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5.0Escape game

The Heist

Company: The Escape GameChicago, Illinois

  • 2 – 8Number of players
  • 60 min.Time limit
  • Difficulty level (1-4)
  • Not scaryFear level
  • 14+*Age requirement

Description:

Attn. Agent, your mission should you choose to accept it: pull off the ultimate museum heist. A priceless Monet painting has recently gone missing from the Barclay Museum of Historical Art. We have reason to believe it’s been nabbed by the museum’s curator, Vincent Hahn. Your mission — slip through the museum galleries undetected, break into Hahn’s office, recover the painting, and high-tail it out of there before he returns! The Heist is the second escape room we released and it still remains one of our most popular games to this day!


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Reviews of escape game "The Heist" 54

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May 6, 2026

the heist was a very fun puzzle and nina was the best host! would recommend that you ask for that puzzle and for nina as host

February 19, 2025

Heist was a great game and Nina did an amazing job explaining the game and providing appropriate clues, totally worth it.

November 19, 2024

Really fun Heist experience. Nina is awesome!

November 16, 2024

We had a great time playing the Art Heist and made it out with time to spare! We shared the experience with another group and had fun working on our team skills. Our Game Guide Susanna was very fun, energetic, and shared just the right amount of information and clues. 10/10

February 1, 2025

We had so much fun in the Heist Room! Nina was a fantastic host, really helpful and provided great instructions.

January 22, 2025

AMAZING TIME! Escape rooms 10 out of 10! My boyfriend an I did one the first day (prison) and then 2 back to back (heists & special op) the next day. Susanna was so great we could not have said no to doing another one! BOTH Susanna and Jules were so helpful! THANK YOU so much for making it memorable! Hope to be back soon!

February 26, 2025

I Truly felt like a Spy trying to solve The Heist. Definitely challenging and thought provoking." Karly " was a Great motivator and Supporter throughout. I will return soon.

February 21, 2025

We loved the heist and Izzy was a great host. Loved the puzzles and clues

December 9, 2024

Very interactive game with creative puzzles! We did the Heist challenge and it was difficult but well worth it! Nathan was a great game host

November 23, 2024

Did The Heist with some coworkers, we all had a blast and really enjoyed some of the clever and novel mechanics they used! And Bree was a fantastic guide/host for our game! I hope to come back next time I'm in Chicago! 💖

December 23, 2024

I came with my family and the 4 of us did the Heist game. It was absolutely fantastic - lots of puzzles of mixed difficulty. We booked to go back tomorrow! Bre was our Game Master and she did a fantastic job with her clues!

February 17, 2025

Amazing escapes!!! Heist and Mars was super fun and Ace was a super game guide!!! Highly recommend for family outing

January 14, 2025

Our group had an amazing time trying to escape The Heist. We escaped with 13.44 seconds left. The puzzles and codes were just the right level for us. Jacob was a great escape leader and Peyton helped us check in quickly since I was having an issue with my phone. Both made our experience fantastic!! Thank you!!

January 27, 2025

David was an amazing game master and he just adds an extra fun to the whole experience! Proud to say that we escaped The Heist 😎

August 1, 2024

We did the heist and had so much fun! Suzanne was a great game master and helped us with hints whenever we needed.

June 3, 2024

Ace our game master was great! We completed The Heist!

September 27, 2024

The staff were friendly, the price was good, the game was AWESOME! We finished with just 3 minutes left. Our game guy, Will was amazing! We played the Art Heist room.

July 11, 2024

This was soooo much fun! Great time! The Heist was a blast!

November 26, 2024

Bree was such a sweet and helpful game guide! We did the Heist and it was really fun!

August 6, 2024

our queen bre was amazing on guiding us thru the heist escape game!! super fun way to spend ur visit in chicago.

August 5, 2024

So much Fun! We ESCAPED the HEIST!

June 21, 2024

Breanna our guide was fabulous and we really enjoyed The Heist Escape room. Really challenging!

August 30, 2024

We played “The Heist” as first timers and had a great time discovering that we not nearly as smart as we thought. Will was a fantastic guide, dropping hints when we were close but stuck. Got us through in time. I’d try another adventure for sure.

August 3, 2024

Nina was a great game guide to The Heist! Awesome experience with The Escape Game in Chicago.

September 22, 2024

Art Heist was super fun!

September 22, 2024

We played the heist game. Super fun and Jackie, our game master, was great!

June 24, 2024

“The heist” was a lot of fun

June 20, 2024

My group of 6 friends and I did The Heist room (Difficulty: 8/10) in 49:13 with three clues. This was our first time at The Escape Room Chicago and we all had a great time. Breanna was an amazing game guide who gave us the rundown and helped us when we needed it.

