Breakout Atlanta

I took four boys (ages 9 – 13) to the Norcross location. We had a great time. It was challenging and we met some nice people in the process. I highly recommend that you give this a try if you are looking for something fun to do with friends. Great for all ages 8 and up. We did the Island escape.

We went for my 13 year olds birthday party. They did the Casino Royal game. They had a great time and the staff was fun and helped make it a great experience for them.

Just did the museum heist with some friends. It was so much! I won’t spoil anything but you will be really surprised. Can’t wait to try the other ones.
Also PS, if you are on your way trying to find it, it can be hard to spot. You have to go behind the building to get to it. There is only a small sign next to the road saying it is there. Good luck (arrive a few minutes early, we had a hard time finding out)

Had my daughter’s 12^th birthday here. Great time had by all they did island escape and completed it !!! The employees are friendly, helpful and did a great job !!! Will do this again with family

Our group went here for a team building and it was a blast. it was our first time but we thorough enjoyed it. We did the Museum Heist, which is one of the large room since we had a big group (9).
We’ve been to two other «Escape Room» places and this is one of the better ones we like where the clues are quite challenging, very Creative AND most importantly of all. making sense & connecting at the same time. (A few other places are trying to make it hard where nothing is even related or remotely challenging.
We made it out with a little more than 6 minutes to spare. Highly recommended.

First time doing an escape room, won’t be the last. We did the kidnapped one, which has a cohesive storyline, challenging but not impossible puzzles, and is all around fun. We solved it in 55 minutes (yay!).

Went with a buddy and friends (10 total) to Breakout and had the «Kidnapping» experience. With this many people we did have about 15 minutes to spare when we finished, but the puzzles were really good and kept us guessing the whole time. I’d find it pretty hard to think someone could do it without using at least 1 clue. The place was well set up, the game master (Luke) was personable, funny and communicated in a very clear way. The kidnapping room was creepy enough to add atmosphere but not so much so that it made the experience scary. I’ve been to one other other escape room experience (unlike another Unilocaler) and I couldn’t tell you the huge differences, etc that this place felt a bit cleaner overall and even with all the groups moving in and out was somewhat organized (unlike our other experience).
I do agree that even with GPS, reading directions and knowing that the turn is coming up, this location is a bit harder to find.

This experience was AWESOME!
I would recommend it to anyone! It was fun, good for team building skills. We had a lot of funny times and really serous times haha

I came here tonight for a birthday fun with my sister and friend and played the Casino Royale game. This game is definitely one of the harder game. We made it out in time of course, but we definitely had to use critical thinking skills and some math. Without giving spoilers, the game center around James Bond (007). You are given 3 hints that you can ask your game master (Luke was ours). We had a fun time and it got hot inside. We love the fact that this place is close to home (~15min drive) and so we don’t have to drive «far» to go to one. They have another location in Buckhead which we also played the previous night. Both places has friendly staff. If you are in the Norcross area or live near (and don’t want to drive far), I say check out this place and play a game… or two. You won’t be disappointed.

The room escape games at Breakout Atlanta are a lot of fun. At the time of writing this review, I’ve played 15 different rooms at 8 different businesses in metro Atlanta. All of them have been enjoyable, but they do have their differences in terms of story, clues and riddles, hints, acting, and production value (e.g. props, game environment). These factors vary from business to business and even from room to room within the same business. It’s a close race and I’m a fan of a lot of the room escape businesses in town. As of today, I’d probably rank Breakout Atlanta towards the top.
I’ll use this review as an opportunity to rank the rooms I’ve played thus far based on overall enjoyment:
1. The Hotel at Mission: Escape
2. Trapped in a Room With a Zombie at Room Escape Adventures
3. Zombie Apocalypse at Paranoia Quest
4. The Kidnapping at Breakout
5. Escape from Experiment Alpha at Amazing Escape Room
6. The Apartment at Escape the Room
7. Island Escape at Breakout
8. Lost in Time at Amazing Escape Room
9. The Museum Heist at Breakout
10. Inception at Paranoia Quest
11. Hackers at Ultimate Escape Game
12. The Study at Mission: Escape
13. Trapped in the Donor Room at Room Escape Adventures
14. Royal Room at Mystery Room
15. Black Ops Room at Mystery Room
Breakout Atlanta has good production quality, neat props, and clues and riddles that make sense and flow with the story of each room. Unlike Mission: Escape and Room Escape Adventures, Breakout Atlanta does not utilize any live actors. There are, however, professionally produced recordings. To get a flavor of what they’re like, check out the videos on Breakout Atlanta’s web site:
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I’ve noticed Breakout Atlanta is the only room escape business in metro Atlanta to feature videos for each of their rooms on their web site. This is because Breakout is a chain with multiple locations of the same room in currently eight different cities from the Midwest to the South. For example, the same four rooms that are available at Breakout Atlanta are available at Breakout Louisville. Breakout Louisville has one additional room, Hostage, that Atlanta doesn’t have (yet). A second Breakout Atlanta location is planning to open in Buckhead.
As of March 1, 2016, the rooms available at this location are:
1. The Kidnapping — intermediate difficulty
2. The Museum Heist — most difficult room
3. Casino Royale — intermediate difficulty
4. Island Escape — relatively easiest and most family-​friendly room
The maximum number of people allowed in each room is 7 for The Kidnapping and 8 for the other three rooms. Whichever room you chose, you are allowed to ask your game master for three hints during the game. It’s more fun if you can solve a room without asking for any hints.
Our group played The Kidnapping on February 3 and The Museum Heist and Island Escape (back to back) on February 24. We successfully beat all three rooms with times of 43:17, 52:27, and 35:43, respectively. We set a new record for Island Escape and didn’t ask for any hints.
Here are some of my brief thoughts on each room. Please don’t read the following sections if you don’t want *anything* spoiled.
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The Kidnapping: This room reminded me of the Saw movies except no torture or gore. You begin this room blindfolded, handcuffed, and in the dark. I love that. Every so often, your kidnapper will talk to you via recorded message. While not the most challenging, I thought the puzzles were fun and intuitive.
The Museum Heist: The methods used to unlock the first and one of the last puzzles in this room are unlike any I’ve seen up to this point. You’ll really have to put on your thinking caps for the puzzles in between. Challenging, but enjoyable. We used up all three of our hints in order to escape this room.
Island Escape: Easy, but fun. I like the idea of being stranded on an island. This island even has a working volcano and a boat! As with any escape room, be observant of your surroundings.
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For our visits, we purchased Groupons that cost $ 119 each (
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If you’re curious about what the other room escape games in metro Atlanta are like, check out my list where I’ve reviewed all the room escape businesses I’ve been to:
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The staff is friendly. Thanks to Jake (owner), Noël, Luke, Julia, and Josh for hosting us!

