The 12 best escape rooms in Pittsburgh

“Amazing immersive experience from the moment you step onto the property. Did their first room as a seasoned duo and was impressed by the variety of puzzles. There was a lot to do for two people but we managed. There was no way to communicate with the GMs so we weren’t sure if we could ask for a hint but wasn’t an issue as we switched puzzle control to get a new set of eyes to solve. There was no clock so you had to rely on your internal clock (we chose to lock our phones away) or wait for the room to mention a time which happened twice. Overall the set design and quality of puzzles was worth the price for escape room enthusiasts.”

NoKeyNoProblem

171 games played

“Played this as an Escape Enthusiast (235 rooms) with one friend. We were able to make it out with less than a minute left - with me doing 99% of the puzzles and leg work. A great room for 2 enthusiasts or 4 casual players. Very unique experience with great puzzles. Lighting cues are key!”

Fluffypeanuts

252 games played

“Felt like a well designed room. Second room/site I’ve done of the Escape Room Pittsburgh and both of the rooms I’ve done with them so far seem to do a great job of some local callouts that you don’t get to see as much in chain escape room companies. In terms of the puzzle, nice semi linear puzzle with a nice variety of puzzle types including a couple red herrings (with bonus points to details that acknowledge as much in a way) found it easy for my team of four to rotate around a bit working as partners helping keep track of the details that while not always needed to solve a puzzle, can make it a bit easier to solve and helped us finish the room without any hints.”

“Large spacious room that did a great job of tying into a local theme and the aesthetics a repurposed bank vault. Game master was attentive and gave a couple welcomed nudges. Really appreciated some of the mechanisms used including almost no key/combination locks so puzzles were a bit more intellectual puzzle solving.”

“i don’t usually like the tomb theme but this was really well done. many fun rooms/surprises, and didn’t have too many overwhelming symbols like tomb rooms usually have. very techy and all worked perfect”

“While not the most challenging room I’ve been in, the full immersion aspect is on point, and I had already left comments complementing Escape Room Pittsburghs aesthetic designs for Diamond Heist and Carnegie’s Millions. Subway Escape goes above and beyond from the well produced introduction video to a special effect that I haven’t seen in an escape room before, and that as a theatre tech absolutely love since I didn’t expect the effect and had to look around a bit to see the mechanism that did it. For some it’ll be like magic. In terms of puzzles, as mentioned, not the hardest to solve but enough to allow some non linear team work and parallel problem solving but some added difficulty keeping track of past things seen and what has and hasn’t been used. There were a couple glitches to the room that the game master noted, and who was attentively enough to recognize that we had triggered the solution to one but have us a nudge to find what didn’t open like it should have. Sounds like the company is always doing some internal review to keep the rooms working well. Can’t wait to be back in Pittsburgh and be able to try the last of their rooms!”