We will definitely come back to try some of the other rooms!

September 30, 2024

Great game! Excellent game guide: Karly! Played The Heist and ESCAPED! Will definitely be back for more 😀

June 4, 2024

We did The Heist with Will! It was our favorite room & Will was an awesome guide!!!

August 30, 2024

Had a great time in the Heist room!!! Our host Will was great!

July 29, 2024

Will was awesome! The heist was a great experience!!

February 25, 2024

Great experience! We did the Art Heist with 6 people and Will was our guide; would definitely come back!

July 10, 2024

Julian was incredible!! We hd such a great time doing Heist! Thank you!!

February 11, 2024

Company management outing, 2 separate rooms completing again each other.

Our teams room: The Heist

Their team: Special Ops

We destroyed them with 15 minutes to spare, victory is ours of course. 💪🎨🖼️

February 8, 2024

Maeve and Dynamic Dave are the best game masters! Such a high quality production! Would recommend the heist!

July 24, 2024

We did the Mars Mission and loved it. Can’t wait to come back

June 3, 2024

I loved The Heist! The rooms were well designed, and the riddles/puzzles weren’t too complex. Sophia gave the best clues, and we managed to Escape just in time! The best

June 10, 2024

Loved this escape room! The guide, especially Sofia, was awesome. The Heist room was a good level of difficultly and a fun challenge. Highly recommend!

July 20, 2024

We did the Heist! Great experience, good clues, well run, all good!!!

July 3, 2024

Dynamic Dave was such a fun host and extremely responsive throughout the whole game experience!! Highly recommend, the heist was fun!

June 18, 2024

We really enjoyed the Heist. It was my first escape room. Will was such a great host. He took all our pics and showed us other rooms. He’s such a friendly guy.

May 12, 2024

What a blast! We did The Heist and it was a beautiful room with a number of complex and intertwined puzzles. The creativity in how clues appeared was a lot of fun to see. We were able to escape with only two people (and prior escape room experience), so I encourage groups of any size to take on this room.

Also, Ace, Nicole, and Nate were incredible kind and helpful. We did the escape room to escape a week being stuck in a hotel due to unexpected home renovations, and they truly made it feel like a reprieve. We will be back!

February 24, 2024

Tried it for the first time with my family (group of 7) and we all had soooo much fun!! We did the Heist and made it out with a few minutes to spare. I highly recommend it and we are definitely going to come back and take a crack at the Prison room sometime.

April 24, 2023

We did The Heist with just two of us. We did need a few hints but managed probably 90% of it on our own. The most sophisticated escape room venue I’ve been to and the staff were lovely

April 24, 2023

My friend group and I did the heist and had a blast. This is the second time we’ve came in here and loved it!!

April 24, 2023

Did the Heist recently with a total of four people. It proved to be a challenge but was a lot of fun, we cut it close escaping with 31 seconds on the clock! I've never felt so confused and brilliant in the matter of an hour.

April 24, 2023

This was my first escape room experience and I thoroughly enjoyed it! The facilities were incredibly clean and the Escape Room team assured us of the sanitary measures they take, going as far to offer gloves for anyone in our party. Our room (Money Heist) was a ton of fun and challenging and with the help of the employee who was on the intercom the whole time to offer clues, we escaped with time to spare!

January 16, 2021



Such a great experience! Signed up on a whim passing by after dinner, showed up 3 hours later and escaped from "The Heist" with 8 minutes to spare!! Not too bad for our first time with 6 strangers we will never see again. The entire experience was a treat, so much fun. An incredible rush!! Highly recommend!!

February 1, 2018

The people working were extremely friendly and helpful. We did "The Heist" and had a fantastic time! I would definitely recommend this as a fun activity in Chicago.

February 1, 2018

I went as a part of a work-outing - this was my first experience with an escape room. Wow! Half of our group did the Heist and the other half did the Mars Mission. Everyone enjoyed using their wits, creativity, (and a few hints) to solve the puzzles and escape before time elapsed. The staff was great, the location excellent, and I will go again!

February 1, 2018

Such a fun experience! Challenging but keeps you excited and entertained the entire time. Great for large groups or even two like my husband and I did! If you have the time and are in Chicago, a must! We will be back to try them all!

February 7, 2017

We went here with our 11-year-old daughter yesterday while exploring the city and could not have had more fun. The level of detail that it's put into each room and game is utterly astounding. I was skeptical whether it would be suitable for someone her age but she absolutely loved it. The employees were incredibly welcoming and kind and calmed our nerves. We will definitely be back!!

February 7, 2017

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