Top 5 of the most original escape games in Toulouse
Escape games, these life-size escape games, have been popular for several years. A success that can be seen in particular by the proliferation of new concepts in Toulouse. The Journal Toulousain offers you a Top 5 of the most original rooms in the pink city.
An enigmatic game show, an underwater rescue of turtles threatened by dangerous pirates, a scientific experiment that appeals to your five senses, a return to magic school, a war against zombies… Do these scenarios seem improbable to you? However, they are offered in these original escape games created in Toulouse and in its surroundings.
An underwater escape game in Toulouse
The first underwater escape game in France is located a stone’s throw from Toulouse. More precisely, the scenario was imagined in the premises of the diving school L’Argonaut in Ramonville.
The mission is to save turtle eggs buried on the beaches of Marsa Shagra, in Egypt. They are threatened by an active network of pirates who want to seize them in order to resell them illegally on parallel markets.
To avoid this massacre, the participants put on their suits, equip themselves with an oxygen bottle and contain the Alpha 1 Pavilion intervention team. in the darkness of a 15 meter deep diving pit, the group must imperatively recover a USB key containing the GPS coordinates of the place in which the pirates are authorized to operate, in order to stop them before they steal the turtle eggs. The situation is critical, the intervention forces only have two hours before the thugs land on the beach.
Practical information : Argonaut Diving Center, 14 rue Hermes, Ramonville-Saint-Agne. Level 1 diving required. Duration: 2 hours. Price: 90 euros per person. online booking.
Spine-chilling scenarios
It is simply called “The Escape Game”, but does not lack originality. In Toulouse, this structure has several playrooms in which different scenarios are offered, some of which are chilling.
Among them: “Secrets from beyond the grave”. Legend has it that the Maurice Fonvieille cemetery, which you enter, was built on the site of an ancient sect. But multiple rumors are still circulating about mystical phenomena in these places. So you decide to explore them to understand what’s going on…
You can also enter the games room next door. But you may never get out of it. Because you just received a chilling message from your best friend. Only four letters: HELP. She hasn’t responded to you since. So you decide to go looking for him, without knowing, neither on what, nor on whom, you will fall.
Still no thrill? Enter the third room, “The Phantom”. It’s two o’clock in the morning, you break down in the middle of a forest and there’s no risk of any telephone network. A house, which seems abandoned, will therefore serve as your refuge for the night. Except that after your arrival, the front door slams shut behind you. It’s up to you to find the solution to get out alive, despite the paranormal phenomena.
Practical information : The escape game, “Le Fantôme” at 35 rue Gabriel Péri, Toulouse. “Help” and “Secrets from beyond the grave” at 24 rue Maurice Fonvieille, Toulouse. Duration: 1 hour. Prices: from 22 to 26 euros. online booking.
An escape game that mobilizes all your senses
“Hello dear guinea pigs. Do you have the password? Here are the first words spoken by Anne-Marguerite Monory, manager of the Tactisens escape game in Toulouse, when you arrived on the scene. the decor, worthy of a mad scientist’s laboratory, you dive directly into the atmosphere. Here you are in the premises of Professor Windar. The latter will offer you two missions.
During the first, “the sensory adventure”, you slip into the skin of guinea pigs. The scientist always needs people to experiment his research on the meaning of the human being. During the protocol, you will therefore be guided by the doctor who will ask you to appeal to your touch, your sight, your smell, your hearing, but also your taste. An unusual experience, which will make you discover unsuspected abilities.
To carry out the second, “Windar Theory”, you must enter a kind of disused bunker in which the professor has taken refuge to protect his research on eternal life. Your goal? Seize them and try to save humanity. To do this, you will have to thwart all the traps set by the scientist, solve puzzles and look for clues hidden among the laboratory instruments.
Practical information : Tactisens, 33 Port Saint-Sauveur, Toulouse. Duration: 1h45. Prices: from 25 to 32 euros. online booking.
Games inspired by cult films
To imagine its original scenarios, the escape room Skryptic has inspired by cult movies. You risk a limited time to solve puzzles, discover secret passages, manipulate ingenious mechanisms and complete your mission. The whole, “in ultra-realistic scenerymade by theater professionals”, explain the managers of the structure.
The first escape game is called “Sorcerer’s Stone vs. Dark Mage”. You will have understood it, the script refers to the Harry Potter saga. You play as new students at magic school. As soon as you enter, a whole magical world awaits you. It is full of fascinating secrets, some of which are terrifying. It’s up to you to break through them to get out of the room.
The second is called “Sherlock: The Mechanical Age”. Mycroft, brother of Sherlock Holmes, disappeared after discovering a new inexhaustible source of energy based on ether. The energy tycoons threaten the safety of this discovery, and are ready to do anything to make it disappear. While the famous investigator goes in search of his brother, he asks you to go to Mycroft’s office to recover the source of energy and reveal its recipe to the whole world.
Practical information : Skryptic, 14 Port Saint-Etienne, Toulouse. Duration: 80 minutes. Prices: from 81 to 162 euros. online booking.
Escape games for all tastes
Enigma Escape is the biggest escape game in Toulouse. No less than seven scenarios are offered. There’s something for everyone: horror, action, adventure, TV show… Each scenario is offered in a specific room, where everything has been done to give you the most immersive experience possible.
To get chills and be surprised, take part in the escape games “the strange Alexander manor”, “Oh no! Zombies”, “Chez Magien”, or even “Last home”. In the latter, you play a character who has just found the trace of the maniac responsible for the disappearance of several children. You decide to break into his home in the middle of the night, without even telling the police. But the criminal captures you and locks you in the basement of what could become your last home.
If you have so many adventures, try the “Amateur Robbers” scenario, where you will execute your first bank robberyor “The Lost Temple”, a exploration in a very ancient temple of the Yucatan jungle in which a legendary object is said to be hidden.
Finally, if you like challenges, take a seat in “The Show”, themost famous TV show, but also the most enigmatic from the moment. As soon as you enter the room, you will have to choose between the blue course and the red course. But where do these paths lead? Find out for yourself. For information, the game can also be performed in “duel” mode with a team engaged in each course for a clash of madness.
Practical information : Escape from the enigma, two addresses: “The strange Alexander mansion”, “Oh no! Zombie” and “Chez Magien”, 34 rue Bayard in Toulouse. “Amateur robbers”, “The lost temple”, “Last home” and “The Show”, 43 avenue de la Gloire, Toulouse. Duration: 1 hour. Price: 27 euros. online booking.