Madrid has as many plans as seconds have a year. Sometimes, it is overwhelming not to be able to cover everything and it is then when the Madrileño must ask himself: “what do I want?”. The answers are infinite and surprising as infinite and surprising is the Madrid offer. How fortunate to live in a city where everything happens and where even terror becomes leisure. For those who love to scare, to be scared, to tremble and terror, here is a list of the best scary escape rooms in Madrid.
1. The Blair Forest
In the heart of Embajadores, El Bosque de Blair is one of the most recognized escape room experiences in Madrid -it was even nominated for best escape room in Spain-. It is part of Uy Qué Miedo, the company that also offers Pagana, a 100% dark challenge designed for those looking for a more extreme challenge. Both experiences allow you to choose the level of terror and can be played in groups (2 to 8 players in El Bosque, 2 to 6 in Pagana).
📍C. Sebastian el Cano, 21 (Embajadores)
💸 F rom €30 per person for groups of 8
2. La Santa
Shock Creations has managed to reach the top with horror escape room. We mean it literally, since the experience of La Santa has been crowned in the fifth place of best escape rooms in the world according to the TERPECA awards (Top Escape Rooms Project 2022). What happens in this corner of Rivas-Vaciamadrid to generate so much excitement and terror globally?
“The bells of the Abbey of Santa Clara ring, we must go to pray”. So begins this escape game that introduces us to a tormented protagonist, Sister Clara. Inside the abbey she lives in, strange things happen and it is feared that a demon is the cause of so much horror. Therefore, they ask for help and it is then that Father Eusebio, an expert demonologist, appears. He will discover that in this same place, centuries ago, a terrible event happened: a demon was walled in the walls of the abbey and now, that demon is rabid. Will you be able to help them? Please note, this experience is not recommended for children under 18 years old.
📍 Calle Juana Francés 2 (Rivas-Vaciamadrid)
Three players, 140 €.
3. Bites Motel
The coveted TERPECA list welcomes another Madrid escape room to its credit: Bites Motel, by Bite the Fly, ranked 84th. Would you dare to book a room in this old renovated roadside motel in a remote village? Upon entering, a shy manager will show an uncharacteristic interest in your staying there? Would you book? The setting is impressive, there is no lack of detail in this place nor the references to classic horror movies that we will all recognize.
It is played in teams of 2 to 8 players for 101 minutes. The escape room in Vallecas is recommended for people over 14 years old, always accompanied by adults.
📍 Calle del Puerto de Pozazal, 4 (Vallecas)
About 40 € / person (prices adjusted for groups)
4. The Morgan saga (Chapter 0: the area)
Three escape rooms form a whole, a story that tells the story of the Morgan saga. This is the triple scary proposal of Terror Stories: not only to be scared, but also to complete a narrative. For the moment, only Chapter 0 is available : the zone, which reads: “My name is Marcelo Morgan and I am 16 years old. At birth I was abandoned by my mother at the gates of the Convent of the Comendadoras. The nuns have taken care of me since that day as best they could, but it was Father Nicolas in whom I found my true mentor. For a few weeks now we have heard nothing from Venancio, the janitor of the Convent”.
The problem is that, in addition to the disappearance, in the convent they begin to hear knocks, sounds… and Father Nicolas, lover of demonology (what a wonderful duality) dared to enter the janitor’s house and… he has not returned. Guess whose turn it is to solve the mystery? If you dare to enter this scary escape room, you can choose between terror mode (with actors) and tension mode (without them).
📍 Chapter 0 (Plaza de Comendadoras, San Bernardo)
💸 Two players, 55 €.
5. Paranormal File
The Helliwells need you: they need a seasoned adventurer who dares to unravel the mystery surrounding the house of this peculiar family. This is an escape room set in a filmmaker’s house, built on what used to be a slaughterhouse… Horror, blood and death are in the air and are shown in these inexplicable events that now take place in the film director’s house. It’s your turn, will you be able to solve the mystery?
This escape room is played in groups that compete against each other and the level of difficulty varies at the time, depending on the performance of the participants. The team with the highest score will win and before entering this complex of more than 200 square meters, you will be equipped with a flashlight and a survival kit. You can also opt for the terror/mystery mode, with actors and moments of darkness (terror level, medium).
📍Paseo de la Esperanza 53 (Delicias)
From 30 € per person.