F.A.Q.

Escape Room F.A.Q.

Number of Players

We have 3 different themes. Each can accommodate players as follows:

The Experiment capacity: 2-6 players (optimal 5-6)
The Dark Room capacity: 3-8 players (optimal 5-7)
The Heist capacity: 4-10 players (optimal 7-10)

Also good to know:

generally, bigger teams have a better chance to escape
all games are private (no strangers in the room)

Large Groups

With 3 different themes at ROOM 5280 Seattle we can accommodate 24-26 players simultaneously. We can host even larger groups by having multiple rounds. Please contact us for more details:
call: 206-717-5280
e-mail: Seattle5280@gmail.com

Age Restrictions

While there is no age limit, the ideal age is 14 years and older. You can bring younger children, but at least one team member should be an adult.

Alcohol & Recreational Smoke

We do not recommend it. You will need to be able to focus on the game to escape successfully. Simple truth – drunk people do NOT escape! There are plenty of great restaurants and bars within a walking distance you can enjoy AFTER the game!

Special Skills or Knowledge

Everything that you will require to escape will be provided to you. NO special skills or advanced prior knowledge is required.

Special Skills or Knowledge

Really want to escape? Here's something that will help:

Concentrate
Assess your challenges
Keep using your logic
Keep track of your inventory
Work as a team & move fast
Stay motivated & be creative in how you think
Have fun!

Price & Payment Methods

Game is $38+ per person (depending on your group size). We accept the following methods of payments:

VISA
MasterCard

Discover

American Express

FYI - All Sales are FINAL:

all sales are final - while you can reschedule up to 24 hours before the game, there are NO refunds

Parking

There is usually plenty of metered parking nearby and several paid parking garages.

Arrival

Entrance into our facilities is of Lenora St., double glass doors.
Please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled time.

Game Duration

Once inside the room, you will have 60 minutes to escape! Please arrive 10-15 minutes before the game - we'll need that time to explain how our escape rooms work.
Total experience usually lasts 70-80 minutes (depending on how quickly your team escapes)!

Rescheduling

In case you can't make your originally appointment, you can re-schedule the game up to 24 hours in advance (just follow a link included in your confirmation email or call us).

Are Escape Rooms For Me?

ROOM 5280 live escape game is for anyone who loves a challenge and wants to have fun with family, friends, neighbors or coworkers. The goal is simple: escape from a locked room in 60 minutes using only your team’s thinking skills, deductive reasoning, and logic to solve the room’s mysteries, riddles, and puzzles. The room is filled with a series of cryptic clues and padlocks, so be sure to carefully look over everything in the room. Additional helpful clues will be presented when needed.

Q. How long does a game last?

Once inside the room, you will have 60 minutes to escape! Please allow for 10-15 minutes before the game for us to provide walk you through rules needed to complete the game safely. Overall, ROOM 5280 experience usually should lasts around 70-80 minutes, depending on how quickly your team escapes!

Q.Is there an age limit for team members?

While there is no age limit, the ideal age is 14 years and older. You can bring younger children, but at least one team member must be an adult.

Q. How much is it?

The price is $42-38 per person.

Q. What payment methods do you accept?

Our preferred methods of payments are – VISA, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express.

Q. Can everyone in our group pay separately online?

Yes, each person can pay for themselves (make sure they select the same game/day/time). Alternatively, you can have one person purchase all the tickets for the entire group.

Q. What is the minimum and maximum size of groups per game?

A. With 3 different themes at ROOM 5280 Seattle we can accommodate 24-26 players simultaneously. We can host even larger groups by having multiple rounds. Please contact us via email at Seattle5280@gmail.com or phone at 206-717-5280 for details.

Otherwise, normal min-max number of players for each room is:

The Experiment: 2-6 players
The Dark Room: 2-8 players
The Heist: 4-10 players

Note: generally, bigger teams have a better chance to escape.

Q. If I am unable to show up at the reserved time, what should I do?

You can re-schedule your game up to 24 hours before the start (just follow a link included in your confirmation email).

Q. How’s parking?

There’s always lots of street parking available nearby, as well as paid garage parking.

Q. Should I drink alcohol or smoke weed before the game to make this escape more fun?

We do not recommend that. You will need to be able to focus on the game to escape successfully. Simple truth – drunk people do NOT escape! There are plenty of great restaurants and bars within a walking distance you can enjoy AFTER the game!

Q. Do I need any special skills or knowledge for the game?

Everything that you will require to escape will be provided to you. NO special skills or advanced prior knowledge is required.

Q. I have already tried one of the escape rooms? Is it worth trying out the others?

We have 3 different themes here at ROOM 5280 Seattle. Everything about each theme is unique – story, game flow and puzzles are all different.

Q. I really want to escape! How do I increase my chances?

Concentrate
Assess your challenges
Use your logic
Keep track of your inventory
Be creative
Work as a team
Move fast
Stay motivated
Have fun!

Q. Who is the live escape game designed for?

ROOM 5280 live escape game is for anyone who loves a challenge and wants to have fun with family, friends, neighbors or coworkers. The goal is simple: escape from a locked room in 60 minutes using only your team’s thinking skills, deductive reasoning, and logic to solve the room’s mysteries, riddles, and puzzles. The room is filled with a series of cryptic clues and padlocks, so be sure to carefully look over everything in the room. Additional helpful clues will be presented when needed.

