{"id":14893,"date":"2021-04-02T14:19:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T12:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opolum.com\/what-is-an-escape-room\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:12:33","slug":"what-is-an-escape-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/en\/what-is-an-escape-room\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an escape room?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What is an escape room?<\/h2>

An escape room (also known as a room escape, escape game, exit game, etc.) is a game in which small groups (usually 2 – 6 people) have to solve a series of puzzles within a certain period of time (usually 60 – 90 minutes). The respective solutions help you to get through one or more rooms to the exit or to successfully complete a certain mission. You can now find these exciting escape room games in almost every major city in the world. <\/p>

Where do escape rooms come from?<\/h2>

In 2004, Toshimitsu Takagi from Japan developed the computer game “Crimson Room”, in which the aim was to escape from a room by solving various tasks and puzzles. This electronic game then gave rise to the first live escape games in 2007, also in Japan. <\/p>

Since then, this form of sophisticated entertainment has made its way around the globe without a game. There are now a myriad of different escape room concepts, but the aim is always to complete a certain mission under time pressure. <\/p>

How does an escape room work?<\/h2>

In general, there is a specific mission to complete (e.g. “Solve the criminal case, escape from prison, find the treasure, rob the bank” and much more). An employee of the respective organizer acts as “gamemaster” or “operator” and explains all the rules and the aim of the game at the beginning. You are then led into a specially designed adventure room and have to solve a series of puzzles with your team within a certain time in order to successfully complete the mission. <\/p>

How long does an escape room last?<\/h2>

As described above, the most common duration is around one hour – depending on how quickly you solve the puzzles, of course. However, this time varies depending on the provider and the task. Some escape rooms last 90 minutes or even longer. <\/p>

Feel like it?<\/h3>

If you’re now in the mood to play an escape room, we can highly recommend our OPOLUM. Here we add a unique factor to the classic escape room concept: live actors who are in the game with you! <\/p>

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In case you have any further questions about escape rooms after watching the video, we answer the most frequently asked questions here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[24],"class_list":["post-14893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-escape-room","author-offroadcommunications"],"authors":[{"term_id":24,"user_id":5,"is_guest":0,"slug":null,"display_name":"Christoph","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Christoph-Freese.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Christoph-Freese.jpg"},"author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"Christoph","job_title":"","description":"Hey ich bin Christoph und ein Escape Room Pioneer der ersten Stunde. Ich bin vor knapp 10 Jahren in Deutschland als Escape Room Betreiber gestartet. Heute kenne ich die Branche sehr gut und bin bei neuen Trends immer auf dem Laufenden. Aber ich schaue auch gerne \u00fcber den Tellerrand hinaus. Mich interessiert alles rund um Escape Rooms, Krimispiele, Krimidinner und Brettspiele. Viel Spa\u00df beim Lesen meiner Blog Artikel.\r\n"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16841,"href":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14893\/revisions\/16841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14893"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opolum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=14893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}