Fans of escape rooms don’t have to travel outside of Plant City to enjoy the thrilling (and sometimes terrifying) physical and mental adventure games that encourage participants to work as a team to decipher clues, solve a number of hidden riddles, open locks and escape from the room before time runs out.
Nestled at 221 West Alexander Street in the Winn Dixie-anchored Lake Walden Square shopping center, Game Over Escape Rooms offers four immersive and challenging themed experiences for everyone from beginners to experts. Stop a notorious killer from claiming another victim in “Jack The Ripper.” Fight off the dead and other hostile groups of survivors to escape “Walking Death.” Steal a powerful artifact from the Illuminati in “The Secret Society.” Find a way out before King Minos sends an army to destroy you in “The Labyrinth.”
In each room, up to 10 participants have one hour to escape.
Owner Clint Randolph was working as an engineer in Temple Terrace when he took his wife on a date to a Game Over escape room in Brandon. “I told her I’d love to work there but it would never pay the bills,” he recalled. On a whim, he sent the company an email and its CEO called him, and the idea became a reality. “Julio Perez and Blaine Schultz came on board with me, it was surreal,” he said.
The business opened in December.
Dover resident Brock Wynn has experienced at least 30 escape rooms, sometimes with friends, sometimes with his godson, Ian. “I’m trying to teach Ian problem-solving, communication and observation skills as well as patience, things that will lead to success in any aspect of life, and escape rooms are great for that,” he said.
Wynn said all four of Game Over’s escape rooms were challenging and an “escape” from reality. “When you read a book it takes you out of your normal everyday activities and escape rooms offer a similar experience,” he said. “I also want to support local business owners.
For more information or to book an experience, visit www.plantcity.escapegameover.us or call 813-707-1220.