About this venue
Prison Escape by Real Life Gaming was not an escape room but a large-scale immersive experience in the real, vacant Noordsingel Prison in Rotterdam: for three hours you were yourself a prisoner among over a hundred fellow players and dozens of professional actors (guards, staff, undercover 'inmates'). Classical puzzles were scarce — escaping revolved around bribery, eavesdropping, smuggling, and gauging whom to trust, and most participants never escaped, which played out as a complete cinematic ending. Participants and the press were enthusiastic about the total immersion, though some found it chaotic and the rules unclear. The Rotterdam edition was intentionally temporary and closed in 2015, after which the Noordsingel complex was redeveloped; the concept moved to the Koepelgevangenis in Breda (and later Utrecht), where it still sells out.
Rooms
- Prison Escape (Noordsingelgevangenis)Drie uur echte gevangene in een echte gevangenis: sociale misleiding, meerdere ontsnappingsroutes, grote acteurscast
What visitors say
- Unparalleled immersion: 'like you're in a film yourself' thanks to the large professional cast
- Social gameplay with help or betrayal from unexpected quarters and real consequences
- Even not escaping felt like a complete, dramatized ending
- For some participants chaotic: unclear rules and not knowing what to do, especially among strangers
