We are escape room veterans that have done 425+ in-person escape rooms. We’ve made multiple trips to compile our top Las Vegas escape room recommendations based on recommendations from other escape room enthusiasts. Scroll down to see our top 12 recommendations, in reverse ranked order.

Disclosure: We have received media-discounted tickets to multiple of the below-mentioned escape room. This does not affect our reviews, rankings, or recommendations.

How much are Escape Rooms in Las Vegas?

Standard escape rooms in Las Vegas have a base price of around $40 per person, potentially more if you have a very small group. These prices have not changed much since we started compiling this article in 2018. Some of these companies will offer discounts for Nevada residents.

Best Escape Rooms in Las Vegas

Here is our ranked list of our top recommendations for Las Vegas – we have played all of these games (although not necessary at the Las Vegas location), and have tried to compile both the positives and negatives to help you make the best choice for yourself.

We try to categorize the game into three genres:

  • Action: This game requires some physical climbing and crawling.
  • Adventure / Thriller: This game is an adrenaline-pumping rush, where the puzzles may be more simple tasks that are matched with the setting.
  • Puzzles: This game focuses on the mental challenges, and gives you the space and time to work with your team on the puzzles.

We also divide the games into three levels of scariness: Not Scary, Spooky, and Scary.

Public booking means that strangers may be added to your game, while private booking means the game is for your group only. We also list the team size, the duration, and the base price per person (for non-locals during peak hours). All of these rooms are beginner-friendly (although be warned that some are scary/spooky). Most of these rooms are off the Strip. However, The Escape Game has an on-Strip location at the Forum Shops at Caesar’s Palace.

#12. The Basement – The Basement

  • Details: 2-8 players, Private, 45 minutes, $36
  • Genre: Adventure / Thriller – Scary
  • Positives: This room is scary – the designers brought their haunt experience to make a well-themed, immersive environment. The game progresses through multiple rooms, and the acting is great.
  • Negatives: The puzzles are fairly basic. This is one of the oldest escape rooms in the United States (first opened at the Southern California location), and that shows through the style of the puzzles.
  • Tips: This is an incredibly search-heavy game, so divide up your team and search every nook and cranny. More people in your group will help with these searching aspects.
  • Make a Booking: https://basementescaperoom.com/las-vegas/

#11. The Cabin – Number One Escape Room

  • Details: 2-6 players, Private, 60 minutes, $40
  • Genre: Adventure / Thriller – Spooky
  • Positives: The ambiance and set design of this room set the mood appropriately for an atmospheric cabin-in-the-woods game. We liked how the layout of the rooms help set up anticipation for the next area of the game, which created a sense of progression.
  • Negatives: The atmospheric choices make puzzle solving a lot slower. You’ll have to solve portions of this room in the dark (with a flashlight).
  • Tips: For enthusiasts, we recommend the minimum team size of 2, since the room isn’t that complex. Beginners can bring more. Lots of parking available. If you want the longer, two-hour experience, they offer a back-to-back experience with the Shed.
  • Make a Booking: https://numberoneescaperoom.com/

#10. One Eyed Jack – Trapped! Escape Room

  • Details: 2-8 players, Private, 60 minutes, $35-$45
  • Genre: Puzzle – Spooky
  • Positives: This is a well done “atmospheric” game, again featuring solid decor and a variety of puzzles adorning their space. We appreciated the thorough theming and the decent variety of puzzle types.
  • Negatives: The puzzle mechanics and types will be familiar to those that have done many escape rooms before.
  • Tips: For enthusiasts, we recommend a team size of 2-3. Beginners can bring more. If you’re interested in a game by Trapped that doesn’t have a spooky atmosphere, check out Lair of the Puzzlemaster as well. There’s lots of parking available
  • Make a Booking: https://www.trappedescaperoomvegas.com/

