Enter the Imaginarium Pittsburgh

We have done quite a few escape rooms and these are, beyond a doubt the best we’ve EVER encountered. So different than any others out there. Completely immersive and done to the last detail. We’ve done all three experiences and each one is better than the last.It’s definitely pricey but worth every penny!

Was a very thought provoking experience

The Imaginarium is nothing less than incredible. The moment you walk in you are transported to another world. The staff are in character and before you are even in the escape room itself you are solving puzzles. This escape room is very immersive and challenging in the best way. The puzzles are inventive and is more than a find a number painted on a wall and plug it into the combination lock. Some of the puzzles were finicky but in the end were great. With 7 people we finished the inventors paradox with 5 minutes to spare. Highly recommend.

Great expectations, met. Knowing of the affiliation with the spectacular Bricolage immersive theater group I was braced for full submergence in the Search for Leviathan, and submerged we were. Given the pandemic, our traditional Labor Day weekend family activities needed an update, and while it took me some time to get comfortable with the idea of an escape room, and attendant risks, Im glad we did it. Their attention to safety precautions was reassuring. Sets and puzzles were great! Im not sure I pieced together a coherent back story, but it seemed likely that there was one -- perhaps I missed a pre-game briefing, or in my enthusiasm to divide and conquer didnt read some set materials that wouldve helped. Looking forward to trying their other puzzles!

Recommended

A wonderful experience. We escaped with less than 90 seconds left. The most immersive escape experience we’ve ever had by far.

Words simply cannot describe how amazing this place is. If you are looking to seiously level up your escape room play, this is the place for you.

Loved our experience! Had 2 teens and a 12 yo with me and they were very helpful with the hints to make it exciting for the kiddos. Thank!! Will be back in the future!!

The room was kinda easy but I loved the commitment to theatrics right out the gate

One of the best Ive seen so far! The sets are amazing!

This is quite a good escape room, especially for experienced players. There are several rooms in the game we played and I would expect every game is like that. They did a good job keeping in character from the moment you check in until you leave. The puzzles were good and interesting though we found a couple were easy enough to brute force. Very imaginative storyline as well for ours. I would go again and try all their rooms.

We had a group of 9 and it was so much fun. Not scarry at all and you can get a little help if you get stuck.

This is the coolest escape room ever. You will not be disappointed in this place. The people working there are in character but lovely. Love this place. Dont want to give any spoilers but it will always keep you guessing.

By far the best escape room in Pittsburgh. The production quality is astounding. The puzzles are elaborate and highly well designed. Every room comes down to the wire. The staff do a fantastic job luring you into the event. Their secrets will go with me to the grave.

Im sure they are good when there isnt a crisis going on but durning a crisis you would expect them to be a decent human. I lost my job, I have no money coming in, unemployment is backed up. I need this money to live and help pay bills, but they are refusing to give a refund. I wouldnt care but it was $200+ I spent, which could help me out. So beware everyone they will only think about themselves in an emergency.

Enter the Imaginarium was an awesome experience for an escape room. Our party completed The Search for Leviathan and we had a blast. The puzzles were well done and plentiful. The Room had a linear feel, however many different puzzles could be worked on at the same time, so everyone had something to work on. The theme and design of the rooms were top notch and very detailed. Out of all the escape rooms Ive completed, this was by far the most immersive and well done. I look forward to going back and trying the other 2 rooms in the near future.

Hands down the best escape room Ive ever attended. The experience behind as soon as you enter and doesnt stop till you have exited the building. Definitely will be back to try another version in the future!

We had a lot of fun! Unfortunately the four of us didnt beat the game but we enjoyed the challenge and the props were great. Worth the money!

My wife and I decided to try this out having seen good reviews about this place, and we could not have been more impressed. The puzzles are well thought out and intricate, and the experience itself is the best part. We did the Inventors Paradox room and loved it. We are already planning when we can come back and do the other 2 rooms.

This place was so great. I was looking for a team outing, and they were incredibly accommodating to our request for an earlier start time. Their staff was willing to come in earlier than usual to make our schedule work. The production of the Escape Room was top notch. Compared to others I had been to, every little detail was thought through and made it a really immersive experience. I would highly recommend for families and team building exercises. Being able to escape one room to find yourself immediately trapped in another room was so great.

