Yes that was hard, but here are our Top 25 so far.
Andrea’s Top 25
- The undersea overthrow – Improbable escapes HQ
- Job de marde – Déserteur jeu d’évasion
- Underwater Lair – Escape!
- Neverland: Heist of the high sea – Improbable escapes Wonderland
- Magnifico – Escaparium
- Mindmaster Industries – Escape city
- The Graveyard – Next level escape rooms
- The Cave of Five Elements to Save Humanity – Lockdown
- Playground – The escape game
- Prohibition: Last call – Captured escape rooms
- Kappa – Exode
- The body shop – Red fox escapes
- Undermined – Room escape Ottawa
- Budapest express – Escapology
- Firefighter rescue – Escape from the 6
- Pipes and princesses – Ichabod’s escape
- The last laugh – Perplexity Escape games
- Le palais des voeux – 60 minutes jeux d’évasion
- La Cabane ensorcelée – 60 minutes jeux d’évasion
- It came from the attic – Looking glass adventure
- Wizardry: Wizard Tournament – Escape 60
- The lost shipwreck – Crypto escape rooms
- Marv’s Diner Deluxe – Eureka
- Yukon gold – Escape!
- Mrs Ming’s old shop – Atelier des énigmes

The most important aspect of an escape room for me is the puzzles. I look for varied puzzle logic with a good balance between locks, automatic mechanisms, and manipulation. I prefer non-linear rooms where everyone has something to do. Puzzles should make sense with the theme and story, and I especially enjoy those with multiple steps.
For decor, I appreciate when the room has a purpose and the flow aligns with the story. I prefer multiple rooms escape game and when there’s good attention to details, but I can overlook decor issues if the puzzles are exceptional.
I don’t enjoy actors or guided rooms; I prefer to complete the experience with just my group and without constant interruptions for videos or audio. I also like it when the game master follows our progress and impersonate a character while providing hints.
My favorite themes are always those who are unique, funny and surprising!

Gaël’s Top 25
- Magnifico – Escaparium
- Underwater Lair – Escape!
- Mindmaster Industries – Escape City
- The undersea overthrow – Improbable escapes HQ
- Kappa – Exode
- Job de marde – Déserteur jeu d’évasion
- Firefighter rescue – Escape from the 6
- The Cave of Five Elements to Save Humanity – Lockdown
- Best Friends – Escape 60
- The body shop – Red fox escapes
- Mrs Ming’s old shop– Atelier des énigmes
- Wizardry: Wizard Tournament – Escape 60
- Playground – The escape game
- The Graveyard – Next level escape rooms
- The last laugh – Perplexity Escape games
- Neverland: heist of the high sea – Improbable escapes Wonderland
- Storyteller’s secret – Boxaroo
- Pipes and princesses – Ichabod’s escape
- Chaos effect – Trapped
- The lost shipwreck – Crypto escape rooms
- Abstraction – Eliviascape
- Lost and Found – Perplexity Escape games
- Wicca – SOS aventures
- The witching hour – Trapology
- Prohibition: Last call – Captured escape rooms
Sophie’s Top 25
- Magnifico – Escaparium
- The undersea overthrow – Improbable escapes HQ
- Mindmaster Industries – Escape City
- Firefighter rescue – Escape from the 6
- The Graveyard – Next level escape rooms
- Underwater Lair – Escape !
- Neverland: heist of the high sea – Improbable escapes Wonderland
- The Cave of Five Elements to Save Humanity – Lockdown
- Kappa – Exode
- The last laugh – Perplexity Escape games
- Job de Marde – Déserteur jeu d’évasion
- The lost island of the voodoo queen – Escaparium
- Clue – Next level escape rooms
- Pipes and princesses – Ichabod’s escape
- Le palais des voeux – 60 minutes jeux d’évasion
- The ark – The escape game Canada
- Reactor 4 – Ready set go adventures
- The final stop V2 – Escaparium
- Undermined – Room escape Ottawa
- The lost shipwreck – Crypto escape rooms
- Lost and Found – Perplexity Escape games
- The Alley – Keymaster escape rooms
- La cabane ensorcelée – 60 minutes jeux d’évasion
- The witches of Everwinter – Confundrum escape rooms
- Le carnaval oublié – Escaparium

The main criteria that make me enjoy an escape room are the puzzles and the decor. The puzzles should be related to the theme and logical, requiring some thought. I really like locks, but I also appreciate a good mix of different types of mechanisms. The decor should be realistic and believable. They don’t need to be the most impressive for me to fall in love with a room.
