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Top 5 Escape Rooms of Switzerland

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Nr 1: AUNT HILDA’S ROOM (Geneva)

I don’t think I have to say much about this room. Not least of all since we already reviewed it at length here.

Suffice to say this: This room is leagues ahead of any other room in this country. It is hard to explain why without giving away any spoilers – which is partly the reason why so few photos exist of this room. But it is what I’d call a perfect combination of beautiful and extravagant decoration and very well done and tricky puzzles.

If you are even remotely in the region of this room (which is Geneva), definitely schedule in a stop. You won’t regret it.

Nr 2: Beutezug 1847 (Baden)

This is a room where you truly feel that the owners are enthusiasts themselves. Not only does the story make sense, the puzzles are also nicely embedded and all kept in theme with the time this story is set in. The love to detail they put into building a replica of an actually old fashioned train is exceptionally noteworthy.

The company, Time Maze, is one of those few companies that we completely trust to never make a bad room – and they did not disappoint with their second room which in our opinion is totally up to par with the first one.

Nr 3: The Pirates of the Blacktrap (Martigny)

If there is any room that truly makes you feel like you’ve left the building that you entered and were transported into a completely different time and space – this is it. They built a whole pirate ship – no, not just the cabine or the deck, they built the whole ship. The ship is surrounded by huge screens that show the ocean and the changing weather that comes with it so that you truly feel like you are in deep waters. The cherry on top are strong fans that emulate the heavy winds on deck combined with an appropriate soundtrack.

This is how immersion is done to perfection. Also the riddles are very well implemented and fit the theme. Have you ever dreamt of becoming a pirate? Then don’t hesitate, this room will make you feel right in the middle of a big pirate treasure hunt!

Nr 4: The Forbidden City (Baden)

I’ve already teased it in Nr 2. This is the second game by the company Time Maze and it is just as good as the first one. One defining detail about their rooms: Both of them are very well integrated into the history of Baden, the city where the room is located. The background stories are always in depth and well thought through.

Here, you can kill two birds with one stone: Where else can you play two top-5-rooms in one location? Time Maze is the place!

Nr 5: Kontinuum (Winterthur)

If you know Technorama, the place where Kontinuum is located, you know that this is not your average shopping mall or industrial area where usually escape rooms are to be found. No, the Technorama is a big science museum which clearly had an influence on how this room was built.

We had played the Kontinuum around our 200th rooms and for the first time in a long time, we were able to say that we had encountered more than one completely unique and new thing inside the room. This is how technology is supposed to be used! Simply mindblowing.

Rankings

TOP 50 escape rooms Switzerland

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Team Black Rose has played over 250 escape rooms and ranked the top 50 in Switzerland. Which ones have you played? Combined ranking of 4 players!

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Best escape rooms in Switzerland

  1. Aunt Hilda’s Room – Trip Trap Escape
  2. Beutezug 1847 (The Heist 1847) – Time Maze
  3. The Pirates of the Blacktrap (Les Pirates du Blacktrap) – Trapgame
  4. Die verbotene Stadt 1901 (The forbidden city 1901) – Time Maze
  5. Kontinuum – AdventureRooms Technroama
  6. Mr. Trippolyte’s Vestibule – Trip Trap Escape
  7. Das Geisterhaus (House of Ghosts) – ROOM Escape Room
  8. Auf Houdini’s Spuren – Houdini’s Quest
  9. Da Vinci Code – ROOM Escape Room
  10. The Ticking Heart – Inside Breakout
  11. Spektrum – AdventureRooms Technorama
  12. Operation: Delta Starfire – Room Escape Basel
  13. Jurassic Jones – Trapgame
  14. Nightmare – Escape Challenge Luzern
  15. Narcos – Operation Safehouse – Next Level Escape
  16. Der Fluch des Yama (The Curse of Yama) – Room Escape Basel
  17. Transylvania – AdventureRooms Solothurn
  18. Das Geheimnis der Mine (The Secret of the Mine) – Geheimgang 188
  19. Bâlechemisten Illuminaturi – Breakout Basel
  20. Verlassener Zirkus (Abandoned circus) – Escape Quest
  21. Bâlekenstein – Das Experiment (The Experiment) – Breakout Basel
  22. An evening with the Voodoo Queen – Trip Trap Escape
  23. Lady Thompson – Escape Quest
  24. Auf der Suche nach Gulliver (In search of Gulliver) – ROOM Escape Room
  25. Burg Drachenfels (Dragon’s Castle) – Room Escape Basel
  26. The Wreck – Panic Room Games
  27. Sondereinheit Meteor – Geheimgang 188
  28. Das Labor – Houdini’s Quest
  29. The Heist – Panic Room Games
  30. Sherlock Holmes – Steampunk – MYSTERY GAME
  31. Die geheimnisvolle Bibliothek – Houdini’s Quest
  32. Sherlock – Escape quest
  33. Top Secret – Escape Company
  34. Ring der Macht (Lord of the Rings) – MYSTERY GAME
  35. Stardust – escapestories
  36. Casino Bâle Royale – das Spiel (the Game) – Breakout Basel
  37. Das Weisenhaus – Actionworld
  38. The Silent Chest – Trip Trap Escape
  39. Das Gefängnis – Houdini’s Quest
  40. Zelle Nr. 2 (Cell Nr. 2) – One Hour Escape
  41. Horizon – AdventureRooms Basel
  42. The Lotus Trap – Timescape
  43. Dr. Red – escapestories
  44. Jack The Ripper – Mission: Escape
  45. Escape Station – Escape Basel
  46. Jack Rackham’s treasure – Trip Trap Escape
  47. Auf Sherlocks Spuren (Sherlock Holmes) – Geheimgang 188
  48. The brotherhood of the Stone – Trip Trap Escape
  49. Game of Thrones – Der Winter naht! – Mission: Escape
  50. Der Kunstraub – Snary Mary Adventures

Awards

  • 🥇Best escape room in Switzerland: Aunt Hilda’s Room, by Trip Trap Escape.
  • 🥇Best escape room in German-speaking Switzerland: Beutezug 1847 / The Heist 1847 by Time Maze.
  • 🥇Best escape room in French-speaking Switzerland: Aunt Hilda’s Room, already awarded “Best escape room in Switzerland”. Followed by The Pirates of the Blacktrap, by Trapgame.
  • 🥇Best escape room in Zürich: House of Ghosts, by ROOM Escape Room.

Last updated: 4th of February 2020. 134 Swiss rooms played. 250 worldwide.

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Methodology

  1. Create the matrix A where A_i,j is how many times room i was rated above j.
  2. Find the largest real eigenvalue, λ.
  3. Find the corresponding eigenvector v so that Av = λv
  4. This vector is the “score”. The rooms are sorted.
  5. We did minor manual modifications when we thought the ranking was skewed due to fewer than 4 players having played a room, aka hidden gems.

This is a similar methodology to the one used for Top Escape Rooms Project