Very hard but challenging escape room with the right group of varying intelligences. Some things are more complicated than usual like the actual locks so I wish they would change all locks to something more simple as it's easy to get stuck on just the actual opening of a lock vs the riddles. We got stuck on the 1st lock for many minutes just because the lock itself wasn't being properly opened but it was a rare lock I've never seen before. I wish they offered maybe a clue or more so the difficulty was a bit less. Regardless, it was fun. The Purge is a fun Halloween jumpscare away so go try it! Cool workers and fun times! Will definitely want to try other escape rooms here and at other Panic escape rooms. read more

My siblings-in-law love to do escape rooms- so finding a good one gives us a go to activity for several nights. We've now completed all of the current rooms at this location- and we really enjoyed all of them. There were definite varying levels of difficulty- but the staff was quite clear on which rooms were more challenging and which would be easier for us as Escape Room veterans. For me, Unsolved was my favorite- it was a real challenge for us and took us nearly the whole hour to break free. There is good attention to detail here, and the staff has always been kind and clear with directions. I would absolutely recommend this Escape Room location- we love it! read more

Our family loves doing escape rooms and have done 100+. This is our family's favorite place to do escape rooms. We have done 16 escape rooms at their four different locations and unfortunately we're out of rooms at their locations that our family can do. The rooms we've done at Panic are all listed below. Hoffman Estates Location: Uncut Gems The Lost Arcade Cold Case Files: Amnesia Conjuring: Revisited Hogwarts: Dormi Cito Holiday Rush Arkham Asylum: Riddlers Escape Addison Location: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Island Black Mirror Insidious: Return to the Further Resident Evil: Return to Raccoon City South Elgin Location: Alice in Wonderland We are Anonymous 2.0 Unsolved Mysteries: Institution Secrets Night At The Museum Palatine Location: BeetleJuice: Escape The Afterlife They always have the best production quality and the puzzles are always challenging but logical. We love that they're movie based and the theming is top notch. The most recent one we did was BeetleJuice: Escape the Afterlife. This game opened the day before so there is always going to be quirks and things to still figure out. They were having issues with their sound system so the music was very loud in the last room. Our oldest son is Autistic so the loudness in the last room made it overstimulating for him. It also made it hard for us to hear the clues being delivered and them to hearing us ask for a clue. read more

Did night at the museum. Friendly staff (which is why it got a 3 star). Clues weren't exciting and far too many number locks. I enjoy the searching for items in the room to assist finding clues, not just constantly trying# combos to open something for more number combos. Lost interest about 30 minutes in. read more

This place is great! We did Anonymous and came back the same weekend to do Split since we enjoyed our first visit so much! Even though both rooms were fun, out of the two rooms Split was my favorite. You get split up into two separate rooms so having at least 4 is probably a good idea. There are plenty of puzzles so no one in our group of four ever got bored. They had little touches that helped personalize their games and everyone in our group had a blast. The staff here is probably the best part of this location. They're super friendly, accommodating and you can just feel how much they really enjoy what they do. Cost is on par with other escape rooms but make sure you check their social media page as they sometimes have discount codes. Definitely a great addition to the escape room craze going on and I can't wait to see what this location has in store! read more

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Huge wast of money 30 dollars a person to and be told its because a digital code box was broke and I was not supposed to put my hand in a pipe after the other pipe gave clues their were locks that did not work panting in a dark room that were impossible to see without perfect eyes stuff was broken everywhere not at all worth 30 dollars huge wast of time and money I could have made this read more

Our Game master was Josh and he really made the game came alive he was conscientious and cared about our experience if I was a movie director let's just say he's my Denzel. Will Escape again. read more

My boyfriend and I, checked this place out on September 16th, Wednesday. We have not done an escape room together before. The young lady at the front desk took care of us. She explained everything was very helpful. We did Hostel and it was very scary The props were very cool and we had gotten through with 2 minutes to spare Thank you, it was a very unique experience and because of the young lady at the desk , we will be coming back to check out the other rooms! read more

Our family loves escape rooms. However, I had purchased a Groupon for Panic Escape Room and it was only for the The Original room. On the website, it is noted that it is for Mature Audiences and when I called the employee said it may have nudity. But it should be marked Over 21 on it. It is based on the Purge movies so I assumed the "mature audience" info was based on violence and maybe the nudity was incidental. They should call this room the 50 Shades of Grey room! Sex dungeon with toys is more than nudity. This was purchase for a sweet 16 party and parents were not to happy. This is the only room that is marked for mature audience yet it is the only room available on the Groupon. Perhaps offer a choice of rooms. They had fun (but also had a lot of questions.) We will pick a different room next time. read more

This escape room was a lot of fun! We did the Hostel escape room which is based off the movie. We completed it with a couple minutes to spare (with the help of a couple hints) we plan on returning soon. If you love horror and puzzles I suggest doing the Hostel room! read more

Panic Escape Room - Escape Games Near Me - South Elgin, Illinois

Have to say I made a great choice picking them for my birthday event. The staff were great in explaining and making us feel welcomed. The productions of the rooms where phenomenal. The tasks made you think outside the box , which made for great laughs. We did one room ... and left us wanting to explore the next one . Can't wait to book my next escape with them . Thank you for a great night !!! read more

Came here for a date night and had a ton of fun. Was confused at first because we thought that what was said in the beginning before we looked for our first clue would have something to do with what we were looking for but it didn't. So I was thinking the particular room would have more of a story line. But other than that it was fun for being our first panic room experience. Definitely would like to come back to try out others. read more

