We did Shimmer Reef, which was nicely appointed and decorated and had lots of puzzles to complete…read moreof many different varieties. We all worked on different elements and escaped! The theme was good and our game master Alya was great. Very entertaining. Will definitely come back for other rooms. Ample parking and clean bathrooms.

Wonderful experience here. I came here last year for my birthday and had a great time. This time I…read morehad family visiting, and for some it was their first escape room. Anya (hope I'm spelling that right) was a terrific hostess. We did the Abandoned Mineshaft room and everyone had a total blast! The puzzles were creative and fun, and we were all able to contribute. We finished with 20+ minutes to spare, with I think one hint. Last time I dinged them 1 star only because their prices were quite a bit higher than other rooms in the area. This time, for our group size of 6, the price was in line with other rooms in the area (~$40/person). Would very highly recommend!

Played a great game, here! The Escape Game franchise is always a hit with myself and friends who…read morelike to do escape rooms. We did the playground room and that was good for a late night when our mental capacities weren't there. The person who was like the host at the front (don't remember their name) was SO informative and gave us insight into other games played across the country by Escape Game. My one qualm with it is that it is on the higher end price wise for puzzle games and you're not guaranteed a private room unless you buy out the room which can be as high as $400 or more depending on the capacity of the room. That said, you do pay for the quality of the games which is almost always high!

I've done many The Escape Games and this felt pretty similar, aside from the GM giving hints when…read morewe didn't ask for them. Pretty high tech/quality rooms, very fun to do, interesting for a larger number of people, etc. We did the cosmos one. The only thing that does kind of suck about The Escape Game is that they do shared rooms. Luckily the people we did it with were cool, but I've done ones where the other people were extremely Not Cool and rude and condescending. If you book The Escape Game I recommend getting enough people to play the room by yourself!

Our friends visiting from Las Vegas wanted to do one last fun get together for his birthday and…read moredecided to take our friend group to try out Sure Lock Escapes! We went to their demo from the Kent Nerd Block party and we've been hooked every since! The best part about this escape room spot is that they are dressed and act in character which I think one of the coolest things as not a lot of escape rooms do this. The inside of the location is absolutely gorgeous and truly whisks you away into a medieval fantasy world. I learned that all the escape rooms are story driven and there is an order of how you should do the escape rooms, which also very unique and gives you more reason to try them all! The bathrooms here were also themed with dragons, fun pictures, and knights while looking pristine. Our gamemaster (GM), Ben was an absolute delight. He was making fantastic jokes that we all enjoyed, caught our references, and enjoyed some of the wild things we have said while trying to figure out the puzzles. We definitely agreed that he added to the fun. And it turns out you can request for a specific GM if you want to, which again is very cool! We got to do a quick sneak previews of the room and we were offered a 15% discount if we wanted to do another escape room after, which is super awesome as we would have been down if we didn't have work early in the morning. But I do think that is such a fun and fair idea to get people to do another escape room but at a discount. We loved how detailed each of the different escape rooms were, you can tell a lot of love and attention went into make these rooms. I know my friends talked about how they enjoyed that the puzzles here didn't solely rely on lock combinations, which can just tiresome at times. The puzzles here get really creative! We did their Dungeon of Doom as it is the recommended one to start with first and we were able to beat it with a few minutes to spare! This was my friends' first time completing through an escape room and it was just so great to see how happy and accomplished they looked after completing it. Ben got a photo of us at the end and he took an extra photo for my friend's photo and they came out great! We look forward to tackling more of their other escape rooms and I know more friends who would really enjoy this experience as well. I also know their other locations have different escape rooms with their own lore too, so definitely check them out!

