Immersive Gamebox — Attraction in Houston

Located to the right of the LA Fitness in the MarqE, this little experience reminded me of walking into an escape room (and normal pricing seems to be on par with other active things like an escape room). There is a lobby with drinks and staff on site to help you get set up. You enter a room and put on a visor with sensors that will track your location for all of the minigames. We got in perfectly on time for the 1PM reservation with a group of 5.

We did the Escape Room and Squid Game experiences, which take about an hour each.

The Escape Room experience was interesting. The first part was more of a traditional escape room, which was bounded by icons to indicate clues that I thought made it a little too easy. Other parts of the experience were more active and utilized the AR aspect of the visors, which I thought was much more fun. The last part was more puzzle-heavy and was fun to solve in a group.

The Squid Game minigames were all much more active. If you've watched the show, they seem to be pretty good twists on it with the AR movement. I think, as a group, most of us liked this one better because of the active component, though we all had different favorite minigames.

The technology is slightly finnicky in the back-right rooms. Our first room was unresponsive (we were quickly shuffled to a new room) and in our new room, one wall was slightly offset vertically. We mentioned this to the staff and they noted that the busier times at weekend may have this problem, and they do recalibrate the rooms if you report something.

Overall, I would say four is the sweetspot for the experiences we did. Two would mean a lot more active participation but be a great date (since the Squid Game minigames are in 1s or 2s at a time, and the "quiz" components would be pretty challenging with two people). The rooms hold up to six people, which I would say would have a lot...

Ouuu weee pricy if you have a lot of kids lol BUT it is pretty cool. Hidden gem. The experience the kids loved it. Took my 3 of my 5 kids. I played one game myself. ADULTS they DO serve canned alcohol beverages I actually found a new drink I never heard of and will be buying lol so I do thank this place for that and will post a picture of it. Overall pretty good size. MAKE A RESERVATION online BEFORE you go. I’ve seen so many people turned away because they did not have a reservation. There’s only a certain amount of rooms and they have to be reserved obviously. One thing I did not like was that there is only one bathroom. When it was our turn, my son had to go to the bathroom and was stuck in a line. There are other bathrooms outside this place about 1000 feet away. I heard some lady talking about how she paid somebody outside for her parking?! Ladies and gentlemen, do not pay anybody any cash whatsoever you make sure you pay the machine there are some very smart, homeless people who have signs and vest on. They will take your money, and you will get to your vehicle at the end of the night with the boot on it!! I will be back with my husband lol my kids maybe once a year thing because like I said, it is pricey specially when you have a lot of kids. Overall, it is a great experience. I spent under $200 for my kids to play a total of one hour and 30 minutes worth of video games. Two games to be specific. The squid games which is one hour in the Angry Birds for 30 minutes. Oh yeah and you will get very hot so make sure you wear a tank top or something lol This is a cool date spot ! If it’s adults, it’s totally cool. The rooms are divided with heavy glass, so the screaming is minimized in every room. Parents you don’t have to worry about shutting your kids up lol and guys and girls who like to scream while playing a game like myself...

Parking is not convenient, as you have to either pay for parking in the surrounding lots ($10-30) or find street parking and walk.

Location was tricky to find, since it is inside another building that isn’t really marked or labeled, but thankfully they have a sign at the entrance of building pointing you in the right direction.

Check in is really fast and easy. Brandon was our liaison. He was very approachable, kind, and helpful.

The facility has free lockers inside that are protected by keys which is a really nice and convenient touch.

The rooms are clean, spacious, semi-private, and conveniently have a railing in the back of each where you can set down drinks and/or phones.

The games are really fun! We played Squid Games and Alien Aptitude Test. We enjoyed that there were both team work and competitive elements to the games we played. There were several other games that seemed really interesting too.

Really cool that the games stop mid way to ask if you want drinks, and that the staff brings the drinks directly to you. Drinks are kind of pricey ($9 for a white claw / $12 for a single shot mixed drink) but it is a very nice and convenient feature for sure.

Over all the experience can get really pricey, but it’s also a unique, fun, interactive, and fully immersive experience.

Definitely book in advance online, and if you have time to spare, book the game combos they have available so that you get 120 mins of game play instead of 60 and it’s slightly less expensive per game.

Once you leave the first session, they give you a reusable key tag that gives you 15% off the next booking, so at least there’s that.

Great date night, family bonding, or team building activity. Would...