Next, the game master should be motivated and in character, either in person or over the phone, to maintain the connection to the theme. There should be someone who follows your progress to know where you are and give you the right hint. I enjoy original and unique scenarios.
Guided escape rooms with a story that interrupts the game are not really my type. I love the stories of scary escape rooms, but unfortunately, I get really frightened, and my courage fades once I’m in the room. If there are only small jumps and a tense atmosphere, I can manage. However, if there are live actors, it’s impossible for me to participate. Overall, what matters most is if I had fun and enjoyed my experience.
Top 5 – Alcohol/Bar
Top 5 – Alice Wonderland
- Chaos au pays des merveilles – Paradox 42
- Au pays des merveilles – À double tour
- Mad’er Tea party – Ichabod’s escape
- Alice and the Mad Hatter’s Mad Hat’s Hat – Escaparium
- Rabbit hole – Escape!
Top 5 – Aztec
- The Curse of the Jade Skull – Escaparium
- Lost city – Escapology
- Cursed temple – Crypto escape rooms
- La coupe de la vie éternelle – Escaparium
- The legend of the Mayan warrior – Eliviascape
Top 10 – Cabin
- La cabane ensorcelée – 60 minutes jeux d’évasion
- Chamanik – Escaparium
- Twisted woods – Confundrum
- The cabin – Escape city
- Cabin fever – Confined escape rooms
- Weekend at the shack – Immersia
- Crépuscule – Vortex
- The warden’s cabin – Eureka
- Nightfall – GTFO escape entertainment
- Buried Cabin – Escape!
Top 5 – Cave/Mine
- The cave of the five elements to save humanity– Lockdown
- Undermined – Room escape Ottawa
- Gold rush – The escape game
- Le jubilé d’or – Escaparium
- Mine collapse – La clef de l’énigme
Top 5 – Egyptian pyramids
- Unforeseeable pyramid – Freeing Canada station
- Tomb raiders – Mission possible
- Le secret des dunes – Double tour
- The secret of Denderah _ Sauve qui peut
- Back to the mummy – Roundabout
Top 5 – Circus
- Cirque Magnifico – Escaparium
- The last laugh – Perplexity escape games
- Circus of the lost souls – Immersia
- Le carnaval oublié – Escaparium
- The carnaval – Trapped
Top 5 – Enchanted forest
- Dream portal – Daydream
- Twisted tales: The witch’s revenge – Unlocked Ottawa
- Wardrobe for sale – Escaparium
- Once upon a time – Omventure
- Fairy tale – Enigma escape room
Top 10 – Famous Tv show/Movie
- Neverland: heist of the high sea – Improbable escapes Wonderland
- Le palais des voeux – 60 minutes jeux d’évasion
- Best friends – Escape 60
- The Thompsons – Next level escape rooms
- Seven dwarfs: mining mission – Improbable escapes Wonderland
- Trouble à Springfield – La clef de l’énigme
- Prank dwight – Escape 60
- Scooby Doo and the spooky castle adventure – Escapology
- Turtle Power – Lift lock escape
- Oz – Escaparium
Top 5 – Harry Potter
- Wizard tournament – Escape 60
- Walden’s wizarding shop– Looking glass adventure
- The triwizard trials – Improbable escapes HQ
- Wizardry: dark order – Escape 60
- Wizard’s academy – Beyond belief
Top 10 – Haunted/Supernatural
- Possédé – Déserteur jeu d’évasion
- New haven orphanage– Confundrum
- The longest night – Eliviascape
- Frank’s revenge – Escape City
- Forgotten cathedral – Escaparium
- The dollhouse – Trapped
- The other side – Fox in a box
- The gate – Perplexity escape games
- The haunting of the apartment 103 chapter 2 – Level 1 escape
- The haunted apartment – Xperience games
Top 5 – Heist
Top 5 – Holidays
Top 5 – Investigation
- Kappa – Exode
- It came from the attic – Looking glass adventures
- Le manipulateur – Déserteur jeu d’évasion
