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7 Thrilling Escape Rooms You Can Do At Home With Your Friends This Weekend

Staying in doesn't need to be boring.
Staff Writer

Race against the clock to solve the mystery. If you are looking for a fun way to spend time with your friends this weekend, why not try these online escape rooms?

Some of the games below feel like stepping into a high-intensity murder mystery, where you'll have to channel your inner Sherlock Holmes.

If you've never played a virtual escape game before, The B.R.U.C.E. Project is a fantastic choice.

But, for something more frightful, try Hunting A Killer. It has so many surprising twists that will give you goosebumps.

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The B.R.U.C.E. Project: Part 1

Price: 15.00 per team (approximately $25.88)

Why You Need To Go: It is a pun-filled and easy to navigate robot-themed escape room, where everyone sees the same thing on the screen. You can play with up to six people as you try to solve well-designed puzzles.

Taken

Price: $24.99 per team

Why You Need To Go: In Escape Manor's Taken, you are a detective racing against the clock to find a kidnapped United Nations official before it is too late.

The Cyphstress

Price: £10.00 per team (approximately $17.25)

Why You Need To Go: It is a highly immersive game that takes two 90 minute sessions to play and will have you searching an island and social media to track a missing person.

Together Apart

Price: $5.00 USD per team (approximately $6.60)

Why You Need To Go: You can try the free game before you jump into the paid game. Together Apart is for two people, where each person sees different things on their screen, and you will need to take turns describing what you see to unravel the puzzles.

CSI: Stranglehold

Price: $35.16 per team

Why You Need To Go: It is for up to eight people as you try to track down 'The Eastside Strangler' who roams the streets of London.

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two

Price: $6.69 per person

Why You Need To Go: It is a mysterious game for two people where you find yourself in a dark fantasy world.

Hunting A Killer

Price: $20.00 NZD per team (approximately $18.04)

Why You Need To Go: This game will give you chills as you rush to arrest a serial killer before he kills his next victim.

  • Stephanie White was an Ottawa-based Associate Editor for Narcity Canada. She has been writing mouthwatering food and wanderlust-inspiring articles for Canadians since 2012. She has a B.A. and B.Ed. from Ottawa University. When she isn't writing, you can find her travelling the globe and trying new restaurants. Stephanie has previously been published on Insider, Flight Network, Apartment Therapy, Faces Magazine, Daily Hive, Dished and The Spruce.

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