Conveniently located on Mill Ave. Although a bit tricky to find if you're not familiar with the area. It's tucked inside a small courtyard around some other buildings. The lobby was so fun, they set up puzzles so you can get your brain warmed up while you're waiting. My group did The Inheritance. Very fun room. Tricky puzzles but we managed to escape with 2 minutes left. The theme of the room was perfect for the story behind the room. We want to try Jailbreak next, the group ahead of us sounded like they were having a lot of fun with that room. Definitely recommend trying this venue. read more

We've been here twice with our family & we can't wait to come again. The rooms are challenging but fun & the staff is great! I highly recommended if you're looking for a fun activity for family or friends! read more

Had a great time here with coworkers followed by lunch on Mill Ave. Great team-building activity.

My first escape room and it was quite good! The price of escape rooms in general are a killer, but this was the cheapest AND it was actually really good. They didn't skip out on quality. I did the Rush Hour and it was really easy for my first time, but they have much harder ones available. It was still so fun and I'm definitely coming here again. Zachary and Brooke were great hosts, hyped me up for my first time. Escaped with 15 minutes remaining! read more

Love the service from Brooke. Shes amazing. We had such a great time playing the room. The room is nice and well decorated. We had so much FUN! read more

We had the best time! So much fun! Great for a family with college and high school kids. Great staff, very nice and good instruction! The RUSH room was challenging but we did it in 46 minutes!! read more

The Zone Escape Rooms - Escape Games Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Great experience! It was challenging yet satisfying. The staff was friendly and overall just a really great experience. If you choose to do the Jungle room, make sure you have 8 people or it will be extremely difficult. We will definitely be making a trip back to experience the different rooms that are available. read more

We had a great experience at the Escape Zone. My wife and I did the "Rush Hour" Escape Room designed for 2-4 people. It was just the two of us and a bit challenging...another person or two would have helped. We ran out of time with only a couple of final clues left. The "Rush Hour" is a different type of escape room than we've experience before...a new twist and refreshing approach to the escape room! read more

this was genuinely the worst escape room i have ever been at in my life. like it genuinely pissed me off to no end i was dying to be done. so basically one of the staff members stays INSIDE the room the entire time and literally walks around and basically tells you wtf to do. like we were trying to figure a task out and this guy told us what were missing and just stood over us until we got it right and this was for every single part of it. this was not an escape room like this was genuinely just someone telling me what to do. and another thing that PISSSSSSED me off was during us doing everything he would start CLEANING UP OUR STUFF. like we would put a puzzle together and then find the code and then he would clean it up immediately after and we couldn't go back to look at it or see if we could use that clue for anything else. he literally told us how to do every single thing like i am so angry. such a waste of money and time. pls don't go here. idk how tf they have almost 5 stars because they suck. i wish i could've recorded how he was doing the room for us like it was his escape room not ours. if i could give this place 0 stars i would. read more

Took my family for a afternoon out to EZ Tempe. We chose Jailbreak, we had 8 in our family go and had a fantastic experience. The clues were amazing we almost finished, just missed one of the numbers and we would have escaped. We plan to bring the full house out for the Island next time. read more

10/10 would recommend! Went here to celebrate my birthday and it was SO fun!!! I agree that it's a bit hard to find, but I'll definitely remember for the next time I book a room! My group did "The Attic" and though it wasn't as scary as it appeared to be online, the flickering lights and spooky decor set the right mood. I've never tried an escape room until this one, and I was nervous that I wouldn't be able to figure everything out. HOWEVER, now I think I'm super smart!! LOL! My group finished pretty early and the staff took our photo! (I cannot remember their names but they were SO SWEET!) Thank you for being open during these crazy times, it was a fantastic break from the outside world!! I look forward to trying your other rooms!! :^) read more

Had a ton of fun here. Did the jailbreak room with some friends and had a blast. Well made room with good puzzles, not too hard and not too easy. Great for my first time. Employees were meh but whatever. read more

Sussy was an amazing, articulate, and straight forward guide and I enjoyed how she included everyone! W night!

I had an extremely awesome experience here. I went with my research group as a team bonding activity and it was awesome. We got to be in the Inheritance room while the other half of the group was placed in the Jail Break room. We were given approximately an hour to escape and to find our Inheritance. There was a bunch of puzzles, where outside the box thinking was required which made it tons of fun and required many brains to work on it. Even though we didn't escape in time (it was really difficult to escape) it was still tons of fun. read more