This is the coolest experience ever! Talk about thinking and team building! It's a unique experience with friends. Def something different to do with your friends! The rooms are so creative and the staff is at your beckon call! Can I get a hint?!?! Help lol! Overall just a cool bunch of people and room full of cool ideas. Let's the games begin lol. read more

This was a really cool escape room! My family, boyfriend and I (5 total) did the Veronica room. It was a creepy room but nothing too scary and nothing popping out at you like a haunted house. Everything was very well done and it was challenging. We got out in good time and only used 1 clue! I would definitely recommend this escape room even for first-timers. Will definitely return for another room! read more

I booked the Panic Escape Room for my daugther's 11 year old birthday party on March 9th. I was worried that my daughter and her 9 friends would either be scared or the particular escape room was too difficult. Boy was I wrong. Jeffrey, the owner of the facility did a great job. He recommended the perfect escape room for my daughter and her friends. I was able to watch the kids via a closed circuit TV and saw that they were having fun. Another reason why I liked this place over other escape rooms in the area is that they had a party room where the kids could relax afterwards and have pizza and refreshments. I am so glad we chose the Panic Escape Room in South Elgin. read more

It was my first time doing an escape room & I'm glad it was here !!! The girl there was super friendly & walked us through the whole thing super clearly. Can't wait to come back & do the rest of the rooms. :) read more

Our group of 7 had a great time in the We Are Anonymous room! The clues were great, the hints were welcomed and the room was super detailed! We will definitely be back! read more

We've done all 3 rooms! The "Split" room is fantastic. Great story, good puzzles. Worth it to try with a group, even if you've been to a bunch of escape rooms. It's awesome and immersive. "We are anonymous" is a good room, especially for beginners. People who have done a lot of rooms might find it underwhelming. But I think it's easy enough for new comers. I also liked that this room has a bunch of stuff going on at the beginning that was really obvious and helped us get our flow. "Narcos" is their newest room and it was lacking. We enjoyed the story, but overall, the puzzles had some logic errors and some just flat out didn't work. It also had several "Red Herrings" which were really annoying, one of my pet peeves. There is potential, so hopefully they make some changes to improve the room. We all got frustrated with this too. Compared to other escape rooms, these are all low-tech. I don't need fancy technology to enjoy a room, but the rooms have a LOT of locks. For this reason, I can only recommend "Split" to escape room enthusiasts. It has enough other stuff going on to make up for the fact that there are just a bunch of locks which isn't especially clever. read more

Best escape room I have ever done. It was a thrill the moment we walked in and had a great family outing doing it! Definitely going to come back to do the other rooms. read more

We came here for a double date and had the time of our lives! It was exhilarating fun with clues all over! We can't wait to return for split. We did anonymous ! read more

Really fun social bonding with my co workers. Pricing is great and staff is wonderful!

A few of my co workers and I decided to do the Split room and it was a blast! The customer service was great and the whole hour experience was an adrenaline rush. I would defiantly recommend for a fun group outing! perfect for team building, we all got to work together to help get out of our rooms. They did a great job explaining the rules and how it works. they even took a group picture for us to capture the experience. the clues were challenging but not to the point where we couldn't figure it out. If you ever want to experience an escape room, this is the place to go! read more

The escape room itself was fun and the girl assisting with clues was so great. Where we had a problem was we originally booked Alice in wonderland since we had children with us. We get to the facility and the girl is scrambling because something is wrong with the room so we waited we were fine with waiting. Finally she said it won't work and she can move us to another room. We were bummed but said fine. She then came back and said on top of the $100 we already spent it would be an additional $60 bucks. I was irritated and expressed we shouldn't pay extra. She text her boss who then came back and said to offer a discount which was still an additional $50. She never told me she was going to charge my card she just did. I didn't want to cause a scene we had 4 kids really excited to be there. Once we completed the room I sent an email and NO ONE responded. I think it was handled poorly and disappointed that they didn't offer to swap the room at no additional charge. After all it was their fault the room was not ready. read more

So got the girls together to head out for drinks and fun! Didn't know what was around the area so checked online for fun things to do near us. Well Panic Escape Room popped up, we have heard about these before but thought it may be too cheesy to do,but we decided to try it! Best decision we made that night lol. Place had a creepy vibe but professional, super chill atmosphere and then we got into room, the story was pretty cool had some screams and laughs we didn't make it out but had an amazing time! We are definitely coming back to try there new room Split when it opens up! read more

I wish I could give zero stars. I've traveled around the country doing escape rooms and I was excited to discover another business close to me. Sadly, one room - Narcos - was enough to make me never want to try any of the other rooms. On the way into the room with my group, the game master said "you guys are ok with mature content, right?" And we said sure. We didn't know the "mature content" was pornography. I enjoy good theming for a room, but it ultimately comes down to the puzzles, and I don't think rifling through porn and ladies underwear needs to be part of that. I'm sorry I gave money to this place. read more

I have been here before and they did not disappoint. I planned a company event to go here and do a couple escape rooms. They were able to give me a reasonable price and were very nice! Can't wait!!!!!!! read more

This place is SO good. I went here with my co-workers. We did the Narcos room. I swear I felt as if I were part of the actual Cartel or an actor in the TV show. The mission was challenging and a lot of fun. The props fit perfectly for this room. The staff is really helpful for giving hints if you need them, that way you arent wasting too much time on a certain part of the game. I think this is perfect for any one who is sick of going to the movies on the weekends or the mall. This is a fun activity thats very out-of-the-box. Trust me if you dont go here you are only missing out on a wonderful time. Cant wait to go back to try their other rooms!!! read more