Escape Room The Game: 4 Rooms Plus Chrono Decoder

Sixty minutes on a countdown timer that does not care how close you were.

This is the starter set for the whole Escape Room The Game system, and the reason to buy this box rather than any of the expansions is the Chrono Decoder itself: an electronic timer with sixteen keys that only unlocks when you enter the right four in the right order. Every other room in the range plugs into it, so this is the one purchase that opens the rest.

Four complete adventures are included, each in three parts: Prison Break, Virus, Nuclear Countdown and Temple of Aztec. Solve a part, enter your four-key code, and either the Decoder lets you through or it takes time off the clock. It is genuinely tense, it is genuinely unforgiving, and the rated age of 16 is not a formality — several of these puzzles will defeat adults.

Perfect for: A group of four who think they are good at this. They are about to find out.

3-5 players | 60 minutes per room | Age 16+ | 4 adventures plus Chrono Decoder