I was looking specifically for a Christmas themed escape room around the holidays. Sure Lock…read moreEscapes had one but only at their Kent location. I purchased the Christmas-themed escape room for Two Person Tuesdays to take advantage of the reduced rate when it's usually more per person (since the pricing is a sliding scale depending on number of players - more players = lower cost for each player) We arrived early to give ourselves time to find 2-hour free street parking. It was pretty busy considering it was the week in between Christmas and New Years. I didn't think the main lobby would be themed out but it was! Very medieval, fantasy, magical feel. It was WAY too dark though to properly see though - could use some more overall lighting. It was easy to check in for our booked time. Our game master, Kenzie was excellent! Kenzie was in character the entire time, giving us the escape room backstory and overview for how things would work in the game space. Once ready to begin, we were guided to the start of our adventure. The rooms themselves were all-out Christmas! The design and creativity of the space was outstanding. There were sound effects throughout our time and even animatronics. Our game master gave us the right amount of direction when needed (and of course, still in character!). This escape room stands out from others we've done in the past. Most places just lock you in the room and you're completely on your own unless you go press a button for help. This was very interactive - especially the Yeti coming to visit! The puzzles were unique and fit the story so well. Every element had to be (I think?) designed and made by hand - I was so impressed by everything. We were able to solve the escape room in time, and there was a little light show with "snow' afterward. We received selfies of us with the Yeti and post-game. The little bags of hot chocolate + treats were a nice touch. Our game master followed up with us afterwards to make sure everything went well. I would definitely do this experience again! Kent is a bit far for us (but I wanted to play through the Christmas one which is a limited time only escape room in Kent). Next time, we'd likely try the West Seattle location, purely for convenience. There are many other cool themes I'd love to try. Thank you!

Visited Cognition from out of town. This was one of the escape rooms close to our hotel. We did the…read moreExperiment room. I really felt like this was more of a 4 than a 3/5 difficulty room. The room design was pretty simple. Production was simple. But... puzzles were a good mix. Really had to think outside the box for some of them which I appreciate. Overall good experience, would have loved to try the rooms if we had time.

Absolutely loved The 4th Door! It was a multiroom escape room and it was really unique. I don't…read morewant to spoil any details because I really do think it's an experience one must try.

while we did have fun given half the group had only one other escape room experience, some of us…read morehave been to many others and found this one simply wasn't worth the $54pp cost. we did the Cypherspace room, and it was somewhat satisfyingly challenging (medium challenge) but just kind of janky in design compared to other experiences... very low-tech and minimalist in design. initially was hard to find on apple maps as it appeared to be in a separate building to the Tendon Kohaku restaurant and not easily seen from the street till we found a tiny door to the left side. allot a little extra time if going at a time when the parking lot might be filled with restaurant goers

Reality break escapes was a positive experience for our group of nine, I enjoyed the quality staff…read morethat hosted our group, and I enjoyed that the style of escape room involved going from room to room. I would like to add to the rating, however, that they could have a bit more interactive decor in their rooms. I think the staff at this experience was great because they really cared about the experience of each person in our group, accommodated any questions or concerns, and understood that we were there to celebrate a birthday

The Estate escape room was so much fun. Itt was inventive and challenging enough to make us work…read moreat it. We were all impressed with the level of professionalism of this small business!

Absolutely adored this place. Incredibly well constructed room and the staff was flippen amazing…read more So playful and fun. Top 3 of all our escape rooming shenanigans!

Really well made. I did both rooms and felt the puzzles were challenging and creative. Without…read morespoiling anything, the storykeeper has quite a physical puzzles that transport you to... well another story. I also like how there's an actor at the beginning and that really sets the stage. Bravo and would recommend to anyone.

+ Marvelous experience. The excellent reviews don't deceive. Excellent layout, well-designed…read morepuzzles, evocative acting. The unique thing about this escape room is they included an actor to immerse us in the story and to occasionally give us hints; a more immersive experience then having us push a button and waiting for the staff on the intercom to give us a clue. - Parking here is tricky. The lower-level parking structure right next door has many conflicting signs. Even the staff at Locurio weren't sure how to help us ensure free safe parking. Have to buy something at the nearby supermarket to get validated parking? Not sure. - Wish they allowed each of us a prop to hold for the photo at the end. Good thing I brought my own.

My sister and I love escape rooms. We play at least one (often 2 or more) each time we visit one…read moreanother. This weekend we played the 13th Floor and Neon Shadows (Polybius). These were the last of the current Escape Artist and Sure Lock escape rooms we had yet to play and they were 2 of our favorites! 13th Floor featured the full motion effects, Escape Artist uses in some of their rooms. The room was smaller than some but the story elements were incredibly cohesive and they packed a ton of really creative puzzles into the space. Neon Shadows might be my favorite escape room to date. It was really hard but so much fun. Lots of the puzzle mechanics in the room felt new or novel and it was all really well integrated with the central theme. A wealth of geek and 80s references were a delightful bonus! Big thank you to our game masters this weekend, Gavin and Will. You both made our experience so fun and engaging. We'll definitely be back whenever there are more rooms to play.