#9. Prison Break – The Escape Game

  • Details: 2-8 players, Public/private, 60 minutes, $40
  • Genre: Puzzle – Not Scary
  • Positives: Prison Break games are a staple of the escape room industry, and the Escape Game’s rendition is a strong entry. The puzzles are thematic, and there was definitely a substantial effort in making this room feel somewhat convincing. Like the other games at The Escape Game, there are some neat developments in the set.
  • Negatives: The theme and some of the puzzles may feel familiar to those who have done other Prison escape rooms.
  • Tips: This is one of the few escape rooms on the Strip. You can find this one at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace. This game has a split-start, which means that your team will be split apart to begin the game, and will need to fine a way to reunite.
  • Make a Booking: https://theescapegame.com/lasvegas/

#8. Ultimate Heist – Rush to Escape

  • Details: 2-4 players, Private, 60 minutes, $35
  • Genre: Action – Not Spooky
  • Positives: This is an intimate small-team experience in Las Vegas, potentially best suited for couples or other small groups of 2. This game is physical; almost half of the game will involve you and your teammates crawling, climbing, or otherwise contorting your body to pull off a vault heist. The physical aspects are a lot of fun, as is the loaded toolkit you get at the beginning. This game is quite special and if you want a very unique take on the “heist” theme, this is your game.
  • Negatives: The set feels raw and undecorated. That’s not a barrier to enjoying the game though.
  • Tips: For both beginners and enthusiasts, we recommend the minimum team size of 2. Any additional people will either be idle or get in the way physically. There’s lots of parking available.
  • Book: http://escapelv.com/

#7. Lair of the Puzzlemaster – Trapped! Escape Room

  • Details: 3-8 players, Private, 60 minutes, $35-$45
  • Genre: Puzzle – Not Spooky
  • Positives: In a market saturated with “spooky” games, this is our top “non-spooky” recommendation in Las Vegas. This is a spacious room featuring a large variety of puzzles and a few fun touches.
  • Negatives: The theming is more eclectic than other games, I would mainly expect a nicely decorated space with plenty of puzzles to solve.
  • Tips: For enthusiasts, we recommend a team size of 3-4. Beginners can bring more. Check out their other games as well while you’re around. There’s lots of parking available.
  • Make a Booking: https://www.trappedescaperoomvegas.com/

#6. The Asylum: The Doctor’s Secret and Playtime (Back-to-Back) – Lost Games

  • Details: 2-8 players, Private, 60 minutes, $35-$45
  • Genre: Puzzle – Spooky
  • Positives: Lost Game’s Asylum series features two games: The Doctor’s Secret (Chapter 1) and Playtime (Chapter 2). They are in two distinct areas of the facilities, although are both a part of the same story arc. Playtime is the clear upgrade over the original Doctor’s secret, however the neat innovation is that you can play these games back-to-back seamlessly. We enjoyed the in-character GM intro, progression, tasks, and story development throughout these both games. Playtime features a few more intriguing puzzles that involve interacting with the set in more unsettling ways.
  • Negatives:  Not much – this is a standard escape room experience with many novel parts, all executed quite well.
  • Tips: For enthusiasts, we recommend a team size of 2-3. Beginners can bring more. Try playing both their Asylum-series games back-to-back if you can; they’re part of the same story and flow together nicely. There’s lots of parking available.
  • Make a Booking: https://www.lostgameslv.com/

#5. The Study – The Basement

  • Details: 2-8 players, Private, 45⏱ minutes, $36
  • Genre: Adventure / Thriller – Spooky
  • Positives: The Study is an atmospheric game, with a bunch of non-traditional puzzles and memorable moments. This game is less scary than their original Basement Game, but we think a step above regarding puzzles.
  • Negatives: This game has its time shortened from 55 minutes to 45 minutes, and the split team-experience at the start is less fun for the people who start confined.
  • Tips: We recommend a team of 4-5 for enthusiasts, although beginners can bring more.
  • Make a Booking: https://basementescaperoom.com/las-vegas/

#4. Gold Rush – The Escape Game

  • Details: 2-8 players, Public/private, 60 minutes, $40
  • Genre: Puzzle with a little bit of Action – Not Scary
  • Positives: We enjoyed how this game used its space, and the various sort of tactile components that made us feel like we were getting in on the action as gold prospectors. The set is thematic and the progression of the set was quite impressive.
  • Negatives: This game features a few narrow spaces, which makes it better for smaller groups.
  • Tips: This is one of the few escape rooms on the Strip. You can find this one at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace.
  • Make a Booking: https://theescapegame.com/lasvegas/

