficult knowing which side of the page to use to solve the puzzle.


The theme was pretty weak and the immersion was really poor and it didn't feel really creative to us when compared to the 3 other rooms we've done prior.

Despite the discount...we still sorta felt like we didn't get our moneys worth.

I've played quite the number of escape rooms before and this was definitely a positive experience. Our group of 3 escaped with a little over 12 minutes left and felt like the game came to a nice and fun conclusion.

Pros:
1. The host, Mythius, was a fantastic individual. All around great customer service and super entertaining. Never met an Australian before (wink).
2. There was one quite unique puzzle that I really enjoyed and it was the most *positively* unique of all the games we had played that weekend.
3. Private booking was a fantastic perk.
Cons:
1. Aside from the unique puzzle, I felt like I've seen every other puzzle before. A lot of the content felt quite standard across the board, which allowed us to solve a bunch of puzzles really fast before getting stuck on mundane things.
2. There were a few unintentional red herrings that kind of threw us off. Most seem due to props getting damaged/marked by previous teams.

Overall a great experience though where I feel that the cons could easily be non-existent for newer teams. Can't wait to be back in Portland to check out some of the other games!

This room I think if you're on a roll it can be done pretty quick! The puzzles were well thought out, and please listen to the host and don't drink the red liquid...

Despite what I said, my group wasn't able to finish it on time and join the secret society! We just had one puzzle left! The puzzles were very interactive and I would say look for the smallest details and take the jump! Show them your bravery and wits! We were a bit stubborn and didn't want to get hints.

The location is right off Barbur, don't go too fast or you might miss the entrance. Once you get there it's upstairs and with the obvious door. Use the unlimited hints escapism gives you if you truly get stuck! The host that did it was great! We had him at another location and would highly recommend him, he has a great accent too!

Happy 36th to me! My friends and I really enjoyed The Ritual Room. It was intermediate level, which as a beginner I was a little lost. Our host was amazing and she guided us all the way through we made it with a half a minute left on the clock.

This was such a fun experience!!!! James was extremely fun and helpful with his hints! The room itself was the perfect amount of challenging, not too hard nor too easy. The biggest BIGGEST bit of advice I have for anyone doing this escape room is: "DON'T OVERTHINK THEINGS! Also, not everything has a purpose." Enjoy!!!

This was my 6th escape room. Prior ones had live actors. So I was expecting to be unimpressed. But quite the opposite. First of All, Sarah was/is awesome. Then the room itself....... plenty of intriguing and different puzzles. It's wasn't too difficult. Good for beginners and moderate escape roomers.

I would love to do it again. But I can't .

Awesome time. 6 people, 3 generations. Solved with 3 minutes to spare.
Best feature of this company is you get the game to yourself...you will NEVER be paired with other players.
Highly recommend!

My 13 year old son and I were having a mother-son day and he wanted to do this as part of our day. I hesitantly agreed to do the Ritual Room on SW Barbur. As we walked up to the nondescript office building and climbed the stairs, my son and I joked that we were about to be kidnapped and sold for our body parts.

Once inside the Ritual Room lobby, however, the fun began. We had a BLAST working through all the puzzles and clues which were inventive, clever, creative and at times frustratingly obvious (frustrating once we figured out how obvious it was). We didn't make our great escape - even with a few helpful calls to our lifeline, but we were minutes from it and walked away with a memory to last a lifetime. Thanks Escapism!

For newbies - I recommend this for kids 12+ and maybe play the app "Can you Escape" a bit to get the flavor of how these kinds of things work. Have a blast!