Really great experience! The worker/actress in charge of guiding us on our missions was very good and kept in character the entire time. We completed Chamber of Illusions, and it was so good that we signed up for Search for Leviathan immediately after! These are truly immersive, and you are entered into the escape as soon as you walk through the door. There are locks and keys like other escape rooms, but I felt like the puzzles are more clever and require more creative thinking to solve than other escape rooms. The puzzles are challenging, and our group of 4 was able to complete them with some hints. Highly, highly recommend this escape room company!

This was a great time. Went with a large group and they split us up into 2 groups. The rooms were very challenging. Was seconds away from getting out but the timer expired. Will definitely go again and try one of the other rooms.UPDATE... Went back last night and tried another room. Beat that with 6 mins to spare. The family had a great time.

Very difficult escape room!! This location is actually challenging compared to other escape rooms that I have been to.2 great perks included:- they tell you what percentage of the puzzle you complete.- they take a group picture that they post to Facebook for you to keep!

Very cool experience. Held a team building event here and it went great. Rooms were challenging and exciting and took total team effort. Will be back.

The Imaginarium has by far the most immersive and extravagant escape rooms I have ever experienced in the greater Pittsburgh area. each room has a excellent balance of difficulty and support from staff to ensure that the escape room is challenging without being frustrating. Ive been here three times, and I plan to go again.

Brought my team from work there for a team building event on Thursday afternoon. From the moment we arrived and went inside the foyer the ominous voice let us know what we needed to do to get started and the Order were excellent hosts throughout. Both rooms (The Search for Leviathan and Inventors Paradox) were awesome and immersive. Was the first time that Id ever gone to an escape room and now I want to head back to do the other two that I wasnt a part of!

This was the best escape room I have done. It was very exciting room keeps your heart going. Not completely sure of the name but I think it was the Leviathan.We did have a problem with TVs in our room but someone came in as soon as they noticed it and fixed it. Paused our time and gave us two extra minutes.

By far one of the best escape room experiences in Pittsburgh. My friend and I have done a lot of escape rooms and these ones are amazing. We are more experienced players so we like to do the rooms just the two of us. We have done all three escape rooms the Imaginarium offers and we have escaped all three. So they are 100% doable for anyone, but definitely not easy. The game masters keep character very well and it adds to the overall experience. They completely immerse you into the story and i enjoy how large the rooms are and the puzzles in each are very different and very interesting. They definitely put some thought into creating these escape rooms and giving their players the best experience. Am looking forward to seeing if they come up with any new ideas because we will definitely be back to do them!

The best escape room in Pittsburgh. Fun compelling puzzles and stories that are fun to follow.

Had the same exact experience as a previous the reviewer, Rob Richardson. His review sits a little further back, but he hits the nail on the head with everything.In my experience, the most frustrating part was that the morse code machine was not working correctly even though we knew the correct answer. There was also another puzzle in the same exact room that we had found the code for but once we were plugging in the code to open the other door, it wasnt working. We asked for help numerous of times and the gamemaster kept giving the same exact clue for the correct code we were already plugging in. I believe that some of there equipment was faulty, or at least was when we went around a yr ago.Rob also hit the nail on the head when he said that its frustrating that they dont tell you the answers at the end or what you were doing wrong. They do this because they want you to come back and try it again but nobody does that. In fact, because of this, it makes me want to come back less.The staff still staying in character even when you dont escape at the end is just plain frustrating.Lastly, we gave this place the benefit of the doubt the first time with the Inventors Paradox room, that we came back another time to try another room, and we escaped that room with about 20 minutes to spare because we made it out on accident, making our win not feel like an actual win. There was still a whole other room within the second one that we tried that we didnt even open the door to, but somehow accidentally escaped before we even made it to the end of the puzzle.I wanted to like this place so bad but after two bad experiences there, I dont think we will be coming back.