This place was awesome. I was only visiting Atlanta for a few days, but because of the fact that I absolutely love to play online escape the room games, my girlfriend thought this would be a perfect time for us and our friends. It ended up being the four of us and three others, and it’s quite surprising how hard you can work together with people you’ve just met just to get out of a room! I like the fact that they have a «panic button» in case you need a moment to step out, though I don’t think any of the rooms are that terrifying (we did the Kidnapping one – I would assume that one is probably the scariest that they have). I also liked the fact that you’re offered clues if you need them and that staff is always on hand.
We managed to break out with 7 minutes to spare AND skipped over a handful of steps. (oops?)
It was a blast. I highly recommend it.

«Please tell me you’re calling me because you’ve been kidnapped.» — Suits, Season 3, Episode 5
My Name is Lindy F., and I’m an escape room addict. I may need a 12-​step program or something, but truly, I’m not complaining.
There are 13 Escape Room companies in Atlanta (that I know of) and I have visited 6 of them. Each has their own things to offer and their own things they can work on improving. Breakout Atlanta has definitely been one of my favorites and it started when we walked in the door and the absolute enthusiasm from the staff members. This goes a long way as one of the top ways to be successful in an escape room is your mood and attitude when you enter and as you work through the room.
We were greeted by 3 employees — Josh, Julia and Luke (our Game Master). We talked and got to know them while we were waiting for the last of our team to show up. Once we were all settled in and had signed our waivers (which you can do ahead of time online, btw), Luke took us back and prepped us with the back story. Note: We signed up to the The Kidnapping.
***SPOILERS*** Do not read this if you want to do this room.
After some prep from Luke, we were given blindfolds to put on and once blinded, walked into the room one-​by-​one and then put into shackles. We were given instructions to leave on the blindfolds until after the recorded message finished. Once it was done, we all took off our blindfolds and went about accessing the room and our situation.
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This room does an excellent job of providing mostly sequential clues. There is a great variety of puzzles and items to keep you occupied and entertained and the entire time we were fully engaged and enthralled — this is important to keeping the right flow and following to a success in a room. BA does an excellent job at building this flow towards success. While we did not beat the record on the room, we were given kudos on our communication skills (also needed for success) and how well we did in the room.
Things they need — lockers. I feel this is true for all escape room companies. Luke and Julia were great and took all our coats, purses, etc. and piled them in a corner in our room while we waited outside. They were mostly out of the way and not a hinderance. Again, I would have preferred them to be someplace safe and sound and in no way part of the room.
We did escape — with 16+ minutes left. We only needed one hint and it turns out we didn’t really need it. Turns out we had the code we needed, but didn’t know how to work the padlock properly. We were so jazzed that we escaped and had so much fun, we were raring to go and wanted to immediately do another room. Unfortunately, there was not enough time before closing to do one, so instead we booked out next outing for Team Bad Math for the end of the month. Did I mention we were addicted?
So something to note, this is an easy location to miss. The business is tucked in a small shopping center and I drove right past it (despite Waze telling me to turn in). Turn into the shopping center right next to the Chevron station and BA is located in the back.

Breakout Atlanta was awesome! Our group broke out of ‘The Kidnapping’. This was the most fun with our group we’ve had in a while.
If you’re looking for a team building event this is it. It took a lot of teamwork and communication to solve the puzzles and figure out the clues.
We will definitely be going back, I wanted to do another breakout right after it was over.

