Saginaw Escape

before i start this, this review has nothing to do with the employee, he did a good job & tried his best to lift our spirits & he was doing a good job/i felt bad for him for running the whole thing by himself. this was the worst escape room I've ever done in my life, it stinks of musk, mold, & mildew. the rooms are dirty, most of the decorations are clutter and trash (literally, like plastic silverware and straws, real perishable food items that have visibly gone bad, broken bits of things, torn apart books, etc). i have contamination anxiety which has only been triggered by 2 (dirty, not themed) escape rooms, this being one of them, i totally shut down from it and was unable to enjoy the game because it was clear things didn't just look dirty for the aesthetic, they were actually just nasty. and to top it off the puzzles were just bad and made no sense. I've done many escape rooms and worked at multiple escape rooms and majority of these puzzles didn't make any logical sense or connect whatsoever and there's a lot of red herrings and things that have nothing to do with your game, which always feels really bad when you're playing escape rooms, I'm used to a couple of red herrings in escape rooms even though I don't like them, but at this place half the things in the room are irrelevant. also my biggest pet peevea in escape rooms is when things are written on with sharpie or have written on paper taped to the walls and stuff, it just looks trashy to me. and don't even get me started on the bathroom, the toilet was caked in brown, part of the wall was missing? there was a broken(?) sink just sitting on the floor, dirty everywhere. update the next day, my group is all feeling sick edit to reply: i played multiple rooms, it is not the theme of the rooms that is the problem, it's the cleanliness of the room and the use of trash as decor. i know what a designed mess & dirt looks like and what a real mess & dirt looks like, if you want mold and mildew as your aesthetic tho you're straight on point. honestly more effort has been put into this reply than into the rooms. this amount & style of red herrings is not normal for an escape room, im not talking about unimportant posters or objects you thought might be a part of something, that's normal, im talking about unused codes and literal written instructions telling you to do something that leads nowhere. the state of the bathroom reflects the state of the rooms well. also no renovations causes a toilet to be brown and no "authentic" escape room decor should consist of trash and real perishable food 🤢

Mar 20, 2025 · S R

We did the werewolf room. The game master was really cool and nice. Was a little scared when we first pulled up because the building looked sketchy and abandoned, but that was part of its charm. Would come back.

Mar 24, 2025 · Krystal Brown

Absolutely recommend! "Bad Moon Rising" review: Fun, challenging room! We were a group of 5 and almost beat it! All props worked, were clean, and the room really makes you work as a team. Lots of red herrings and twists and turns, and it was disclosed by the staff to expect this. We surprised our parents (who have never even heard of escape rooms) with this and only told them where we were going once they were in the car. They were unsure at first, but loved it are excited to go back! We want to do N-Virus next. Saginaw Escape review: Amazing staff. Streamlined, efficient, lovely experience with Mia, the general manager who explained the game and experience to us. No bad smell anywhere like some reviews a couple years ago mentioned. This is a typical escape room experience but with the added bonus of more individual character because it isn't a franchise/chain. Big plus. This venue also has a lot more than escape rooms! It's a concert hall, gellyball, and has a lot of history you can ask the staff about. It's so great this is here in this location, and is a great way to put your money towards helping Saginaw come back.

Nov 29, 2024 · Meredith Bieber

We had a good ol' scary time at the Bad Moon Rising cabin room. It was HARD! Challenging! Fun! We got very close to escaping, a team of 5 of us. Gruesome mannequins, tough clues, lots of cool memorabilia, gracious host Mia, and even though we were on a lower level it was a pleasant atmosphere, as pleasant as a scary cabin inhabited by a dead body and numerous gargoyles can be. It was truly a fun immersive experience.

Nov 29, 2024 · Catherine McMichael

We did a couple of these today, the rooms are well propped, in fact, the Killer's Promise room was one of the best set ups I've experienced. The workers were nice and could tell they put a lot of work into the escape room experience. Being non-corporate owned, you could tell they added a lot of extras you just don't see elsewhere. Highly recommend

Sep 15, 2024 · Benjamin Hitchcock