I hI have just finished "The Island" puzzle at The zone Escape Rooms and had an 2/10 aweful experience. I have done The island twice. the first time I completed this puzzle in early 2019 I enjoyed the difficulty of it and the hands off guide that allowed us to complete the puzzle and ask for hints as we needed. I am an avid escape room-goer and enjoy being able to explore and come up with conclusion to the puzzles. This second time I have done it with a different group and was planning to keep my mouth shut about puzzles I knew the solution to. it did not matter. This was an aweful experience. The guide for our puzzle would not stop talking and giving us hints without being promoted to give us help. it felt like we didn't even get an opportunity to solve the puzzle. Even upon being asked to give us a chance to solve the puzzle and limit his hints to just times where he is prompted twice, our request was ignored and the guide continue to walk us through the puzzles like we were clueless idiots. it was both insulting and made the experience feel like a huge waste of money. ONE OF THE MECHANISMS INSIDE THE VOLCANO WAS ALSO BROKEN and the only time we asked for help with it, we were ignored and no help was given. The guide kept refusing to believe that anything was broken and the issue was that we could not simply figure out the code. We had the code correct and wasted alot of time because of the BROKEN MECHANISM. regardless we still finished with 15 minutes to spare because of all the unasked and unwarned spoilers from the guide. MY RECOMMENDATION IS for anyone who does this puzzle (which actually had fun puzzles itself) to ask the guide to only give hints when prompted. I personally like solving puzzles and seeing if I can complete them without any hints and that opportunity was stolen from me multiple times. TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE ALL RUINED BY THE GUIDE read more

Really enjoyed this escape room. We decided at dinner to do an escape room and this one was the closest to us with the best reviews. We were able to reserve a time within a few hours We did the Rush hour room. I did like how it's not linear, meaning you can be working on different things at different times. There were 3 of us in the room and I think that was enough. It is a small room, but it's meant to be on a train. They had screens that showed the city of Tempe passing by like you were on the light rail. Very nice touch. We all enjoyed the escape room and made it out with 10 minutes to spare and didn't even use all our clues!! WOOHOO!! Can't wait to try the other rooms there. Well decorated room and the staff was friendly and fun. read more

This Escape Room was our first experience ever enjoying a new, different and fun activity to do as adults! I really enjoyed the venue! So, an Escape Room is simply this, a small store in a strip mall or business that rented out a space and created 2-4 rooms. These rooms are empty. Then, the business decides which theme they want to use. In our case, we went into a room that was decorated as Grandma & Grandpa's attic. You are then told what your objective is...so for us, it was to find the inheritance that the Grandparents left for us in one hour. We were told that somewhere in the room there was jewelry, cash and stocks & bonds to find. After that, we then saw a short video of the Grandparents telling us their wishes in a humorous and fun way. This was kind of exciting & it felt somewhat real. Also in orientation, we were told the rules of what you can and cannot do. You can touch everything that is not nailed down, open everything that could be opened, keys were found, they opened locked cupboards, jewelry boxes- even a secret room we never expected! There were hints & clues in the heating and cooling vents. Each time we discovered a clue, more was revealed. Also, there was a phone and we could call our, old Uncle Clive who gave us some help as well. We were able to do this in a little over an hour. It was really fun! It was very, reasonably priced. They don't allow anyone to take pictures on the cell phone because they don't want to show the rooms they created. We enjoyed the experience. We plan on going again! We will be using this company again! read more

There were 8 of us and we first did the inheritance, followed by jail break. The location is a bit hard to find at first. It's in those back alley shops on Mill Ave. The employee who walked us through, explaining everything was really nice and quite entertaining in himself. We had done a couple other rooms at a different place but I have to admit I wasn't expecting these to be that hard and they were SO hard! We barely made it out of jail break! Had less than 1 minute to spare (and we're all super smart lol j/k) I highly recommend if you're looking for a fun night out doing something different. read more

i visited on 03/09/21 for my birthday and i had the most amazing time!!! i have never done any escape room activity before and i sure am glad i chose this place for my first experience! i went in with my family and our host Ariana was awesome!!! she was really nice and welcoming! she explained the concept and the room for us very efficiently and clearly which was appreciated because as i said before we had never done an escape room. overall my family and i really enjoyed ourselves and we definitely plan to be back based on this positive experience!! :) P.S. we did the pharaoh room which was awesome!! read more

This was my first experience doing an escape room and it did not disappoint! A group of my co-workers and I did their Island room for a team building exercise - it was a BLAST!! We all had so much fun working through the challenges and puzzles of the room. The moment we left we were already talking about a Round 2. We'll definitely be coming back! read more

Really enjoyed our room! Went with friends who were visiting and they had a blast as well. Great location for the room because we were able to walk Mill afterwards for food and drinks. Would recommend! read more

We went to Escape Zone for a company team bonding experience. Everyone was involved the entire time and there were so many challenges that each person was able to solve something. Our entire team was engaged with the experience. We all want to do it again! Difficulty level was pretty good, especially with the amount of people we had. Thank you Escape Zone for this awesome experience! read more

This was such a fun activity. The staff was very nice and helpful. We would definitely go again. I highly recommend!

