15 Virtual Escape Rooms and Games Your Family Will Love

If you’re looking for a new twist to family game night—or want to give your kids something fun to do with their friends during Zoom, Google Hangout, or FaceTime social calls—try a virtual escape room game! These first-person perspective games quickly gained popularity in New York a few years ago and a few room escape games quickly made the transition online when things shut down due to the coronavirus quarantine. Some of these escape-the-room games are livestream events using Zoom that you have to sign up for in advance, while others were created on independent websites or on Google Forms and Slides that you can play at your leisure. Bonus: While they’re another screen-time activity, the brainteasers are educational because you have to solve clues, answer riddles, and more to escape the room! These are the 15 best online escape room games you can play from the comfort of your home.

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Virtual Escape Rooms 

Brain Chase
Ages: kindergarten to 12th grades
Players: 1
Cost: $19.99 monthly membership
Each week, kids will unlock different virtual rooms they’ll need to escape. They’ll choose different electives—reading, writing, language, engineering, math, cooking, yoga, typing, art, book club, and bonus—to complete academic challenges in order to advance through the puzzle and escape.

The Escape Game: Remote Adventures
Ages: 13 and older
Players: 3-7
Cost: $25 per player
Remote Adventures, which has two virtual escape room options (Ruins: Forbidden Treasure and Gold Rush) is played live with other players via Zoom with a 60-minute time limit. As a group, you’ll direct a Game Guide, who is wearing a live camera feed, to find clues and items to progress through the game.

The Escape Game: TEG Unlocked Vol. 1 & 2
Ages: 12 and older
Players: 1-4
Cost: $10 each or $17 for both
In TEG Unlocked: The Heist, which has two volumes (Chasing Hahn and The Silk Road), you have to solve a series of clues to thwart an infamous art thief. You can play TEG Unlocked alone or with a group of up to 4 players—though to play with others, you’ll need to host it via your personal Zoom or Google hangout to share your screen, as you log in on the website to access a digital dossier—and there is no time limit.

Escape Room NJ
Ages: 10 and older
Players: 4-6 devices
Cost: $25 per device
In Zoom Escape Room - S.W.A.T., you’re the only ones who can stop a bomb from detonating, but you only have 60 minutes! To disarm the bomb, you’ll have to solve a series of puzzles, riddles, and mental challenges.

The Grimm Escape: Puzzle Break Long Island
Ages: 10 and older (parental supervision is required for children younger than 10)
Players: 3-12
Cost: $25 per player
Picture this: A witch has placed a curse on a virtual, enchanted forest and you have 60 minutes to escape by finding clues, solving the puzzles, and casting the correct spell! That’s the mission for The Grimm Escape Virtual Edition with Puzzle Break Long Island. Using Zoom, you can set up a private game with friends and family across the country, or even as a team-building exercise for colleagues, classroom, or other groups. And if you get stuck, an in-game host can offer hints—but use them sparingly because you have a limited number! 

Mystery Escape Room Online
Ages: 10 and older
Players: 4-8
Cost: Nancy Drew: $85; The Superhero Escape Adventure: $75
Mystery Escape Room offers two game options: Nancy Drew and The Superhero Escape Adventure. In the Nancy Drew adventure, you were supposed to meet Nancy at the Forsyth Mansion, but she’s a no-show.You’ll have to work together as a team to find letters and piece together the clues to discover the reason behind Nancy’s absence. In the superhero adventure, Dr. Psionic, the evil villian, has a plot to control everyone’s minds and take over the world. Your team needs to solve the clues that lead to his lair and foil his evil plans.