From playing tips to parkour escape rooms, and hiring a detective to cheat!
You might have booked them for an evening out with friends, a uniquely thrilling team building event, and to celebrate birthdays and other special occasions.
You’ve seen them on the big screen courtesy of Adam Robitel.
And now it’s time to watch them on YouTube!
From a former NASA engineer sharing escape room tips to escape room parkour and finding out whether a real detective can help you…
Here are some of the most epic escape room videos on YouTube!
Mark Rober
A former engineer at NASA and Apple, Mark Rober started his YouTube channel in 2011.
His content focuses mostly primarily on popular science and DIY.
Beat Any Escape Room - 10 Proven Tricks and Tips
As you’d expect from a literal rocket scientist, these are pretty legit tips worth trying on your next escape room outing!
We especially like the one about focusing on what’s holding up progress (4:20).
PS: Escape room royalty Prof. Scott Nicholson makes several appearances in the video.
Looking to try a scary adventure? Check out our tips to beat horror escape rooms for more inspiration!
Shot of The Yeagers
The Yeagers are a Utah-based family known for fun content, from entertaining challenges to playful skits. "THE GRINCH Stole Our CHRISTMAS!" is one of their biggest hits.
TRAPPED in an ABANDONED Escape Room!
So they have 60 minutes to escape or they’re stuck overnight…
Little Blake stealing a march on the others as she slips out of the handcuffs will make you smile! (0:26)
Note: Escape room newbies, relax. This was an arranged skit. In reality, your game master will monitor you throughout the experience and let you out at the end, if needed. For more details, check our escape room FAQ “Are players locked in the rooms?”.
Mr.Puzzle
Mr.Puzzle (real name Christian Ihlo) showcases puzzles, brain teasers, and skill games on his channel (shocker, right?).
His most popular video—with over 15M views (as of Sept 2024) is of a dovetail box puzzle.
The World's First Escape Room Jigsaw Puzzle!
He’s trying the Pyramid of the Sun, from iDventure, the OG of the escape-room-in-a-box concept.
Skip to 2:58 for a particularly satisfying solve & reveal.
And finally, you might be surprised at what the final jigsaw turns out to be at 9:10!
STORROR
UK-based siblings Max and Benj Cave founded STORROR as a parkour channel in 2010 (“Storror” is their middle name.) Since then, the team has grown to seven-strong (as of September 2024).
They shoot breathtaking parkour videos all over the world, from Tokyo to Barcelona.
7 Way Parkour ESCAPE ROOM RACE
This isn’t a typical escape room quest, as it’s a majorly physical challenge.
The team must escape a series of prison-like cells with vertical walls - one team member per cell.
Enthusiast or not, you’ll enjoy their analysis of the cells, trying to find ways to clamber out.
TwoSetViolin
Aussie violinists Brett Yang and Eddy Chen are known for their remarkably innovative violin-based skits like “We Go Back to School and Join a Beginner's Strings Class”, as well as collabs with fellow YouTubers Steven He, Uncle Roger, and Nathan Doan.
We Did the Scariest Escape Room
The first clue proves quite easy & evident (you have to find t-shirts with blood on them), but the whole thing soon devolves into chaos with stuff swinging around and pentagrams showing up.
Pro tip: Skip to 4:51 for an example of how special effects and time pressure can distract from normally obvious solutions.
Chris Ramsay
Chris Ramsay is a Canadian magician and YouTuber specializing in magic, card tricks, and puzzles.
I Made A $100,000 Escape Room!!
Chris and fellow YouTuber Wes Barker explore the Hadrian Hotel & Spa, which is located in space. Helping them are an AI and a human concierge (Technician 117).
Skip to 19:01 to see what happens when they randomly push buttons (a.k.a. brute-force their way through a puzzle.)
PS: This isn’t a typical “we built a” video, as it solely shows Chris and Wes working their way through the puzzle.
Dicebreaker
Dicebreaker is a group of 5 friends from “across the pond” (i.e., they’re British) with a tabletop game obsession. You’ll find everything from board & card games to RPGs & miniatures on their channel.
Can we beat the SCARIEST escape room in England?
Heads up, horror fans!
This might be a UK escape room, but it’s called Cabin Fever and is inspired by Cabin in the Woods and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The action starts at 5:30. Enjoy!
In the mood for escape room horror in Chi-town? Test yourself at Chicago’s scariest escape rooms!
TFG Vlogs
Brandon Loreti (The Frustrated Gamer) is a gaming YouTuber. TFG Vlogs is his second channel where he spends 24 hours with his cat, and goes mountain-climbing in $4 shoes.
Locked in the World's HARDEST Escape Room!
In contrast to the others, this is a head-to-head challenge.
Brandon & Steve compete with “Detective Tony” (in full Sherlock Holmes regalia). The team that escapes quicker wins $500.
Check out 1:02 for why sibling reunions can be so much fun in escape rooms!
FaZe Rug
Brian Rafat Awadis is Fzaze Rug. He’s also a co-owner and the most-subscribed member of the gaming channel FaZe Clan.
I Hired a REAL Detective to CHEAT in an Escape Room!
Another head-to-head challenge—Brian & Kaelyn vs his cousins Anthony & Jessica.
And in this case, they’re playing for stink bomb rights; The winners get to “bomb” the other others.
The catch…Brian got a Det. Hennessy to help him and Kaelyn out.
Pumped up to find out who won? Watch the video to find out!
MrBeast
Jimmy Donaldson is the world’s most-subscribed YouTuber. He’s known for creating elaborate videos with high production value, featuring challenges, giveaways, and philanthropic endeavors.
World’s Most Dangerous Escape Room!
In keeping with his style, MrBeast had this 10-level escape room specially made, and a 3-player team is playing for a hundred thousand dollars.
See 0:20 for an example of “sometimes, just do the obvious.”
Alexa Rivera
Better known as Lexi, Alexa followed her brother Brent into social media in 2012 and been pranking her brothers & mom, taking on challenges and keeping us updated about her life ever since.
I Trapped the Boys in the World’s Most Dangerous Escape Room
Her current BF (as of September 2024) Andrew Davila, Ben Azelart, and Jeremy Hutchins have to figure out how to escape.
Snakes on a Plane fans may get Snakes in an Escape Room vibes from this one…
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Especially if you’ve never done an escape game before—Did this get you all raring to take on one?
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