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National Escape Game Day 2024

This year, The Escape Game is celebrating National Escape Game Day! Woo hoo! We’re so excited for the opportunity do something special with the people who make The Escape Game possible — YOU! 🥳

Sep 19, 20243 min read

Brandon Woodson
Brandon Woodson
Blogger & Traveler

It’s Time To Celebrate!

"National Escape Game Day is our way of celebrating the amazing community of puzzle enthusiasts who have supported us over the years. We’re excited to partner with artists, brands, and celebrities to drop unique puzzles all over the internet," said Teddy Cheek, Senior Director of Marketing & Brand at The Escape Game.

We encourage you to make reservations early as spots will fill up quickly. You can book an escape room game now.

We Appreciate You.

We want to show our gratitude to all our players, even the ones who can’t play on National Escape Game Day. Just go to National Escape Game Day and click on our featured partners to find clues to unlock 1,000 free games.

Our partners are flooding the internet with clues

  • Partners like Hulu, Gavin DeGraw, Neil Patrick Harris presents Wondercade, and Room Escape Artiist
  • Each partner has tickets to give away.
  • Their first clue will drop in a social media post.
  • Follow the clues to figure out their code word.
  • When you've figured it out, click the “I’ve cracked the code” button on the National Escape Room Day website! The code word unlocks your free ticket (valid for ANY game in October!)

Everyone who solves the puzzles will be entered to win a trip to Nashville to play all the of The Escape Game rooms and tour our production facilities.

What Is National Escape Game Day?

"This is the first-ever National Escape Game Day, but we plan to make it a tradition! We’ve worked hard to make it something special, and we’re confident our community is going to love it," said Cheek.

Believe it or not, National Escape Game Day is celebrated on the same day as Escape Room Day, a worldwide event! Started as an initiative of Escape Rooms Nederland in October of 2016, Escape Room Day has evolved into a global celebration for escape room lovers across the world!

Why October 1st?

As they planned the first Escape Room Day, Escape Rooms Nederland wanted to find a date that would be a bit of a puzzle itself. First, they started with the word “escape room”. Based on their positions in the alphabet, the sum of all the letters is 110. (Ex: e = 5, s = 19, etc.)

The number 110 is the same as the date 1-10, or October 1st. In the Netherlands, they put the date before the month! (dd/mm/yyyy). So “escape room” added together numerically led to October 1 officially becoming Escape Room Day and now National Escape Game Day!

Come Escape With Us!

We’re so excited to celebrate with you! Thank you for being the best guests and showing us your support!