By far the most fun and most immersive escape room I have seen. We absolutely loved the Chamber of Illusion. From the moment you step in the door you are in the game and we all loved that. I went with my family and my best friends family for a private event so we had a wide range of ages. We definitely needed the entire group of ten, everyone was constantly doing something to help with a puzzle. The puzzles are very challenging and they know exactly how to help you just enough when you get stuck. I think it was the perfect level of difficulty because we escaped with just enough time to spare.FYI the parking lot was a little confusing to get around because from where the sign to enter is, you have to go around to the other side of the fence to pull in and park by the front door.

Easily the best escape room Ive every been to! Very elaborate and amazing! I highly recommend it.

Great escape room! Super challenging and super fun! We cant wait to go back and try another adventure!!

Very cool setup. Unlike any other escape room Ive been in.

An incredible experience. The staff are excellent and ensure that you are completely immersed in another world! Very challenging but also lots of fun!

Great Family Fun! We had many laughs and even great conversations after we escaped. Left there wanting and looking forward to trying other rooms.

This is the third time I have been to Enter the Imaginarium and it did not disappoint! I have been to a number of escape rooms and this is by far the best. Immersive experience from the moment you walk in the door. Variety of puzzles, where everyone can contribute to helping escape no matter what their skill level is. Challenging, but satisfying. Highly recommend!

Fantastic escape room. Well designed and staffed by actors

Had an amazing time at Enter the Imaginarium!From the moment you enter your experience is intense.The set of every room is mystical…its like you have walked on to a professional movie set.The puzzles are challenging and exciting…the overall atmosphere is extraordinary, immersive and entertaining.

Definitely the best escape room ive ever been to.

One of the best escape rooms in the country! Clues are tough but they help if needed. We escaped the Inventors Paradox. They say only 35% escape. The larger the group the easier it is to escape.... sometimes... lol. Good fun for everyone.

By a wide margin, the best escape room I have ever participated in. The theming is great, and the presentation—decoration, materials, layout—are superb.

Extremely well done. The best Ive seen and done. Will certainly return and let friends know about Imaginarium.

This was such a fun escape room! Youre immersed from the moment you walk into the building. The room is much more built out than any others Ive gone to. I will definitely be going back to check out the other rooms.

Really detailed productions. Very entertaining! We really enjoyed our journey.

Best escape room weve been to.

We had an incredible time. Challenging puzzles that make you want to come back!

This is hands down the best escape room Ive ever been to. The production value is extremely high compared to other places in the area.

This was a lot of fun! Definitely very interactive. We will be going back

This game at its finest! Unlike any other escape room game ive been too. And Ive done 27!

Weve done about 20 escape rooms and Id say the set design here is the best weve ever seen. They have so much space the experience is truly immersive. The puzzles are clever but straightforward making them friendly for all crowds. Weve definitely been stuck in rooms before where the puzzles just had too many layers for your average puzzler so this was perfect for a mixed crowd of experiences. I loved the Inventors Paradox so much were going back less than 2 weeks later to do their other room! They mentioned a 3rd opening soon and Im sure well be back as soon as it does.

The best escape room experience I have ever had!

The imaginarium has wonderful set design and decent puzzle design, but the flow of the room falls flat.We required a lot of direction because the room didnt provide it.

It was amazing

Hands down best escape room! It feels like youre in a movie right from the beginning! The first track, The Chamber of Illusions, is stunning and really sets the bar for all others! Love the theme. The second track is simply put the most beautifully designed room let alone escape room Ive ever seen. Just gorgeous. Youll want to spend more than an hour there. Each track has multiple rooms but Im not going to spoil it and tell you how many! Thats the surprise! I recommend you bring as many friends as you can if you wish to make it out like our group did! Very challenging but Very rewarding! Go for it!

Best escape room Ive been to in Pittsburgh.

My favorite escape room by far!Beautiful production and great puzzles

It was some freaky stuff and in a good way. This place knows what they are doing. The puzzles and storyline are well designed. It is quite immersive from the moment you walk into the door.

They have very detailed rooms. However I didn’t like how if there is another team doing the other escape room you can clearly hear them so it made it confusing when you are trying to do your escape room and FOCUS and I didn’t like when we didn’t escape we was not shown how to get out or how many steps away from getting out we were. I definitely don’t recommend this for new comers or people that has never did an escape room.

Definitely a more difficult escape room but very immersive and well done!

It makes you think. Fun time.

