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These Are 7 Of Ottawa’s Most Challenging Escape Rooms & You Better Bring Your A-Game

One of them could get you recruited by Canada's spy agency! 😲

Staff Writer

Does your team have what it takes? These are seven of the most challenging escape rooms in Ottawa, and they will have you racing against the clock.

From the world's largest escape room to a puzzle that could get you recruited at Communications Security Establishment, there is no shortage of amazing games you'll want to try.

The Byward Market Butcher

Price: $28 per person

Address: 2 ByWard Market Square, Ottawa, ON

Success Rate: 10%

Why You Need To Go: You'll feel like you've stepped into a horror movie inside this creepy room.

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Escape The Diefenbunker

Price: $32 per person

Address: 3929 Carp Rd., Carp, ON

Success Rate: 30%

Why You Need To Go: It is the world's largest escape room, and takes place over an entire floor of an underground bunker.

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Undermined

Price: $25.66 per person

Address: 1860 Bank St., Ottawa, ON

Success Rate: 20%

Why You Need To Go: In this game, you are inside an old mining site and need to escape before it collapses.

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The Recruit

Price: $25 per person

Address: 982 Wellington St. W., Ottawa, ON

Success Rate: 16% (bonus puzzle 1%)

Why You Need To Go: This escape room might get you hired at CSE. Escape Manor told Narcity if you can complete the room with time still on the clock, you can tackle the bonus puzzle, which "is the key to having your credentials forwarded on to the CSE recruiter."

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Becoming a Superhero

Price: $23 per person

Address: 329 March Rd., Ottawa, ON

Success Rate: 25%

Why You Need To Go: Together with your friends, you'll need to pass three tests to prove you have what it takes to be a superhero.

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Deliverance

Price: $25.66 per person

Address: 1860 Bank St., Ottawa, ON

Success Rate: 20%

Why You Need To Go: It has such a original story. In this room, you are at work and need to deliver a pizza to a vacant home.

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Hockey Fans Unite

Price: $95 per person (for up to six people)

Address: 1080 Ogilvie Rd., Ottawa, ON

Success Rate: 25%

Why You Need To Go: If you a huge hockey fan, you'll want to try this game where you need to track down the missing Lockdown Cup.

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Before you get going, check out our Responsible Travel Guide so you can be informed, be safe, be smart, and most of all, be respectful on your adventure.

  • 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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