Royal Escaperooms was a small single-room operation in the basement beneath Café du Nord on the Draaiweg in Utrecht, now permanently closed (likely around 2022–2023; the website is offline). The only room, De Vermiste Wijnhandelaar, was a noir detective: wine merchant François has been missing for nearly five years, the judge has declared him dead, and within 60 minutes a life insurance payout of 4.2 million euros becomes final — so the clock was part of the story itself. Players received instructions sent to their home in advance, which according to reviews created strong immersion from the very beginning. The handful of reviews was glowing (escapetalk 8.3 with high scores for atmosphere and gameplay), but the room never reached a large audience; the closure appears to be quiet economics, not a quality issue.