The First Escape from a Room

Escape games are now more popular than ever - but how come? We from Scavenger Escape did some investigating.

Prehistory
The origins of escape games unexpectedly go back to the digital world of point and click adventures. The first widely popular predecessor occurred in 2004: the online game Crimson Room by Japanese developer Toshimitsu Takagi, that already included the most important elements: Playing in first-person perspective, you find yourself locked in a room and need to find a key in order to escape.

Beginnings
The transition from the digital to the real world also succeeded in Japan for the first time - Takao Kato (SCRAP Entertainment Inc.) opened his Real EscapeGame, that already included time limits, in 2007. It was the beginning of a global success: In the early 2010s escape rooms could already be found in Australia, Singapore, San Francisco and Budapest.

Present
Today escape rooms are not a rarity anymore, the website World of Escapes lists thousands of rooms all around the globe. The pandemic naturally caused great problems for escape rooms. We, like many others, answered by broadening the variety of our escape games. The crisis has given us the opportunity to grow and develop.

If you've never been to an escape room before, or are a fan of the genre, Scavenger Escape Budapest has four exciting games for you.

You can book your play online with just a few clicks. And if you want to surprise someone else with an escape room experience, you can even buy a gift card!