Very fun time. The artists and engineers of the escape room experience did a phenomenal job.

My first time trying an escape room. It was a great expirence. The location is in an old warehouse with lots of space. There were 5 rooms associated with the challenge we did. The puzzles were very well put together. I highly recomend this one.

Very atmospheric. Some neat gimmicks. Hints are automatically doled out, but are not too much of giveaways. There are a few bits involving sudden darkness in a labyrinth for those with a fear of darkness or closed spaces.They were also very accommodating of our private party booking outside of regular hours.

This is the seventh escape room I have been to in the Pittsburgh area. It is, by far, one of the best! Very challenging and well done.

First escape room experience. Very kid friendly and manageable. Bring a pencil and paper for sure.

Excellent props and theatrics setting the tone for the experience.

Was surprisingly well done - a huge space, lots of variety in puzzles and some great production quality. Perfect for groups of 6-10.

Having never done an escape room before and not knowing what to expect, this was a blast. It was like an old video game like Myst or something where you search for clues and have some ominous voice guiding the narrative through multiple rooms. The folks i was with said it was better than others so i guess i started with the top. Looking forward to the next room as I will do it again.

Enter the Imaginarium was a blast! It really is a total experience from the second you walk in the door. The production value is amazing and the Chamber of Illusions was so cool. We will DEFINITELY be going back to try the other experience. I would highly recommend this, especially if youre an escape room junkie!

Went here after playing several other local escape rooms. The Imaginarium tries to present itself as an experience, and to be honest, does a well enough job at projecting atmosphere, but hiding the waiver forms or rules is just wasting time. The Escape Room itself was: Inventors Paradox. Minor spoilers (such that they are) lay ahead.The theme was great, but Im 100% not a fan of escape rooms that present a so-called mystery to be solved (or not) in the time spent. Most puzzles I felt were quite good and different, but a few they served as simple time wasters rather than any real skill or thought (putting together a large puzzle with all parts present from the start of the room and navigating long hallways seperating the rooms comes to mind as time wasters.). One puzzle right at the start had a mechanic Im not sure how anyone would realize you could even guess to try let alone actually try due to the rule of thumb of No Brute Physical Force. It was quite neat to see in action, though!Our operator seemed a little too quick to give hints, but to be honest I dont care about that, especially because of the aforementioned puzzle above. The operator also seemed far, far too quick to correct mistakes rather than let you try and figure out why you were wrong.One bad a puzzle was a Morse code machine because of course there is. (1 star off just for that insanely unoriginal puzzle) In particular, this machine just keep confusing one letter entered for another consistently. We knew the word, we knew how to enter it, the machine just wasted our time. We wasted about 5-7 minutes trying to do this one bloody simple-minded task. This was bad enough, but the operator, having already acknowledged that we got the correct word instead explain, slowly and piecemeal, to a group of experienced Escape Room patreons what Morse Code was and how a dash was longer than a dot, etc, etc.By the time we finally got the machine to register the word we barely had any time left to explore the final(?) room and that left me feeling incredibly bitter and killed any fun I had with the rest of the room. Maybe we wouldnt have finished regardless, but thats hard to judge now and will serve as the #1 thing I remember about the entire experience.And, finally, one more star off for leaving the mystery hanging after a failed attempt. Repeat escape rooms cannot be any fun, so just tell your audience the rest of your story, jeez. It also serves as a way to demonstrate the interesting puzzles and mechanics the players did not get to experience! Any time that happens, Im just gonna assume there wasnt anything interesting and the rest was just a bunch of thoughtless tasks to waste players time.Anyway, tl;dr: I really wanted to like this particular Escape Room, the theme was fun, the atmosphere was fantastic, what I knew of the story was exactly my kind of thing, but a few conceptual and mechanical problems completely ruined the experience.

This escape room is simply fantastic. I attempted The Inventors Paradox and the story, tone and puzzles really made for an immersive experience. The production values are very high. Overall, an amazing experience that I would highly recommend to anyone considering an escape room experience.

Ive done a lot of escape rooms and this is hands-down the best. Gather your smart friends and bring your A-game. I recommend bringing a large group.

So well done! Have done 5 other escape rooms in Pittsburgh and this one is the best. So much attention to detail, interesting puzzles - an experience, not just an escape room.

