Out of the Box Puzzles & Games

This is not a traditional Escape Room as categorized here on Unilocal and advertised on Groupon, however it is a fun and different experience! Instead of having the ultimate goal of escaping one room, your ultimate goal is to earn more points than other teams throughout several rooms.
You never know what kind of group you are going to be put with, so if that scares you a bit, make sure you come with a bigger group so you can play with your friends instead of strangers. We got lucky and played with a good group, but could see how it would not be a great experience if you were stuck with some different people that were not into it or too cool for school.
The cast is what makes this place really cool. You are working with live actors the whole time and they are talented and make it lots of fun.
You move from room to room throughout your experience, spending 15 minutes in each room. You try to get as many points as you can in that 15 minutes by solving different puzzles individually and as a group. At the end, all of the different groups that were playing at the same time, meet back in «Mission Control» and the winner with the most points is announced.
They switch up the puzzles every 2 months so you can return and do it again. Again, if you have done a few Escape Rooms, do not have that same expectation when you go here. However, you will have a lot of fun!

For having never done this sort of thing before, my group thoroughly enjoyed our host and his various personas. Each room presented its own unique challenges, which we were eager to conquer. Definitely would come back again and would hope for Lorenzo to be our host! A must go!

This place was so much fun! My husband and I tried it out for my birthday and were very happy we did! The rooms and the actor were very good. It was funny, interesting, and challenging. We cannot wait to go back for my husbands birthday and see what new themes they have! Totally recommend!

My husband and I went to the Seventh Room for a date, and had a blast! This is not your average escape room– they have actors in every room, which was so much fun! I would highly recommend this place!

We returned for a second visit to the Seventh Room. We have such fun working the puzzles, playing charades, doing imitations, while trying to accumulated points. We have done three different room companies and choose to return to this one. I think it’s the actor that interacts with you and keeps you laughing that makes it so enjoyable. We’re already planning another visit in six months.

This is theater and puzzle room combined! So much fun and genuinely challenging puzzles. Get into it, have fun, be goofy, and try your hardest to solve those rooms. We only had three rooms open to us but they were all super fun!
Bring a sweater or hoody, it’s kinda chilly. Also, don’t drink before, it’s way more fun sober. Lastly, have fun and be a kid again.
Can’t wait for all the rooms to be open!

These folks put a lot of work and thought into these games, what looks like an innocent strip mall storefront becomes a really fun, immersive experience. Good fun. Great puzzles. You should go.

If you are looking for a one of a kind experience this is the place to go. With the combination of live actors and games it brings out the element of excitement without feeling too down if you get stumped. I have been countless times and each experience I learn something new. Go once or a dozen times, get a group together or fly solo, this beats any puzzle room experience in Austin hands down.

Today was our second visit to the Seventh Room. We had so much fun solving puzzles and interacting with the cast. I love that there are many types of puzzles to fit everyone’s curiosities. We will definitely be back. Looking forward to the opening of more rooms.

I purchased a Groupon for the Seventh Room and took my 10 yr old nephew. It was a new experience for both of us and we ended up being the only ones playing, but the staff member was so patient and encouraging. I really struggled as did my nephew, yet we still had many laughs. It’d be great fun to go with friends or even more people. And with the groupon it was a great value.

My husband and I took a group of our friends here for my birthday, and we all had a complete blast! I would highly recommend an evening with The Seventh Room!

I hosted a surprise birthday puzzle room for my boyfriend and invited 10 friends. We all had an amazing time! The rooms were wonderfully set up, the actors were a hoot, the puzzles were challenging, we enjoyed the different rooms and themes, great location, an overall awesome experience. We’ll be back once the new rooms are done. Thanks for a great time!

A fun adult puzzle-​room experience, complete with actors/​hosts sporting wild costumes and British accents. The concept is pretty simple: You’re placed into one of two groups pitted against each other in various timed puzzle scenarios. The group that solves the most puzzles at the end of the game wins. I won’t give away much more than that, but it’s a cool experience, especially if you’re with a group of friends.

Our family had so much fun. We had a group from age 10 – 78 and everyone had a superb time. We had done the Panic Room and this place was much much more fun. The staff interacted with the group. The whole lay out was much more professional but more fun. Do it! You won’t regret it.

