About

Hi there! We are William and Yuan. We do a lot of escape rooms together (currently 440+ and counting!), and have been running this blog since July 2016.

We’ve been hooked ever since we played our first two games back in 2013 – Escape the Mysterious Room (first ever escape room in North America) and Escape the Time Travel Lab. Both were by SCRAP in San Francisco.

We are currently based in New York, NY as of 2019. Prior to 2019, we were based on San Francisco, CA. We love traveling in general and try to do rooms on our trips; some trips are primarily focused on escape rooms. You can check out where we’ve covered at http://escaperoomtips.com/top

William runs the blog and writes all of the posts. Yuan does games with William and gives feedback on every post. Besides traveling for escape rooms, we also travel for food.

Our most popular pages are:

• Top 29 Tips & Tricks to Win Escape Room Games
• Top 15 Puzzle Ideas for Escape Rooms

As of December 2025, we’ve done 55/100 of the 2023 TERPECA Top 100 Escape Rooms:

• United States (17/19 rooms): The Man from Beyond, Madness: 1917, Cutthroat Cavern, Servants of Sleight, Ghost Patrol, Mogollon Monster, Hope End, The Attraction, Robotopia, The Edison Escape Room, The Starlight Motel, Undercooked, The Storyteller’s Secret, Lab Rat, Dark Lullaby, The Weeping Witch, Project Minotaur
• Spain (12/21 rooms): The Tavern [La Taberna], The Saint [La Santa], The Hairdressing [La Peluquería], CyberCity 2049, Outline, Poison, 11S, The Brewery [La Cerveseria], Tao Room Escape: Japanese Massage Center (Madrid version), The Madman in the Alley [El loco del callejón], District 111 [Distrito 111], Bites Motel
• Greece (12/17 rooms): Chapel & Catacombs, Don’t Take a Breath, El Exorcista, Lethal Decision 2, Paradox Project 2: The Bookstore, Amen, M’ama, Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Sacrifice, Paradox Project 3: The Music Academy, Mystic Project, Ice Tiki
• The Netherlands (9/9 rooms): Molly’s Game, The Dome, The Non Believers, Stay in the Dark, The Alchemist, Lost and Found, The End, Jason’s Legacy, Illusion
• Canada (4/4 rooms): The Forgotten Cathedral, Wardrobe for Sale, The Lost Island of the Voodoo Queen, Project R.E.S.E.T.
• France (1/1 rooms): Full Experience: The Magician of Paris & The Funhouse

As of December 2025, we’ve done 46/100 of the 2024 TERPECA Top 100 Escape Rooms:

• United States (12/17 rooms): The Man from Beyond, Hope End, Ghost Patrol, Dark Lullaby, Mogollon Monster, The Ladder, Servants of Sleight, Cutthroat Cavern, The Attraction, Robotopia, Undercooked, Henchmen’s Heist
• Spain (13/21 rooms): The Tavern [La Taberna], K.O.N.G Protocol, The Hairdressing [La Peluquería], The Saint [La Santa], CyberCity 2049, Outline, NightShift, Poison, Jurassic [Jurásico], 11S, District 111 [Distrito 111], Tao Room Escape: Japanese Massage Center (Madrid version), Bites Motel
• Greece (10/14 rooms): Chapel & Catacombs, Don’t Take a Breath, Hide N Seek, El Exorcista, Paradox Project 2: The Bookstore, Zoe, Lethal Decision 2, Amen, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Paradox Project 3: The Music Academy
• The Netherlands (7/9 rooms): Molly’s Game, The Dome, Stay in the Dark, The Non Believers, The Alchemist, Lost and Found, The End
• Canada (3/7 rooms): The Forgotten Cathedral, Wardrobe for Sale, The Lost Island of the Voodoo Queen
• France (1/3 rooms): Full Experience: The Magician of Paris & The Funhouse

As of December 2025, we’ve done 28/100 of the 2025 TERPECA Top 100 Escape Rooms:

• Spain (11/21 rooms): The Tavern [La Taberna], Mr. Miyagi’s Tea Shop [La Tienda del Té del Sr. Miyagi], K.O.N.G Protocol, Jurassic [Jurásico], The Hairdressing [La Peluquería], The Saint [La Santa], NightShift, Outline, CyberCity 2049, Poison, Exodus
• Greece (6/15 rooms): Chapel & Catacombs, Hide N Seek, Don’t Take a Breath, El Exorcista, Zoe, Paradox Project 2: The Bookstore
• The Netherlands (4/8 rooms): Molly’s Game, The Dome, The Alchemist, The Non Believers
• United States (3/11 rooms): The Man from Beyond, Ghost Patrol, Hope End
• Canada (3/8 rooms): The Forgotten Cathedral, Wardrobe for Sale, The Lost Island of the Voodoo Queen
• France (1/8 rooms): Full Experience: The Magician of Paris & The Funhouse

As of December 2025, we have played rooms on the following continents and countries:

• North America (2): United States, Canada
• Europe (5): United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Greece, Spain
• Asia (3): China, South Korea, Japan

You can contact us via our contact form. You can also find us on Social Media:

• Facebook – @escaperoomtips
• Instagram – @escaperoomtips
• Pinterest – @escaperoomtips

Panel Participation and Media Mentions

• We are regular voters and nominators for the Top Escape Rooms Project, participating every year since its inception in 2018.
• We were part of the “Expert” panels that nominated games for USA Today’s “Best Escape Room” contest in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2024
• We were quoted in the March 2018 issue of the AAA SoCal Westways magazine, in an escape room article entitled “Get Out!”.
• We were quoted in a February-March 2019 issue of Metro (a Silicon Valley magazine), in an article about Silicon Valley escape rooms. Syndicated here.

More Escape Room Resources

Some other helpful escape room resources on the web:

Reviews

• Room Escape Artist – Based in the NYC area
• Live Escape Room & Haunt Reviews – Based in Los Angeles area
• Escape Rumors – Based in San Francisco Bay area
• EscapeRoomer – Based in Portland area
• Top Escape Rooms Project