About this venue
Mission Escape was one of Nijmegen's first escape rooms (city centre), opened in the mid-2010s and now permanently closed — reviews dried up after 2019 and escapetalk marks the rooms as 'permanently closed', probably a COVID casualty. In 'The Secret Agent Room' you had to unmask a double agent within your own spy organisation before the stolen spy list was sold; 'The Laboratory of Dr. Lev Pasted' brought you into the lab of a reclusive geneticist searching for a missing formula. There were also 'The Museum Robbery' (you steal a Fabergé egg during the guard change) and the later 'Poltergeist Room'. These were first-generation rooms with padlocks and few effects. Beginners were enthusiastic (TripAdvisor, 34 mostly positive reviews, helpful game masters, exciting premises), but enthusiasts found the spaces small, the puzzles simple and the décor dated — some props were held together with tape. A classic case of a first-generation location that didn't reinvest and didn't survive the lockdowns.
Rooms
- The Secret Agent RoomOntmasker de dubbelagent in je eigen spionageorganisatie voordat de gestolen spionnenlijst verkocht wordt — Koude Oorlog-spionagesetting
- The Laboratory of Dr. Lev PastedHet geheime lab van een teruggetrokken Roemeense geneticus; vind de verdwenen bloed-elixir-formule — mad-science (ook 'The Hidden DNA')
- The Museum RobberyHeist omgedraaid: jíj steelt een Fabergé-ei tijdens de wachtwissel van de bewaker — ingebouwde tikkende klok
- The Poltergeist RoomBovennatuurlijke kamer, toegevoegd rond medio 2016
What visitors say
- Fun and thrilling for beginners; 'best escape room we've ever played'
- Helpful game masters who gave hints at the right time
- Surprising effects and attractive premises (spy, heist)
- Dated décor; props held together with tape, unclear puzzles
- Small spaces and simple puzzles without a narrative thread; now closed
