Bakersfield Escape

$25 Escape Rooms!

Don’t worry if the doors are locked.  Just give us a call and we will let you in, but you have to get out on your own.

Random Friends Escape—Every Wednesday night at 6:00 p.m., we match random groups together to do an escape room. This is NOT a dating opportunity. It is to meet interesting people and have fun. There are usually guys in one room and gals in another. The suggested donation is $25, but if you don’t have it, you don’t pay it. The money goes to our homeless and other outreach programs.

1412 17th Street, Ste. 311, Bakersfield, CA 93301

661-GoGames (661-464-2637)

Hours: Weekdays 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Weekends and Holidays 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Escape rooms and more in the Historic Haunted Haberfelde.

Current Escape Rooms:

  • Cost:
    • Oligarch, Detective, and Music rooms cost $25 per player.   These rooms can be completed in less than an hour, but we allow groups more time unless another group is waiting.
    • Armor of God and Difficult Journey adventures cost $20 per player.  Either can be completed in less than an hour, but most groups take longer, and we allow up to three hours.  Bring a Bible with a concordance or buy a study Bible in our shop for $15.00.  The shop only has NKJ translation Bibles.

Other Activities:

Theory of Escape Rooms

Typical escape rooms are:

      • Dark, so it is difficult to find and read clues.
      • A rush for clues, so participants scurry around opening books, overturning knickknacks, and rummaging through containers. Everyone is busy all at once, but after this initial frenzy only a few people are busy.
      • Completely linear, so the entire group of participants may have to wait while one person tries to open a puzzle box or solve a riddle.

We try to avoid or minimize these issues to make a more enjoyable game.

Is the building really haunted?  Maybe. Click to read about it.

Other Escape Rooms in Bakersfield

Bakersfield has several escape room providers.  The following summarizes ones we have visited.

Ingenious Escape Rooms – This is probably the premier escape room business in town.  It operates out of a house in a residential area, but they have really outdone themselves on props and ingenious puzzles.  They appear to have more rooms than anyone else in town (six in all), and one of the rooms can accommodate ten people.  We especially liked “Mob Boss: Diamond Heist.”  Many of the puzzles were simply extraordinary, but sadly, we can’t say why this room was so fantastic without giving up clues and spoiling the fun.  We also liked “Dead Men Tell No Tales,” but it was a bit dark in the room.  We found “Operation: North Pole” a bit confusing, but the overall theme was still good, and the props were on point.  Prices start at $31.95 per player, but they offer Groupon and several other promotions. 

Brainy Actz Escape Rooms – This is part of a chain that offers much more than just an escape room.  They also have axe throwing, a rage room, archery arrow tag, and multiple other activities.  We especially liked the axe throwing, but be careful – sometimes those axes bounce.  Brainy has three escape rooms.  They appeared a bit short-staffed each time we went, but the staff was pleasant and informative.  The escape rooms were not as dark as some in town, so that was a pleasant surprise.  Escape room prices start at $34.95 per player, but this requires a minimum of six players.  If only two are playing, the price is $44.95 per player.

Puzzle Effect – By the number of positive reviews (nearly 700 on Google), this place must be awesome.  The price is $31.95 per player, even if only one person plays.  They feature four escape rooms.  From their reviews, it appears that they are open on major holidays.  Soon, we also hope to be open on major holidays so our workers can earn extra money, but for now, we hope you visit one of the fantastic rooms at Puzzle Effect.