So much fun, y’all. We made it to the leader board! #meatyogers Highly recommend if you’re looking for a break from the same ol. I wanted to take Lorenzo home to be my personal bell hop! Can’t wait for new rooms!

This was so much fun and such a challenge in a good way! I would totally do it again. We did it with a random group and still had a BLAST! It ran so smooth and the characters were a blast to play with! Can’t wait to do it again!

The Seventh Room (out of the box) was super fun and different from what I normally do! My husband and I were paired up with 2 other people which was fine but I imagine anything bigger than 4 would not be as fun. The games were challenging, but not SO challenging that they were impossible. I liked that I was actually able to solve some things (with a bit of detective work that is!).
The hosts of the game (a guy and girl — not sure how else to refer to them) were absolutely fabulous! They get well into character and help you a bit along the way if you need it (helps keep frustration to a minimum).
Definitely recommend if you are looking for something different to do!

This seems to be classified as an escape room on other websites like Groupon, but it definitely isn’t that type of theme; it’s more of a puzzle competition, and it’s fun as BALLS!
We had a group of 4, and weren’t sure what to expect, but they added a loner couple to our group to compete against a few other groups (I think there were 5 groups total, but they dont divide you up if you come with friends, unless it’s necessary, I’m sure). I’d recommend getting there early because you have to figure out a lock in order to gain access to a flashlight for future use. It’s not imperative, and since we weren’t early we didn’t get to the flashlights, so I just used my phone flashlight a few times.
That’s one thing I liked about this one; they weren’t crazy strict with no photos or phone use, or hardcore on not breaking a few tiny rules. They had 4 character actors that night who were all fun and funny, and not annoying as we all know *some* improv actors can be.
I do prefer the room escape type games where you are trying to solve questions in order to get out, but this one was unique in that it was like rapid fire puzzle solving of all different kinds. It’s good to go with a diverse group, because all the puzzles and clues in each themed room are different, so you tend to notice who’s brain works best with certain kinds of problems. P. s. I cant do word jumbles for shit.
The 4 of us have completely different personalities, and we all really enjoyed it. I hate being the center of attention, but the character actors make it easy for you to participate in front of people, and they’re good at lightening a situation if one person in your party *cough-​stranger-​lady-​loner-​couple* isn’t really responding well to the game.
I’m not sure if you win anything for completing the most clues, but we finished dead last, so it didn’t matter. I will go again, though, and totally destroy the other groups! They said they change up the games so you can come back and play again, so that’s awesome. It’s totally worth the $ 22 ticket price, and that’s a lot coming from a frugal spinster like myself.
LOVED it: D

Very fun lots of well done rooms with fun puzzles josh was funny and played colorful characters we would definitely go again and play a different game we had a lot of laughs!

I have been to one escape room before, but the concept here is completely different:
1. You can finish your puzzle even if you run out of time. At most escape rooms you get an hour and you’re kicked out once time is up. Here, you still get an hour to finish «on time,» but after the hour, the owner gives more «easy» clues to your group so you can finish quicker. The owner’s reasoning is that you work hard to get up to that point, and you deserve the chance to finish.
2. You are not locked up in one room and the mission is not to escape the room. Instead, the area you are in has 5 different rooms and you are free to explore everything once you unlock these doors.
3. To get past the challenges, you may be called upon by to do silly acts… and taking pictures/​videos of these silly acts is allowed. In fact, you can take pictures/​videos during the entire experience.
4. The most unique (and the best) part of Out of the Box is that there are actors. And our actor was the owner and designer of Out of the Box. He was great! He was completely committed to kooky roles with many different accents, which made the entire experience more enjoyable.
If you’ve been here once you can come again. The puzzles change depending on the group. And if too many people sign up, they will split up the group so everyone will rotate from room to room.
I came here with three other friends, and we worked together with four other people who had signed up. It is definitely more fun if you go with a large group of people you know and don’t have to work with strangers. Since we were with a group of experienced puzzle solvers, we didn’t get to participate as much. But, if they weren’t there, the four of us might have been stuck in the puzzle room forever. Some of those puzzles were really challenging!