The Time-traveler Experience at the Overrijn Creative Factory in Leiden is not a classic 60-minute escape room, but a cinematic experience of about two hours where you journey through a science fiction time-travel story with multiple rooms and time periods. After critical early reviews, the passionate owner-builder closed for two months and launched an improved version two, with a rebuilt storyline, a task-list app so you always know your goal, and film music that moves with your progress. Puzzles are fully bespoke — no standard digit locks — and according to visitors are cleverly woven into the story, with a plot where everything comes together at the end. Since the relaunch, reviews have been glowing (5.0 on Google with over 50 ratings): visitors call it unique and story-driven, and especially praise the passionate debrief by the owner, though older Escapetalk reviews still recall the confusing first version.
It challenges your mind in a different way, and you have to think a little differently than you would in a typical escape room.— TripAdvisor (SBee3000)
It's a well directed adventure, you never feel lost or confused about what task to focus on.— TripAdvisor (Hugo)
The game is incredibly inventive, with a variety of clever puzzles that require both teamwork and creative thinking.— TripAdvisor (Hugo P)