Puzzle Theory - Escape Room — Attraction in South Windsor

I came here with my bestie who’s never done an escape room before, and I was completely blown away by the build quality and the puzzles of the two-people rooms that I did, The Wizard Realm and The Jungle Dimension.

I had tons of great conversation with our game master, Peter, who is a true expert and loves what he does. Before you even step foot into the door of your room, the immersion begins (especially in The Wizard Realm), and it pays off in the end… I don’t want to spoil anything 😆

My friend is a huge Harry Potter fan, and she totally loved The Wizard Realm. It has no locks, and everything is run by “magic” (if you know what I mean). The room AND sound design was awesome, and I was mouth agape, taking in the careful attention to detail in the room. There was a cool mix of puzzles, and you have to carefully observe everything in the room because it all has a clever purpose. It draws inspiration from Harry Potter, so it has to be on your bucket list if you’re a fan.

Since we had such an amazing time in The Wizard Realm, I asked if we could book another on the spot, and Peter readily scheduled us for an excursion to the jungle (keep in mind that it was a Tuesday). For a two-person escape room, the pricing is extremely reasonable for what you receive here.

The Jungle Dimension is more of your standard codes and locks escape room if that’s more your style. The start is a slow burn as you explore your new surroundings, but by the end, you accumulate so much momentum working on the main objective. There are more physically skilled challenges to do, so if you like tactile tasks, then you would like this room. This room had me and my friend dancing inside because, yet again, its atmosphere and sound design were surprising, immersive, and entertaining.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Wizard Realm because I love to see the unique ways that businesses engineer their escape rooms, so I had a lot of fun discovering the mechanics of the room. I booked here in the first place for The Wizard Realm, but my Harry Potter-obsessed friend said that she actually enjoyed doing the puzzles in The Jungle Dimension more and being hands-on.

The final cherry on top was the “prize” at the end for winning. I was lucky and left with a special memento that the owner 3D prints himself.

All of the little touches throughout my experience make Puzzle Theory one of my favorite escape rooms of all time. I’m very confused why I didn’t come here sooner.

My friend, who was hesitant about doing an escape room, found herself enjoying the experience more than she expected. This place is perfect for both the escape room noob and fanatic.

I will return here to finish the other rooms, and I have no doubt in my mind that the other three rooms are even better. Thanks...

Played P.T. Railways: Spectral Rift with a group of 8, and we all loved it! Puzzles were unique, fun, and interesting. There were so many puzzles that it felt much longer than it actually was-- which we liked, because some escape rooms can FEEL like they only took 30 minutes. This one had us on high energy throughout the whole hour. We're still talking about the puzzles and how much we liked them hours after finishing the room. Some more details at the end, but they're a little spoiler-y, so tread carefully!

I really appreciate that we were able to book a time and have flexibility on the number of people in the room. Our group can be a little flaky or last-minute, so this was perfect for us! It's really rare to see, so thank you!! I wish we could've known the average time or quickest time, or the completion rate, since we're a competitive group and motivated by other people's scores.

Shoutout to Peter for accommodating our same-day booking. Both of the Railway escape rooms are set in the same environment with different puzzles (so I'm not sure we'd do the other Railway room, but we definitely want to try Warehouse 13 or Wizards!) and a couple of our puzzles were set to the other room's setting, but they weren't huge blockers. I would just keep it in mind if you do one of the Railway rooms last-minute. (We also want to say: we like your hat, Peter.)

[somewhat spoiler warning] The clues for some puzzles (but only a few) were a little all over the place, and didn't really "match" the lock. Not a bad thing but it made finding out the right solution to some puzzles a little unsatisfying. I think that tends to be the experience with combination lock puzzles, which is okay, but this room had a large amount of those. For a few other puzzles, we'd be stuck at a point where only one or two people could be doing something and we'd all have to wait for that person to be done. Also not necessarily a bad thing, and it's how it is sometimes-- just something to keep in mind if you have a...

Updated 11/10!

Wow we decided to come back and try a different room and I’m so happy we did. Warehouse 13 was one of the top 3 rooms we have ever done. 4 different rooms in 1, clever puzzles that were difficult but make sense. Seeing as this is their new room and seeing the evolution from the earlier rooms they created I cannot wait to see what they come up with next. Still a few times where you were not totally sure you solved the puzzle but a minor critique on an otherwise amazing room.

We have done a lot of puzzles rooms and this is a hard review for me to rate. For the good, staff was great. Even though it was almost midnight Peter was lively and engaging and helped where needed with the puzzles. The clues were all handled via a computer where you would click on the puzzle and it gave you the a break down of the puzzle. It also wasn’t you’re typical combination lock puzzle and was interactive. The pricing was very reasonable and all rooms are private with no buyout price. Also given a cool little trinket for finishing. Look forward to collecting them all.

Now onto the areas for improvement (because really there was nothing bad about the experience.) Billed as multi room it really wasn’t. It had a second closet sized room that honestly could have been part of the main room. The room was a little small overall, 4 people would have been tough to fit. The puzzles were a little easy it if your a family or haven’t done a lot of room this could be a plus. How to finish a puzzle wasn’t always obvious, meaning maybe after you put in the combo you might have to hold a button for a few seconds. Finally the clues could have been a little more clue and less just telling you how to complete the puzzle.

I would likely go back and if this is your first puzzle room this is a...