This is probably the 15th escape room we have done (both in the US and internationally), and this was by far one of the most well constructed and creatively put together escape room we've done. We really loved how intricate and surprising many of the puzzles were, and how cool many of the contraptions the owner created for the room. Many of the other Escape Room's only do the bare minimum, but here at Escape Zone AZ they really went above and beyond our expectations. We would highly recommend anyone give it a try! read more

Oh my gosh. I went to my first Escape Room at Escape Zone AZ, and now I'm an addict. I've done both the Inheritance and Jail Break now. Jail Break was my favorite, even though my team lost. We were so close! These rooms are multi-stage clues; it's not just "solve a puzzle and get out." I love how detailed the rooms are too here; it's like you're being dropped straight into a story. The Inheritance was a little easier, but we still needed a good number of clues from Grandmother Ghost to make it out at the end - 30 seconds to spare! Either one is great for both beginner and expert Escapers; we're pretty new to the games, but we ran into someone who had done over 100 (!!!) escape rooms and she still thought these were top-notch. We did Jail Break with 8 people and Inheritance with 5, but the rooms are possible with anywhere between 2-8 people (harder with fewer, but also maybe harder with more since these games rely so much on communication). I can't wait until the Lunar Lab and Catacombs open up. If they're anything like the first two rooms, they'll be highly detailed complex environments. Escape Zone has gotten me hooked! read more

Nothing like a night out with friends where you are trying to escape a room in an hour. This is the newest addition to Mill and I think it's a wonderful addition. The business is owned by a father and his sons. They personally designed the puzzles and crafted the rooms themselves. We had the pleasure to talk to them about the experience and you can see the pride they put into each one. We tried our hands at both the Inheritance and Jail Break. Each one of the rooms had its own little charm. The best part is that items move and it's amazing to see the chain reactions you can set off. Between being chained to your teammates in a prison or perusing some scary old dolls in grandma's attic, it is bound to be a blast! It keeps you thinking on your feet and wondering if everything and anything is a clue. So go check this out already and see if you can escape. It helps to keep your mind in check and comes along with the bragging rights for winning. Now let's fast forward to June so I can play Lunar Lab! I'll be waiting! read more

I just finished the jail with my husband a few minutes ago and I played the inheritance yesterday. I'm really tired because I played 6 escape rooms today (and 5 yesterday) so I'm not going to elaborate on everything right now but I HAD to put up my 5 star review because this is one of the best escape room companies in the Phoenix area. Actually the inheritance is one of my favorite rooms I've played and I love the jail too...and coming from a gal that's played around 125 escape rooms that pretty high praise. The decor, creativity, design, storytelling, immersiveness, hint systems, and even the location is top notch. The owners are passionate and dedicated to creating an amazing memorable experience and they do. I can't wait to play their next rooms...and I'll be driving out from Los Angeles to play them because they are THAT good. read more

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Last night we experienced an hour long rush to escape the room. Most of us had never done one before so we all imagined scenes from past horror films or haunted houses. However the owner was to reassure us that this was not the case and was very personable, explaining his vision of the place and walking us through what was going to happen, including an exit button if the panic set in. Also, it is an hour in the room so if you need to use the restroom, use it when he asks prior to going in there. Our group of 6 were led the Inheritance room and an elaborate immersive setup was in store for us. When the timer started, we immediately all dispersed and it became an hour of semi-ordered chaos of finding clues and solving clues that led to more clues (with shouts of joy). Overall they want you to have fun so we were allowed a certain number of hints if we called out, which we used in the last 15 minutes to finish with only 3 minutes to spare! Needless to say, it was a fun experience for all of us as none of us could have expected the complexity of that room. We have already started telling friends about it and hope others enjoy this as well! read more

Been here twice in the past 45 days. Both times it was a fun experience, and the staff was helpful. Good for parties, or just getting friends or family together for some fun! read more

We do a lot of escape rooms and this place is one of our favorites. We've done 2 rooms here and both were fun and challenging. The staff was very nice and knowledgeable and made our time there a great experience. Highly recommended. read more

I was a little leary about being trapped in a "box" but was encouraged by my family that we would survive. We chose an adventure that would require our family of four to actively participate together. Damn! We had a blast. You definitely have to think outside the box in order to make the clues work for you. Many thanks to our secret clue giver for ensuring we had such a great time. We succeeded in escaping right before the time was up. Will definitely do this again when in town. read more

It was so much fun. We did the Grandparent's attic and was able to get out with time to spare. We had six people on the room (3 couples) and it was fun for everyone. read more

Escape zone was the very first place that I went to too that set the bar high for escape rooms. The owners were really nice and the rooms were organized it was a really great experience. read more

Good experience, great for team-building, accommodating staff. Would recommend.

Our group of girls had so much fun completing the challenge. Our host was fantastic and everything was very professional. The room was clean but the staging was old as well it should be! We did the family inheritance room which was staged in the attic. Very fun! read more

What a blast!!! Can't wait until Lunar Lab is open. Employees were great, the rooms were a lot of fun and we WON!!! read more

The Zone Escape Rooms - Escape Games Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Super fun. Very well thought out puzzles and twists that keep you searching and thinking throughout. Immersive stories, clean rooms, and great staff keep the pace moving just right. Overall a great experience. Will definitely return for more! read more

The Zone Escape Rooms - Escape Games Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Really fun experience. First time doing an escape room for all of us This was for work teambuilding and we can't stop talking about it. Decided to do another room for our Holiday party. read more

Thanks for the great HP escape room!! Wizards and muggles alike will enjoy!!

Good location , technology for communication and method of giving hints while in the escape room could be improved on the inheritance room