Thanks to COVID a lot more people are spending a lot more time online, at home or just bored. Zoom quizzes with friends were good initially but can get boring fast. So what is there to do? How about Online or Virtual escape rooms? They are a wonderful way to kill time by yourself or with others.
In person Escape rooms have really taken off over the last 10 years in cities and towns across the globe. COVID means that many people are now unable to share small rooms with lots of people for an hour or more.
So many of us have now adjusted to life online or working from home and online escape rooms have really come into their own as another way to distract and spend time with friends or family remotely whilst staying safe and giving the little grey cells a little old work out 🙂
There are lots of different of online escape rooms, the main differences tend to be:
- Cost
- Facilitated (whether there is a live guide during your session)
- Whether Pre-Printed material is needed to support it
- Level of Professionalism/Marketing/Imagery & Design
The following escape rooms are purely digital there is no hosting.
Here is my latest and constantly growing list of all online escape rooms.
| Name | Format | # of Players | Cost | Tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hogwarts Digital Escape Room | Google Forms | Individually or as a team | Free | None |
| Minecraft Escape Room | Google Forms | Individually or as a team | Free | None |
| Oscars Stolen Oscar | Google Forms | Individually or as a team | Free | None |
| Mr X – The Online Treasure Hunt | Text | Individually or as a team | Free | Google, Twitter, YouTube, Google Maps, Street View and local websites to help your search for information. |