Escape Game Awards 2025: the complete list of the best escape games in France

What are the best escape games in France in 2025? At the Salon des Loisirs immersi, the Escape Game Awards ceremony honored the country's best escape rooms. Discover the full list of winners for this latest edition!

Who are the kings of the puzzle in 2025? Escape game fans were treated to a great evening on September 6, 2025, when the Escape Game Awards ceremony was held at the Salon des Loisirs Immersifs. This annual event rewards the best escape game rooms in France, with a complete list of winners by region. It's a great way to highlight the creativity and expertise of escape game operators across the country.

But what exactly are the Escape Game Awards? Every year, this ceremony recognizes the best escape game experiences, as voted for by players. All French venues and brands are automatically eligible: no registration, no prerequisites, just the public's opinions, which determine the regional and national winners.

Created in 2015 by escapegame.fr, the industry's benchmark website, the Escape Game Awards originally rewarded the best rooms in Paris. Since 2017, the competition has opened up to the whole of France, with three main trophies: best newcomer, best venue and best retailer. A must-attend event for fans of life-size puzzles.

The winners of the Escape Game Awards 2025 :

Auvergne-Rhône Alpes region:

Best new :

Third place: Bon vent, mamie Arlette - Zupple - Oullins-Pierre-Bénite
Second place: La chambre de Swan - Le Casse-Tête Delaunay - Lyon
First place: Alien - Clap Escape - Lyon

Best venue :

Third place: Swan's room - Le Casse-Tête Delaunay - Lyon
Second place: L'Ofrenda - Imaginarium Game - Lyon
First place: Alien - Clap Escape - Lyon

Best sign :

Third place: Zupple - Oullins-Pierre-Bénite
Second place: Clap Escape - Lyon
First place: Le Casse-Tête Delaunay - Lyon

Burgundy-Franche-Comté region :

Best new :

Third place: La chaumière d'Agrios - La Onzième Heure - Dijon
Second place: Le manoir de la Douzième Heure - La Douzième Heure - Dijon
First place: Multiple - Gamotel - Pont-sur-Yonne

Best venue :

Third place: Le Masqueg du Samouraï - Timing Room - Saint-Marcel
Second place: La Malédiction de Francis Drake - Timing Room - Saint-Marcel
First place: L'Héritage - Gamotel - Vitteaux

Best sign :

Third place: Gamotel - Pont-sur-Yonne
Second place: La Douzième Heure - Dijon
First place: Gamotel - Vitteaux

Brittany region :

Best novelty :

Third place: Le mystère des Doppler - Les Bizarreries du Dr Doppler - Brest
Second place: Chrono Escape: les diamants du Nil - BRAIN L'Escape Game - Rennes
First place: Happy Halloween! - Quest'as Trouvé - Questembert

Best room :

Third place: Destination Bombay: le secret du Dr Mahavishnü - Escape Game Quimper - Quimper
Second place: Destination Tokyo.Mr Muranishi's Izakaya - Escape Game Quimper - Quimper
First place: Destination Rustyland - Escape Game Quimper - Quimper

Best sign :

Third place: Mystery O'Clock - Brest
Second place: Escape Game Quimper - Quimper
First place: Arche du Temps - Saint-Brieuc

Centre-Val de Loire region :

Best new :

Third place: Leonardo da Vinci: the last codex - Escape Yourself - Tours
Second place: Expédition équinoxe - Escape Express - Tours
First place: Le frère du pharaon - EnigmatiK - Tours

Best room :

Third place: La Loge Ecarlate - Escape Night - Savigny-sur-Braye
Second place: Rikers Island Penitentiary - ClockWise - Barjouville
First place: L'Héritage des Templiers - ClockWise - Barjouville

Best sign :

Third place: Enigmatik - Tours
Second place: ClockWise - Barjouville
First place: Escape Night - Savigny-sur-Braye

Grand Est region :

Best novelty :

Third place: The lost city of Tihuacan - La Porte Secrète - Augny
Second place: Merlin: la légende du roi Arthur - La Porte Secrète - Augny
First place: L'ombre du boulanger - Escape Night - Faverolles-et-Coëmy

Best venue :

Third place: La cité perdue de Tihuacan - La Porte Secrète - Augny
Second place: L'ombre du boulanger - Escape Night - Faverolles-et-Coëmy
First place: Les Disparus du Paradise Hotel - La Porte Secrète - Augny

Best sign :

Third place: Prisme Escape Game - Laxou
Second place: Escape Night - Faverolles-et-Coëmy
First place: La Porte Secrète - Augny

Haut-de-France region :

Best novelty :