#3. Rugrats: Search for the Losted Toys – The Escape Game

  • Details: 2-12 players, Public/private, 60 minutes, $43
  • Genre: Puzzle – Not Scary
  • Positives: This is a playful room and serves as a great contrast with the more spookier games in the Las Vegas market. The Rugrats theming is charming and works well for the set, and we loved many of the large set pieces and the reveals.
  • Negatives: This is a bit pricier than the other games at The Escape Game (and also most the other games on this list). We’re guessing a part of the premium pricing stems from the Strip location and the licensing of Nickelodeon creative assets.
  • Tips: For those who have played “Playground” at The Escape Game, the Rugrats game is a thoughtfully reskinned version of that game. While the puzzles and theming are different, the two games share the same blueprint, set, and memorable reveal. This is great for those who loved “Playground” and want to play it again! You don’t need any Rugrats knowledge to complete this game.
  • Make a Booking: https://theescapegame.com/lasvegas/

#2. The Official SAW Escape Room

  • Details: 4-10 players, Public/private, ~70 minutes, $60. Their website usually provides discounts.
  • Genre: Adventure / Thriller – Spooky
  • Positives: This is a LARGE, expansive adventure featuring numerous, timed rooms each with their unique collection of puzzles. The set design is life-sized and one-of-a-kind; its quality and grandeur stands among the best in the escape room industry, matching or even exceeding the best Los Angeles escape rooms. A great experience for a bachelor or bachelorette party (contact them when you book and they might be able to add a special touch to the game).
  • Negatives: The puzzles are simple yet occasionally frustratingly obtuse. Each room in this experience is on a timer, and you will get escorted to the next room regardless if you finish a puzzle. This is one of the few “public” booking escape rooms in Las Vegas, which means that you may be working with a random draw of strangers. You will have to pay a premium to upgrade to a private experience.
  • Tips: The set design makes this room a clear standout in the market, however this is more of an “immersive experience” for SAW fans rather than a “puzzle game”. Knowledge of SAW is not necessary but will help you appreciate some of the nuances. We recommend a team of 4-6 for enthusiasts, although beginners can bring more. This is in the same facility as Escape Blair Witch, so you can do both in the same trip.
  • Make a Booking: https://sawescaperoom.com/

#1. Escape Blair Witch

  • Details: 4-10 players, Public/private, ~70 minutes, $60. Their website usually provides discounts.
  • Genre: Adventure / Thriller – Spooky
  • Positives: We think that this was an improvement over the official SAW escape room – while the sets are not as large, there are a lot of rooms that together capture the atmosphere very well. Your experience may depend a lot on your in-game gamemaster, who will generally try to help your team have a good time.
  • Negatives: We had a small tech failure during our game that added some frustration to the experience. The puzzles are a bit more simple than the usual escape room puzzles that we are used to. Just like the SAW Escape Room, this experience is a public experience unless you pay extra to upgrade to a private game. The strangers in your game are a wildcard and will affect your experience.
  • Tips: There are more puzzles than the SAW escape room experience. This room is scarier than the SAW escape room, although the scares are part of the atmosphere rather than something actively trying to scare you. Knowledge of Blair Witch is not necessary for the puzzles but may help you better appreciate many of the nuances. We recommend a team of 4-5 for enthusiasts, but beginners can bring more. This is at the same facility at The official SAW Escape Room, so you can do both in the same trip.
  • Make a Booking: https://escapeblairwitch.com/

Other Rooms

We haven’t played these experiences yet, but we have heard lots about them and they are definitely on our list to try out the next time we’re in Vegas.

  • The creators of the SAW Escape Room and Escape Blair Witch have launched a new experience: Escape IT, which we have heard is their largest and most ambitious experience to date.
  • This more like immersive theater rather than an escape room, but we have heard that Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart is a one-of-a-kind full-day experience that is not to be missed.
  • Lost Game’s has released a new room, The Fortune Teller that we have heard is their most impressive room to date.

More Resources

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