2020 / Final Round

Our final round has a special stipulation!

To learn more, be sure to read this entire post before voting.

Voting will remain open for exactly 120 hours – that’s five days – beginning when this poll posted today at 3pm EST. Each reader may vote one (1) time per day, for a maximum of five (5) total votes for any venue they choose in this bracket. But here’s where things get interesting…

Every 24 hours, the two venues with the lowest total number of votes will be eliminated!

That’s right – on day one, we will start with the Top Ten Venues as chosen by you, our readers. Day two will see the field drop down to eight. Two more will fall off on day three leaving us with six. On day four, we’ll be left with the final four venues remaining in our Readers Key Tournament. And it’s all building to day five, when the top two venues will have a one on one, head to head showdown where in you, our readers, pick your ultimate favorite venue!

3pm EST will be the daily cut off for each pair of eliminations. All votes are cumulative, meaning that as long as a venue remains in the Finals, their vote count will continue to increase each day. (No vote counts will be reset from here until the end of the Readers Key Tournament.)

Once voting concludes, the venue with the highest votes will receive the 2020 Escape Authority Readers Key – Favorite Venue award. Polls will close at 3pm EST, Sunday, May 3, 2020.

To learn more about our final ten contestants, take a look at their venue details below – including highlights from our reviews of their top rated games. As has been the case since round one, venues are presented in the original randomized order they started the tournament; you should infer no ranking – either by quality or number of prior votes received – from the order the are presented herein.

Venue Details

Option #1: 13th Gate Escape

Location: Baton Rouge, LA

Number of Games: 8

Highlights: Cutthroat Cavern / Tomb of Anubis / The Collector

Option #2: ESCAPE THE NETHERWORLD

Location: Stone Mountain, GA

Number of Games: 4

Highlights: Sasquatch – Bigfoot’s Revenge / Nosferatu – Van Helsing’s Secret / Haunted – Curse of the Night Hag

Congratulations to the following venues who were already selected by our readers to be among the Top Ten in the country:

RATED #3: Trapped!

Location: Upland, CA / San Dimas, CA / Las Vegas, NV

Number of Games: 7

Highlights: Down the Rabbit Hole / Lair of the Puzzlemaster / Sector 13 / One Eyed Jack

RATED #4: Doldrick’s Escape Room

Location: Kissimmee, FL

Number of Games: 4

Highlights: Captain Spoopy Bones and the Magnificent Quest for Some Other Pirate’s Treasure / Red Sled Redemption at the Holly Jolly Holiday Hubcap Repair / Super Bomb Squad: Commandos Awesome!

RATED #5: Escape Factor

Location: Forest Park, IL

Number of Games: 5

Highlights: Bonus Fun Time Game Show Challenge

RATED #6: Lost Games

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Number of Games: 2

Highlights: Playtime / The Doctor’s Secret

Rated #7: The Escape Game

Location: Atlanta, GA / Austin, TX / Chicago, IL / Cincinnati, OH / Dallas, TX / Houston, TX / Irvine, CA / Jacksonville, FL / King of Prussia, PA / Las Vegas, NV / Minneapolis, MN / Nashville, TN / New Orleans, LA / New York City, NY / Orlando, FL / Pigeon Forge, TN / San Francisco, CA

Number of Games: 10

Highlights: Playground / Mission Mars / Prison Break / Gold Rush