Third place: Arsène - Get Out - Lille
Second place: Sherlock Holmes - Freeing! - Saint-Maximin
First place: La secte - Freeing! - Saint-Maximin

Best venue :

Third place: Pillage de la Grotte Maudite - Les Frères Pillard - Valenciennes
Second place: 1994: Magie et Sortilège, Le Chemin de Traverse - Arras
First place: Braquage au Far West - Les Frères Pillard - Valenciennes

Best sign :

Third place: Troisième Clé - Cambrai
Second place: Le Chemin de Traverse - Arras
First place: Les Frères Pillard - Valenciennes

Ile-de-France region :

Best novelty :

Third place: L'entrepôt fantastique - Pandore & Associés - Paris
Second place: Le Grand Hôtel de Paris - The One Escape - Paris
First place: Le Taxidermiste - Deep Inside - Paris

Best venue :

Third place: Le Grand Hôtel de Paris - The One Escape - Paris
Second place: Mission galactique - Majestic Escape Game - Paris
First place: Le Taxidermiste - Deep Inside - Paris

Best shop :

Third place: Pandore & Associés - Paris
Second place: Artifact Escape Game - Clichy
First place: Deep Inside - Paris

Normandy region :

Best new :

Third place: Gamenight 92 - Mystère et Compagnie - Le Havre
Second place: La légende d'Ishtar - Episode 2: Les Enfers - Lock Quest - Bretteville-sur-Odon
First place: The Legend of Ishtar - Episode 1: Welcome to Nimrod - Lock Quest - Bretteville-sur-Odon

Best venue :

Third place: Retro Game - Atome Game - Caen
Second place: La légende d'Ishtar - Episode 2: Les Enfers - Lock Quest - Bretteville-sur-Odon
First place: The Legend of Ishtar - Episode 1: Welcome to Nimrod - Lock Quest - Bretteville-sur-Odon

Best sign :

Third place: Le Blockhaus - Carentan-les-Marais
Second place: Escape 423 - Rouen
First place: Lock Quest - Bretteville-sur-Odon

Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine :

Best novelty :

Third place: La nonne - Closed Escape Game - Bordeaux
Second place: Le manoir - La Maison de l'Évasion - Tarnos
First place: Le mystère Da Vinci - Ilusiom - Anglet

Best room :

Third place: La lettre d'Einstein - Le Passage - Bordeaux
Second place: Cult - Gru - Bordeaux
First place: L'auberge rouge - VanxYmmersion - Vanxains

Best sign :

Third place: Le Passage - Bordeaux
Second place: VanxYmmersion - Vanxains
First place: Gru - Bordeaux

Occitanie region :

Best novelty :

Third place: Blast - Enigma City - Toulouse
Second place: La Pierre maudite - Projet Dédale - Toulouse
First place: Underground - Enigma City - Toulouse

Best venue :

Third place: The Flying Dutchman: The Ultimate Curse - Skryptic - Toulouse
Second place: Le clown - Tourbillon Escape - Ayguesvives
First place: Dirty Money - Enigma City - Toulouse

Best sign :

Third place: Skryptic - Toulouse
Second place: Enigma City - Toulouse
First place: La Traction - Portet-sur-Garonne

Pays de la Loire region :

Best novelty :

Third place: La progéniture - Le Sanatorium Hermann - Montbert
Second place: Mission infiltration - La 13ème Porte - Nantes
First place: Alpha District - Escape Time - Mulsanne

Best venue :

Third place: L'aventure Yupanki - Tadam Escape - Carquefou
Second place: Alpha District - Escape Time - Mulsanne
First place: La noche de los muertos, Tadam Escape - Carquefou

Best sign :

Third place: Escape Time - Mulsanne
Second place: Outlaw - Carquefou
First place: Tadam Escape - Carquefou

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Corsica region :

Best novelty :

Third place: Treasure hunters - Move To Aixit - Aix-en-Provence
Second place: Rituel - Enigm'Art - Mougins
First place: Les secrets de la Moria - Escape: The Movie - Marseille

Best venue :

Third place: Le Collectionneur de Kyoto - Getback Escape Game - Arles
Second place: Mysterium : l'étrange manoir Warren - Ghostbusters - Pernes-Les-Fontaines
First place: La légende du dragon - Escape Hostel - Mazan

Best sign :

Third place: Getback Escape Game - Arles
Second place: Ghostbusters - Pernes-Les-Fontaines
First place: Escape Hostel - Mazan

Award for best French-speaking venue abroad :

Third place: Tokyo Lab - Escape Rush - Ixelles, Belgium
Second place: La maison de tonton Cornelius - Trip Trap - Geneva, Switzerland
First place: Botanist Manor - Escape Rush - Ixelles, Belgium

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