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Escape rooms in Des Moines

Choose one of the 28 escape rooms available in and around Des Moines! Escape rooms are perfect for any occasion: a night out with friends, a date, a birthday celebration or a team-building activity. Search for clues, solve puzzles and work together to uncover the mystery – it’s time you escaped the room!

Popular escape rooms in Des Moines

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  • Mystery Mansion
    (20+ reviews)

    Mystery Mansion

    2 – 860 min.

    Work as a team to race the clock and uncover the mansion's secrets in this all-ages mystery adventure.

  • Bomb Squad
    (20+ reviews)

    Bomb Squad

    2 – 760 min.

    There’s a bomb hidden in the city and time is ticking. Can you find it before it’s too late?

  • Operation: Casino
    (20+ reviews)

    Operation: Casino

    2 – 860 min.

    If you’re down with espionage, this is your game.

  • The Kidnapping
    (20+ reviews)

    The Kidnapping

    2 – 760 min.

    Can your team work together to follow the chain of clues and escape the room before the kidnapper returns?

  • Clue: The Escape Room
    (20+ reviews)

    Clue: The Escape Room

    2 – 860 min.

    For the first time, the mystery game you love brought to life.

  • Wild West
    (20+ reviews)

    Wild West

    2 – 760 min.

    Saddle up, gang—it’s time to ride into the Wild West. After striking gold, you and your band of prospectors were robbed and taken hostage by the infamous Outhouse Kid.

  • Kidnapping 2: Afraid of the Dark
    • New!
    (20+ reviews)

    Kidnapping 2: Afraid of the Dark

    2 – 860 min.

    Escape total darkness — and an old asylum — to earn your freedom before the captor returns.

  • Island Escape
    (20+ reviews)

    Island Escape

    2 – 860 min.

    While vacationing on a tropical island, you awake to the sounds of a dormant volcano slowly rumbling to life. The island's already been evacuated, and it's up to you to escape.

New escape rooms in Des Moines

Escape rooms in Des Moines

  • The Cellar
    (5+ reviews)

    The Cellar

    2 – 860 min.

    Don’t let me die… not here… not today… not like this.

  • The Party Room
    (4 reviews)

    The Party Room

    2 – 1260 min.

    Can you make it out in 60 minutes?

  • Warlocked
    (2 reviews)

    Warlocked

    2 – 1260 min.

    Using a dangerous mixture of ancient magical defenses and cutting edge high tech security, you and your team must navigate through the vault and complete your mission in 60 minutes!

  • Morning Afer
    (2 reviews)

    Morning Afer

    2 – 890 min.

    When you were asked to be a member of your friend's wedding party, you had no idea it would be like this.

  • The Recruit
    (2 reviews)

    The Recruit

    2 – 860 min.

    Being an agent for an organization known for its secrecy, it’s odd to still be surprised by CIA intelligence but here we are. Hand-picked, top of your class, best of the best of the best… Your just what they need and the stakes have never been higher…

  • Novacaine
    (2 reviews)

    Novacaine

    2 – 860 min.

    You and your friends decide to take matters into your own hands and soon find yourselves caught up in a race against time. Free yourselves and get to the authorities, or become just another victim.

  • Honeymoon Suite
    (2 reviews)

    Honeymoon Suite

    2 – 1060 min.

    It's up to you to find out what happened but you could never imagine what darkness lurks in Sin City...

  • Movie Night
    (1 review)

    Movie Night

    2 – 1260 min.

    After being invited to house-sit for your friend, you decide to invite a few friends over for a movie night. But your friend has a secret and the entire house locks down. Can you get out before time runs up?

  • Kiss of the Dragon
    (1 review)

    Kiss of the Dragon

    2 – 660 min.

    Hanzo Jiro runs the largest illegal gambling racket in all of Las Vegas. As the Oyubun, the "father," of one of the oldest and largest yakuza clans in the country, the Inagawa-Kai, the family's presence is notorious...

  • Cryosleep
    (1 review)

    Cryosleep

    2 – 860 min.

    You awake from cryosleep, kidnapped on a space journey. Free yourself and make your escape before your captor wakes up!

  • Area 51
    (1 review)

    Area 51

    2 – 860 min.

    Break into a Government facility and explore Area 51 - but be sure to escape before the soldiers return.

  • Mansion Murder

    Mansion Murder

    2 – 660 min.

    Failure means a life behind bars!

  • Batman: The Dark Knight Challenge

    Batman: The Dark Knight Challenge

    2 – 660 min.

    Prove what it takes to be a hero, SAVE GOTHAM CITY!

  • The Slaughterhouse Level 1: Purgatory

    The Slaughterhouse Level 1: Purgatory

    2 – 760 min.

    You and up to 7 of your closest allies have 60 minutes to find and save victim 1 in the first ever live game of its kind. Beat Level 1 to receive your key. What will your key open? Only time will tell. Will you save them, or become them?

  • Scooby-Doo and the Spooky Castle Adventure

    Scooby-Doo and the Spooky Castle Adventure

    2 – 660 min.

    Can you SAVE YOUR TOWN FROM DISASTER?

  • A Pirate's Curse

    A Pirate's Curse

    2 – 660 min.

    Escape an eternity TRAPPED AT SEA!

  • 7 Deadly Sins

    7 Deadly Sins

    2 – 660 min.

    Free yourself from a deadly curse!

  • Lost City

    Lost City

    2 – 660 min.

    Can you FIND THE TREASURE?

  • Who Stole Mona?

    Who Stole Mona?

    2 – 660 min.

    Retrieve the Mona Lisa! FAIL AND YOU DIE!

  • Antidote: Chemical Warfare

    Antidote: Chemical Warfare

    2 – 660 min.

    Find the antidote and SAVE THE WORLD!

Latest reviews of escape rooms in Des Moines

The Wild West escape room was amazing. Also had an awesome game master who was very helpful when my group got very off track. 10/10

LoganMay 30, 2025

It brought us closer in the best, most entertaining way.

ChelseaJune 19, 2025

It gave us joy, energy, and something fun to talk about later.

ChandreeSeptember 17, 2025

The good mood was contagious and made the experience even better.

DiegoAugust 23, 2025

It gave us an experience that brought out our best moods and teamwork.

IreneJuly 8, 2025

A feel-good experience we’ll be recommending to friends for sure.

ÉmileSeptember 21, 2025

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