Knockout Escape Rooms: The Curious Cabin

By | May 28, 2019

by Knockout Escape Rooms (website)

75 Milford Road, RG1 8LG

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2-6 players

60 minutes

The curious cabin holds many mysteries and now is your chance to investigate – but will you return to tell the secrets?
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Overall rating

Rated between 3.5 and 4.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 20 users
combined with 2 pro reviews

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Player reviews

jakea256 expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Some really lovely, well themed puzzles throughout this game. Really fun to play from start to finish.
SupertrampEcho experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
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🌡Juliette B expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 15/08/2020 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:29 Outcome: Successful escape!

We had a blast doing this room, everything flowed very logically and we enjoyed that there was an optional "extreme" mode for enthusiasts. Set looked fantastic. Owners clearly enthusiasts and had a great chat about ERs in general when we were there - we didn't play their other rooms (which I believe are easier) but would highly recommend checking this one out if you are in the area. 

Kelly Archer expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

Absolutely brilliant, so much fun. Lots to do, really well themed with plenty of puzzles. The final puzzle is very satisfying, too. Staff here are always really engaging and switched on and love to talk through the whole room play which we really enjoy.

TeamHawley experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Wesley Mead expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 23 Nov 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 57m Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult
Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 9 Oct 2021 Team size: 6 Time taken: 51:42 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Jasmine Barrett rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverstory-driven

Thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of this room, it was quite difficult at parts for the 2 of us but nothing we couldn't handle. We did have a slight mishap with an electrical aspect of one of the puzzles which took away from the experience slightly but without that it would have been a perfect experience. 

ratsontour expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Played: 8 Oct 2022 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
Peter Hoare experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 9 Mar 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalclevergreat hosting
Quite challenging for two but we felt like we did well and got to the end with a minute or two to spare. Again some original new things ive not really seen before, along with some familiar lock and key and code type puzzles. 
MightyMidds experienced rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 7 Oct 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 47 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techtime waster puzzlesquite easy

Enjoyed this room apart from some minor points. There is a very obvious time waster puzzle in the first room which could have been the same concept but much shorter without losing the idea. This sapped our momentum a little but we kept going. 

Once into the 2nd area, there was a very out of theme puzzle which was just plain badly designed. Lighting was a huge issue and the puzzle was just ridiculously long with players having to restart the entire thing for only the tiniest mistake - another time waster. I actually got to the point of saying I would walk out if we had to re-start yet again. Maybe I'm just not a fan of poorly lit dexterity puzzles!

On exiting, we were told that the puzzle was a placeholder for a broken puzzle so I am very hopeful that it will be replaced very soon or they will at least sort the lighting issues to make the puzzle more enjoyable.

matt_keds expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 23 Jan 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
Jess_keds expert rated this:Rated between 35 and 35 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingfamily friendly
2For1 experienced rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 16 Sep 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:09 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersiveintenseepic
Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenfamily friendly
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 12 Jun 2023 Team size: 3 Time taken: 58
beautifulvalue for moneystory-driven
Thomas James rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 25 Jan 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 50:54 Outcome: Successful escape!
Tatticorn rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 3 Feb 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 52.30 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingepic
Tim Cooper expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 17.06.2019 Team size: 4 Time taken: 56:08 Outcome: Successful escape!

Reviews by escape room review sites

Cabins in escape rooms have a tendency to turn grizzly - the ominous cabin in the woods trope. This one is an exception. It turns out to be a fairly normal miner’s cabin (normal other than being filled with puzzles, I guess); unfortunately, just at the moment you sneak inside, a landslide leaves you trapped with no way out.

Far from creepy, there’s a homely and quite welcoming feel to the space. It was even pretty well lit, though the torches provided were a welcome help for the dimmer corners....

This is one of those rooms that you enter and think you know what you’re getting but then it finds ways to surprise you and fill you with excitement. On the surface it looks like a simple room but behind the scenes there's a lot of tech working hard to keep you on your toes

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