We love ROOM5280! It’s our third time solving their rooms and they have not disappointed us. The staff, especially our guide Chuck, was helpful and encouraging, making the experience extra enjoyable! We were able to escape The Heist with just a little more than two minutes left, and we really felt like we were on our A-game, so it was a challenging but very rewarding experience! Would definitely recommend!

Lee Woods

20:01 11 Mar 23

The staff was great and puzzles were fun. All around good time 🙂

Kenneth Soto

16:51 08 Mar 23

I've gone to this location twice, and both times had a ton of fun! The clues are inventive and challenging, but not impossible, and the hosts are fantastic.

Francisco Chaj

16:03 07 Mar 23

Great experience here. Thoroughly enjoyed it - would gladly show up again. Shoutout to Sam and team - this game was well designed.

Franklin

07:28 27 Feb 23

Chuck was the best. Coming back just for Chuck

Gabrielle Potts

07:43 02 Jan 23

My group and I had a great time! The staff was amazing and very helpful, especially Kara!

Emma Grua

20:55 30 Dec 22

Had a lot of fun 🤩 we probably broke the record lol

Phoenix Luo (羅瑋)

11:20 19 Nov 22

Tried the Dark Room. Really nice setup and background story. Puzzles were good.

Dibyendu Mondal

04:49 19 Nov 22

My friends visiting from Miami and I had such an amazing time here tackling The Heist! We knew going into it that it was one of the trickier rooms, but the aesthetic called to us. We had an awesome time and the puzzle room host Chuck was great and really made the experience special.Ps. We love u Chuck and be sure to do a little dance for us

Madi Clark

16:58 30 Oct 22

Me and my group of 4 did “TheHeist” and it was AWESOME. Super fun and challenging! The space is awesome, the staff was great, it felt super clean and safe and they really think of everything! We especially enjoyed the staff member who helped us- Chuck! They were super cool and knowledgeable! We will be back!

Jordi Montes

20:31 15 Oct 22

We did The Heist as a group of four - two of us had never done an escape room, one had only once, and one more experienced. We escaped!We loved our game master Chuck who told us that the success rate for escaping that room is like 16%, typically with 7-8 experienced players and an average of 8 hints. We did not have that many players or experience, and used only 2.5 hints! We had about 20 seconds left to spare I think!I loved that Chuck took the time to show off the puzzles they created and I will definitely be back for the dark room!

K & A

19:05 15 Oct 22

Our group did the Heist for our homecoming and James made our night. He watched us do grand jetés in front of the cameras to ask for hints and took pictures of us at the end. The Heist was a fun escape room for our large group, was challenging but flowed well. We were able to escape within the time limit with only a couple hints. Had an awesome night with my friends, would recommend to anyone who wants to have a night of fun!

Claire

04:24 10 Oct 22

BEST ESCAPE ROOM EVER!! we did the heist with 10 people and it kept everyone entertained. it was intense but gave time for fun and messing around and many laughs. you can control how much external help you get, so it’s very adaptable to the preferences of your group. james was the most mvp staff member ever, i honestly feel like we made a lifelong friend. i will literally never forget how hilarious and fun he was, or the spectacular evening my friends and i enjoyed at room 5280!!

Maddie Ford

04:18 10 Oct 22

The Dark Room was really fun! Most of our group had done several escape rooms, and this one was still a good challenge, and the story behind the room was very interesting as well.Our game master Chuck was SO lovely and made the experience that much better. I'd love to go back and try their other rooms!

Sudee S

03:10 12 Sep 22

Did two of the escape rooms and had so much fun, the people who run the place are also really cool and make the rooms more exciting. Shoutout to Chuck for explaining everything and even giving us extra time to solve the rest of the room’s puzzles!

John Nguyen (waejay)

03:08 15 Aug 22

Best escape room I've ever been to, Chuck deserves a raise for being great

Riley Holmes

03:10 08 Aug 22

Had a great time here this weekend while we were killing time for a flight out of Seattle. We did the heist room. It was challenging and we definitely needed all the clues we got. My kids (15 and 13) asked if we could go back for their other rooms.

Nicole Merrill

00:59 25 Jul 22

I loved this escape room. Did the heist with a group of 5 and we were working the whole time!! The room was cleverly designed and the game masters Kay and Chuck did an amazing job making us feel welcome, explaining things quickly, and providing hints when asked. I especially loved that at the end they gave us feedback on our performance and provided insight into our favorite mechanisms. I will definitely be back to do all the other rooms. This place is in my top 3 escape rooms of all time!

Ginelle M.

20:08 15 Jul 22

So much fun! Kind staff and great escape room

za_zsc

10:40 15 Jul 22

Had a great time even though we didn’t get out in time, you can probably figure who was to fault in the photo…would go again but maybe as a smaller group.

David N

04:02 04 Jul 22

The Experiment was very enjoyable for the three of us. Lots of fun eureka moments and satisfying payoffs. We wanted to stay and do more!

Eric Buchholz

08:46 02 Jul 22

As with all Escape Rooms, the first challenge is to find the entrance to the location. Once in Celia was a great Gamemaster and kept the game going and challenging. Really enjoyed the game.

Harivardhan Pyaram

03:52 29 Jun 22

Did the 'Heist' room with my group of 8. Really cool room and we escaped with about 5 minutes to spare and using 2 hints. Had a lot of fun 🙂

Matt Potterton

17:36 28 Jun 22

Really well planned out, super fun and excellent host. Would definitely love to do more of their rooms!

Shameem Sherwin

06:18 28 Jun 22

Quinn loves playing games and makes the escape room and infectious environment filled with fun.

Emmett Khan

03:27 28 Jun 22