Location: Durham
Top Things to do in Durham
What to do and see in Durham, North Carolina (NC): The Best Room Escape Games
Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population to be 251,893 as of July 1, 2014, making it the 4th-most populous city in North Carolina, and the 78th-most populous city in the United States. Durham is the core of the four-county Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Area, which has a population of 542,710 as of U.S. Census 2014 Population Estimates. The US Office of Management and Budget also includes Durham as a part of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area, which has a population of 2,037,430 as of U.S. Census 2014 Population Estimates.
Restaurants in Durham
1. Bull City Escape
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 184 reviews
Bull City Escape is an exhilarating, interactive experience designed to test your wits. The premise is simple: small groups are locked in a room and have 60 minutes to escape. To find the key, you must work together to unearth clues, solve puzzles, and crack codes. Book a room with your friends, family, or co-workers – and see if you have what it takes to escape!
Reviewed By Cuse10VA - Albany, United States
This is the second time I have been to Bull City Escape, and it was just as fabulous as the first. I have completed both the Enchanted Kingdom and the Murder Mystery escape rooms and they were both highly interactive, engaging, and FUN. Not only do the rooms reflect a passion for the stories, but the staff are interactive and informative. Luckily the team I was part of escaped both times, but even if we hadn't the experience would still have been great. I highly recommend Bull City Escape as a go-to Durham destination.
2. NC Escape
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 189 reviews
Welcome to NC Escape - a cooperative, real-life mystery space where nothing is as it seems. You and your team are on a mission. You have 60 minutes to escape by solving a series of puzzles that will challenge your mind and confound your senses. Explore, adapt, work together, think creatively -- and you just might succeed.
Reviewed By hudson_NC9812
What a fun way to spend date night! We wondered into NC Escape on a spontaneous date night and were not sure what to expect. The staff helped a choose an experience suitable for couples and, though pretty low tech, the puzzles kept us thinking and the jump scares had us laughing. We needed a few clues along the way but we finished and the time went by really quickly. We would definitely recommend.
3. Escape On Purpose
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 36 reviews
Escape On Purpose is a real-life escape game for groups of 2-10 people. Work as a team,testing your skills to escape the room in under 60 minutes.Work together by finding clues, solving puzzles and conquering challenges. At Escape On Purpose you CHOOSE 1 of 3 CHARITIES to which part of your game fee will be donated ESCAPE for FUN. GIVE on PURPOSE. We are an anti- COVID destination! We wear our masks, wipe down our surfaces, offer hand sanitizer and schedule adequate time between our escapes for disinfection. When you sign up we also block our rooms for JUST YOUR GROUP so that you can play safely and with confidence that you are protected. So come and play for a good cause (supporting a worthy charity) and to get out to do something SAFE and FUN- we could ALL use that!
Reviewed By MaisyNC
Escape on Purpose is our favorite escape room in the area. The details they put into designing the rooms are incredible. We just completed the new room Mission:Submarine Attack. Incredible design work where you feel like you are in an actual submarine. The owners are very friendly and create a great experience. I've done escape rooms in other cities and states and Escape on Purpose is in my top 3. We are looking forward to the new room coming in October/November.
4. Mission X Escape
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 34 reviews
Mission X Escape is a real life escape game in Durham, NC with 3 distinct theme rooms, Mirage, Vampire Manor and Butcher Shop that contain exciting role-play storylines for players to solve puzzles, riddles and finding clues that test their teamwork and strategy skills to escape the room!
Reviewed By 792vivianp - Carrboro, United States
We all had fun! We worked together and used clues to find our way out of rooms. Family of 5 with two teenagers. The game kept their interest and they begged to go back. We completed the Vampire room. It wasn't too scary, so younger children can play.
5. Intrepid Life
Intrepid Life is an adventure school that teaches and mentors fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance to those who thirst for more in life. Our programs include escape games, airsoft games and training, survival training, and marksmanship training.
