Confundrum is a really fun location. Their foyer has several tables and board games you can borrow to play before or after your room. Their staff are always very friendly and perform great as live actors when needed. Two of their rooms are listed in our top 5 scary escape rooms in the GTA! That’s pretty good!
Cypherspace, unfortunately, is one of their older rooms. What I’d call a generation 2 room. The puzzles are good but are more analytical and logical in nature and there are a lot of traditional locks. I can really only remember one electronic trigger – and that’s strange given the space probe setting. We did like the puzzles, which were well thought out and logical, but the integration of the solution needs updating.
They did do a great with ambient lighting as you move through the space and some good use of audio in a way we actually haven’t seen before. The build itself is older and is much more two-dimensional than others. Even the large control surface makes use of large decals. Some updating here to add some depth to the visual experience and improve the tactile experience would be nice. There’s even a corner of the room that is coming apart a bit and you can see out of it.
The story intro wasn’t great and the ending was a bit of a let down as at the end of a room you want to celebrate, and it didn’t feel like a celebration. We do appreciate the flexibility with the time as we were so close to completion! That’s part of the generally great Confundrum experience though – they want you to enjoy!
If we were to rank all of the rooms at Confundrum (which is actually what we do!) we would unfortunately have to put this room at the bottom of the pile. It really needs some updating and we’d love to rewrite this review once that’s complete!
We love Confundrum, and you have at least 3 other great choices at this location! Consider booking one of their other experiences today.