Amazing staff! Amazing time!!

This place was amazing for our team outing. Very very well setup, lots of clever puzzles and the atmosphere was perfect. I cant really leave any details without spoiling the experience except to say this was one of the best escape rooms Ive visited, though calling it a room is a gross under representation. Think of it this way, if you ever played the game Myst and wondered what a real life version was like, this is your thing.

I have done roughly 25 escape rooms in various states along the East Coast and Enter The Imaginarium is easily the best location so far. My friends and I were visiting Pittsburgh and decided to visit this place and try their Chamber of Illusions room. From the outside we were skeptical about the building and location but we were excited to do this immersive escape room. We were definitely in for a surprise. Without spoiling the surprises for others, the experience starts upon entering the building. Greeted by the game master, we were immediately impressed with their character. They do not break, at all, not once. This helped us get into game mode before entering the escape room. The entry is unique and creative, the production value of both rooms (we ended up coming back the next day to do the second one) was TOP NOTCH, and the puzzles were incredibly unique. After doing a large number of escape rooms you get a feel for the types of puzzles that are in there and can get an edge on solving them, oh no not with this place. Their puzzles were super creative and things I had never seen before. The first room we set the record time for (super happy about) the second room was a bit harder but we escaped and set the record time for the week. I eagerly await their next room so we can drive up to Pittsburgh and do it! Amazing balance of difficulty and immersive theme. If you are ever in the Pittsburgh area and looking for a fresh take on escape rooms: This. Is. The. Place!

I have been to a couple other escape rooms in Pittsburgh. This one was well worth the time and money. From the time you walk in the door till the time you leave whether you make it out of the room or not it keeps your mind going. The atmosphere is truly sensational. If you have been to others you must try this one.

Best escape room Ive ever done (out of 6)

A fantastic journey and escape room experience. The space is very well themed and amazingly decorated and designed. I strongly recommend this escape room.

Great place! Love the attention to detail and professionalism of the people here! This is no ordinary escape room. Very elaborate and beautifully decorated.

Very enjoyable escape room, with a full immersion approach to the theme. The overseers gave us a couple of clues when we were struggling, but not too much.

Good time. Rather dark in most parts, makiit a bit difficult to read some things. Overall good.

Wonderful escape rooms. It doesnt look like much when driving up to it, but is worth the trip.

Everyone in our party, from age 9 to 59 enjoyed the adventure and contributed to the success of the group. We just managed to complete the adventure with a second to spare. Fun was had by all and we would definitely go again and recommend it to all of our friends.

Very entertaining. The production value is really fantastic and the employee who was our guide was perfectly in character the whole time. Just a wonderful experience.

Highly recommend to anyone who wants a unique escape room experience. We have done both rooms they offer, and really want them to make another so we can do that too.

Pros -Great production values. Definitely the best looking room ive ever done.Puzzles are interesting and creativeCons -Not good for small amount of people.Puzzles can be EXTREMELY tedious. Definitely just there to waste time

This is the best escape room I have experienced. High quality production value with an interesting theme. The puzzles ranged from very easy to very complex, but did not require outside knowledge.

Very cool escape room and out of the box thinking

Fun first escape room. The environment begins as soon as you enter. Really gets you into the game.

Fun, mysterious, and we didnt get out! Great family fun!

Larger and more elaborate than many escape rooms Ive done

One of the best Escape Rooms weve been to. Challenging, logical, great atmospherics, and all the mechanics worked.

Fantasticly immersive and a countless number of challenging puzzles. I would probably not recommend to a person who’s never done an escape room due to 1. challenge and 2. it will ruin all other escape rooms because it’s that good

Very cool escape room. We didnt get to the end but will come back to try again next time were in town.

Very fun, just the right amount of challenge

One of the best escape rooms I have been to. The environment is tremendous.

I was very impressed with the the puzzles, but it was the high production value that sets this apart from other escape rooms. If youre a fan of escape rooms, check this one out. Just make sure to bring your A game; this hour goes fast.

We had a lot of fun! Im not giving a 5 bc I wish we would have known we could go back and forth throughout the rooms. Our host was funny too! We would definitely come back