- Orient express – Game over
- L’enquête se poursuit chez Bernard Jones – Paradox 42
Top 5 – Laboratory
- Mindmaster industries – Escape City
- The extraction – Crypto escape rooms
- Below Zero – Crypto escape rooms
- Le projet Alux – 60 minutes jeux d’évasion
- La folie d’Edgar – Mission évasion
Top 5 – Medieval
- Le château du supplice éternel- Sauve qui peut
- L’antre du dragon – 60 minutes jeux d’évasion
- The legend of the three dragons – Escaparium
- The elixir – Défi évasion
- La prophétie du dragon – Vortex
Top 10 – Murders
- The St-Onge case: week end at the shack 2 – Immersia
- Budapest express – Escapology
- The workshop of terror – Défi Évasion
- Serial killer charade – Room escape Ottawa
- Camping mortel – Mission Évasion
- Let’s play a game – Alcatraz escape room
- Judgment day – Eliviascape
- The estate of John Jackson – Sauve qui peut
- Défendu – Exode
- Jack the ripper – Trapped
Top 10 – Pirates
- The lost island of the voodoo queen – Escaparium
- The lost shipwreck – Crypto escape rooms
- Mutiny – Escape city
- Pirate Ship – Escape!
- Plunder the sea – Captured
- Pirate cove – Fox in a box
- The cursed lovers of Saint-Laurent – Échappe toi
- Shipwrecked – Unlocked
- Hooked – Escape manor
- Cursed treasure – SOS aventures
Top 5 – Prison
- La grande évasion – À double tour
- L’évasion – Escaparium
- The penitentiary – Omventure
- Death Row – Escape manor
- Al-patraz framed – Échappe toi
Top 5 – School
- Retenue à Riverdale – Paradox 42
- Playground – The escape game
- The final exam – Sauve qui peut
- Expelled – Keymaster
- He is a maniac – Trapped
Top 5 – Sorcerers
- The graveyard – Next level escape rooms
- The witches of Everwinter – Confundrum
- Wicca – SOS aventures
- The Sorcerer’s secret – Crypto escape rooms
- Warlocked – Room escape Ottawa
Top 5 – Space
- Way of the mando – Escape 60
- Neptune sous zéro – La clef de l’énigme
- Pandora – Evasio
- Across the universe – La clef de l’énigme
- Orbite – Exode
Top 5 – Spy
- Mission nain possible – SOS aventures
- Special ops: Mysterious market – The escape game
- Profession : spy – Défi évasion
- Operation flamingo: secret agent – Looking glass adventures
- True spies – Perplexity escape games
Top 5 – Superheroes
- Revengers Assemble – Escape 60
- The superhero academy – Défi Évasion
- Joker: The last laugh – Exit
- Heroes – Mission possible
- Superheist – Unlocked
Top 5 – Time machine
- Warp inc : Time travel – Immersia
- Timeliner: Train through time – The escape game
- Projet R.E.S.E.T. – Immersia
- Chaos effect – Trapped
- Tesla time machine – Next level escape rooms
Top 5 – Underwater
- The undersea overthrow – Improbable escape HQ
- Underwater lair – Escape!
- The ark – The escape game Canada
- La colère de poséidon – Sauve qui peut
- Underwater expedition – Défi evasion
Top 10 – Unique themes
- Firefighter rescue – Escape from the 6
- The alley – Keymasters
- The body shop – Red fox escapes
- Va chez l’yâbe – À Double tour
- Storyteller’s secret – Boxaroo
- Clue – Next level escape rooms
- The final stop V2 – Escaparium
- Deliverance – Room escape Ottawa
- Bébé lala – Déserteur jeu d’évasion
- Bernie Block – Escaparium
Top 5 – War/Army
- The call of duty – Alcatraz escape room
- Recrue – Exode évasion
- Boom room – Room escape Ottawa
- Mission dreadnought – Labyrinth escape game
- Citadel Hills – Captured
Top 5 – Western
- Yukon gold – Escape!
- Once upon a time at Sunnyside – Défi évasion
- Escape the wild west – Escape from the 6
- Far west – La clef de l’énigme
- Golden nugget saloon – Fox in a box