Friend of ours got a lovely deal on Groupon for Breakout to celebrate a birthday. None of us had ever experienced a room escape before and with a love of mystery our appointment was made. Consider me converted to pro-​room escapes. I was nervous at first, since I wasn’t sure what to expect, but room escapes are stupid fun. At least Breakout Atlanta’s are.
The staff member who guided us was super awesome and friendly to work with. Even joking with us along the way, and leading a little as needed if we scurried too far down the rabbit hole.
Breakout offers four rooms, according to their website, but we only discussed and inquired on The Kidnapping, Casino Royale, and The Museum Heist. They all vary in difficulty based off the way the clues are given (as enlightened by our guide.) So if you like non-​linear or linear based games be sure to ask as to test your wit.
Our group was a reasonable size of 6. They mentioned the recommended group size is around 4−6-ish while pushing a bit on 8 or more only due to communication. As many other Unilocalers mentioned, these room escapes are absolutely great team builders. If your group is cozy with communicating often with each other and working as a team, then you will have a higher chance of escape. It was also great just for the challenge and to do something really cool with friends. Since our group was celebrating a Birthday our guide gifted us the chance to have 1 extra clue versus the standard 3. I can’t even recall if we ended up using our forth clue, but we did use up to three.
We managed to escape in around 9 mins to spare out of the allotted 60 mins given, and were super pumped after coming out. Not sure how other room escape games measure up, but I don’t believe you could go wrong with giving Breakout Atlanta a shot.

GF and I met a friend and his new fiancé out for the Casino Royale room. We joined 2 others who played with us and had a fantastic time. The problems were difficult to solve, required some creative thinking, and felt extremely rewarding with more than a few surprises. Our team of 6 just beat the buzzer to get out with only a few minutes remaining and thoroughly enjoyed the excitement of the challenge.
Our guide, Josh, was very helpful and instructional and gave us hints (you get 3 to use selectively) that were useful without giving anything away. What a great team-​building exercise. Everyone was able to participate and use their own critical thinking skills to solve puzzles (sometimes literally) and to participate in the celebration thereafter. We’ll definitely go back again soon!
While I’d recommend the experience to anyone, I imagine it would be most ideal for couples and double/​group dates (6 – 8 people supposedly works best) as well as businesses looking to get out of the office to apply their problem solving skills to a new areas and build teamwork.

Awesome start to our Saturday morning! We booked «The Kidnapping», and loved it! Our Game Master was encouraging to us throughout the challenge, while still allowing us to feel the adrenaline rush of beating the clock. The puzzles were difficult and stimulating. This would be fun for young teens through adults. Great set-​up, friendly, welcoming and professional! Loved it!

We did this as a team building exercise through work and we absolutely LOVED IT! The rooms are well designed, the puzzles intricate and challenging without being too frustrating. The variety of puzzles kept us moving and it was never a dull moment.
The staff was well knowledgeable and helpful.
I would say this is great if you have older kids (say, 10+) as there is lots they can do to help. Definitely good for teens and 20-​somethings!
Definitely want to bring my family back to do a different room!!!

I had been dying to try an escape room game, so I corralled a bunch of friends and we headed out to Breakout on a rainy Sunday afternoon. It was so much fun! We did the Casino Royale, and it was a blast solving puzzles, finding clues, and getting creative to find our way out. The staff was friendly and encouraging, helping us stay on course. We did manage to break out with about a minute to spare, and it was exhilarating the whole time. No sooner had we escaped than we began talking about returning to take on another challenge. They said the Museum Heist is the toughest, so maybe we’ll try that next!
«Production value» of the rooms isn’t through the roof. The room was decorated and definitely gave you the casino concept, but you wouldn’t forget that you’re in an office park. However, it didn’t detract from our enjoyment of the experience AT ALL. Also, if you sign up for their newsletter, you’ll get a coupon to take a couple of bucks off, making this one of the most affordable breakout rooms in the city.
All in all, a great time was had by everyone, and we would definitely recommend and return.

My friends came into town and gave this place a try! We had a group of seven and tried the kidnapping experience. The room was compact so luckily we’re comfortable with each other to be in just a small small space for an hour, I was hoping for a larger venue for us to solve a mystery and another door will open or something of that sort but this was still a lot of fun!
Your goal is to solve each puzzle and unlock everything. Communication and critical thinking is the key!

This is a kick-​ass place. I thought it was going to be like a big house with multiple rooms and clues, everything is so compact, every challenge is locked up in a single room with all possible clues. The game master is there to help all along. I would definitely think too less people and too many people would be a lot confusing or hard.
We were a group of 3 and we met a couple of more people who came into the room with us — so 4 to 6 people I think will be perfect. We did the Kidnapping and it was awesome experience. It’s like all the clues by itself are just weird but it is connected to something somewhere (ok most of them atleast) :D. Your objective is to get out of the room by solving the overall puzzle. The game master is there to help along the way. You have an hour to finish the game.
This place is really good for teamwork, quick thinking and trust between the group. Have fun breaking out: D