Captive Escape Rooms

One small thing — I’ve noticed many escape rooms do not stop the clock when you call for a hint. Why is that? That said, I THINK (we didn’t ask) Captive does stop the clock when you call for a hint. Upon solving and leaving the room, we checked the time and realized we were about 4 minutes past the hour. Either the owners were super nice and gave us extra time, or they did what every escape room should do and stopped the clock. Whatever it was did not go unappreciated because it made the difference between us leaving Captive as happy winners or semi-​salty losers.
Anyway, our group had lots of fun here! We did the Cabinet of Curiosities mainly because we wanted the extra 15 minutes to complete it. The owners Shaun and Marina are super friendly and their enthusiasm really helped set the pace.
Shaun and Marina did a great job with the design of the rooms. They created an atmosphere that made it difficult to not become immersed in that world for an hour. I also greatly appreciate the multi room layout, I can understand why many facilities can’t pull this off but when they can, it’s great.
After my experience here, I’m very excited to come back and see what they’ve done with the other rooms! Especially the one in the attic.

came here for a team building event from work and absolutely loved it.
I think it’s an excellent way to work as a team and also to think simply instead of complicating things.
we were greeted by the owners and its amazing how passionate they are about this stuff. the thought and creativity that goes into each room is just amazing.
I would definitely recommend this place and would love to come back with my friends!

Captive Rooms is located in the downtown core and is situated upstairs from a restaurant. It has a sizable lobby area which was surprising for a downtown escape facility. The owners were super friendly and you could tell they are very passionate about escape games. We did their Charlotte room and Dracula’s library. I would recommend the Dracula’s library over Charlotte, but I enjoyed both. There was no tech in either rooms, but the puzzles were creative, fun, and most importantly, intuitive but still challenging enough. The décor was very good and the multi-​room layout was a bonus (most downtown facilities have very small rooms). I do prefer 60 minute escape rooms, but even with 45 minutes, our group felt like there was sufficient time without feeling like the game was too short. However, I feel like this place is missing something to make this escape facility 5 stars. I’m not sure if it’s the lack of tech or not having any ‘surprising’ elements since I’ve done so many escape rooms at this point. Overall, I think Captive rooms is great and definitely would recommend it to both first time escapers and experienced ones.