We’re happy to reshare the results of the annual Top Escape Rooms Project Enthusiasts’ Choice Award. The project is an effort led by Rich Bragg of ClueKeeper to aggregate ranked favorites of well-traveled enthusiasts into one authoritative, global ranking.

Looking through the list and being a part of the process, we’re reasonably confident that:

  1. This list has excellent coverage of North America and Western Europe
  2. The other enthusiasts who participated are reputable and well-credentialled
  3. The process of combining the rankings is well thought-out, justifiable, and free of arbitrary tuning parameters (William has some background studying this topic)
  4. This list is a trustworthy representation of the best rooms and companies in North America and Western Europe

 

Enthusiasts’ Choice Award 2018 Winners (Top Room)

We’ve linked to our articles featuring these rooms when available. The ones in bold are in the United States.

  1. Ghost Hunter Ernie Hudson and the Wailing Woman – Skurrilum (Hamburg, Germany)
  2. Cutthroat Cavern – 13th Gate Escape (Baton Rouge, LA, USA)
  3. Man From Beyond – Strange Bird Immersive (Houston, TX, USA)
  4. Amsterdam Catacombs – Logic Locks (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  5. Lost Treasure of Alexander Humboldt – The Room (Berlin, Germany)
  6. Edison Escape Room – Palace Games (San Francisco, CA, USA)
  7. Vault – Sherlocked (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  8. Lab Rat – Hatch Escapes (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
  9. Lance of Longinus – Time Run (London, UK) (now closed)
  10. Ghost Hunter Ernie Hudson and the Zoo of Death – Skurrilum (Hamburg, Germany)
  11. Catacumbas [Catacombs] – Golden Pop (Barcelona, Spain)
  12. Avalanche of Oblivion – Claustrophobia (Escaldes Engordany, Andorra)
  13. Secret Lab – Locked In Edinburgh (Edinburgh, UK)
  14. Storykeeper – Locurio (Seattle, WA, USA)
  15. Stash House – Stash House (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
  16. The Girl’s Room – Escape Room Nederland (Bunschoten, Netherlands)
  17. Atlantis – Teorema Escape Rooms (Sofia, Bulgaria)
  18. Alien: El Orígen [Alien: Origin] – Escape Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
  19. Insane Paranoid – Quest-Art (Moscow, Russia)
  20. Honeymoon Hotel – Escape Challenge (Zoetermeer, Netherlands)
  21. La Entrevista [The Interview] – Cubick (Mataró and Madrid, Spain)
  22. Alice in Nightmareland – Claustrophobia (Moscow, Russia)
  23. Tomb of Anubis – 13th Gate Escape (Baton Rouge, LA, USA)
  24. De Ramkraak [The Ram Raid] – Project Escape (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
  25. Frankenstein: The Awakening – 60 Minute Escape (Murfreesboro, TN, USA)

Enthusiasts’ Choice Award 2018 Winners (Top Company)

We’ve linked to our articles featuring these rooms when available. The ones in bold are in the United States.

  1. Skurrilum (Hamburg, Germany)
  2. Palace Games (San Francisco, CA, USA)
  3. The Room (Berlin, Germany)
  4. 13th Gate Escape (Baton Rouge, LA, USA)
  5. Time Run (London, UK)
  6. Escape Challenge (Delft and Zoetermeer, Netherlands)
  7. Sherlocked (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  8. Cubick (Mataró and Madrid, Spain)
  9. Escape My Room (New Orleans, LA, USA)
  10. Locurio (Seattle, WA, USA)

Check out the full list and details at https://topescaperoomsproject.com/. We hope to visit many of these rooms and companies (especially the North American ones) soon!