I have done all 4 Escape Rooms at the Escape Artist. Spell Struck was my first ever Escape Room…read more I have since done numerous others and Spellbound remains one of my top 2 favorites that I've experienced. The ambiance and atmosphere was top notch. The variety of and creativity of the puzzles and clues in this room were among the best. My friend and I, both escape room virgins, escaped 1 minute late! (ugh) Dive to Atlantis was my second favorite out of the rooms at this location. My cousins from out of town joined us. They had never done an escape room and thoroughly enjoyed it. We were able to solve all the clues and get out in time. There was one particularly difficult puzzle but nonetheless we made it with time to spare. The same friend I did Spell Struck with and I did 13th floor and finished with time to spare. I wasn't as impressed with this room compared to the others and we were stuck in the "elevator" on a single clue for a long time near the beginning. Luckily we sped through the second half like a breeze, which was very padlock heavy (I don't like that), and we may have used hints we didn't need because we thought we were running low on time. We weren't. My roommate and I did Lost in Space and we really like this room. I would say the theming and atmosphere felt a little cheesy for a Space Station, but the clues and riddles were stimulating and we had a very fun time overall. Escape Artist deserves a 5 star rating, if for just Spell Struck alone, but they have 4 unique experiences. Two of the rooms have actual motion which is awesome. None are like any of the others so there is great variety. If you are looking for a great escape room, keep them on your list!

Aiden was a phenomenal guide…read more Definitely one of our favorite escape rooms that have shown quality customer service. If you're looking for a value driven experience. This is definitely the place to check out with your friends!

I'm pretty sure I've been here before, but maybe never written a review? That said, I'll just write…read moreabout my more recent one. I came here for The Vault with a bunch of people from meetup. The Vault was sort of in beta, so there were things expectedly not quite working, and I won't fault the company for this. Overall, the puzzles were interesting/fun/dramatic to interact with, which is pretty great. That said... I don't love linear puzzle rooms, and this one was seriously that. We had 6? people for this room, but there was really only one puzzle available at a time (the one time there were two puzzles, the "meta" of them was brute-force-able, which means it wasn't even useful to do). I think you could count the number of puzzles total to be something like... 10 puzzles, which is a disappointing number especially with the number of people in the room. It makes me feel like they spent all their efforts into the fancy decor and flashy lights and ...story?, rather than puzzles. If you do come to do this escape room and you've done some before, I'd recommend a smaller number of people. It was generally obvious which puzzle was the one that needed doing; there was very little search-the-room so not much else for anyone else in the group while the single puzzle was being worked on. (And because the puzzles were so physically interactive, it wasn't really like multiple people could work on it at once.) Staff was friendly enough, though the front desk was usually absent. They do have a tiny photo booth closet which I think is fun! And they have a large parking lot shared with the fitness(?) next door so you don't have to worry about parking in downtown Redmond. I got tricked by the fitness and thought it wasn't there, but it is.

This is a brand new business! With a huge selection of video games that is the perfect place for…read moregamers. They have old school games and new school games. The space is well laid out and everything fits the gaming theme. The staff is friendly and accommodating. You should have a little bit of patience when you come because it takes time to get things up and running. I brought my son here for his 10th birthday and he had a great time! I recommend about an hour visit. It's just enough stimulation and not too bad on the pockets. It's $40 for an hour of VR gaming. Then if you want you can do game consuls which are about $30 an hour. And if you wanna blast to the past you can play one of the old nostalgic gaming consuls for about $10 an hour. I think it's a cool place to come for a date if you're into gaming and want to do something different as well. Or maybe just switch up your week routine and come here and play some old school video games and take your mind off of things.

Legacy Gaming is great for adults as well as for kids. Juan and his staff were very accommodating…read morewhen all five of us showed up with kids. The kids loved the VR and the large variety of games to choose from on xbox and playstation. The staff was very helpful, polite and patient with the kids and the adults if we needed help. Legacy is an excellent place for hard core gamers and for just getting out the house to spend time playing old skool video games (Pac Man). It's a nice clean environment and I felt very safe bringing the adult kids and the grandkids. We will definitely be back again! Carole D