Unreal Room Escape: La Mina

By | January 18, 2020

by Unreal Room Escape Barcelona (website)

Carrer de Bacardí, 32, 08902

Barcelona

2-7 players

Winner of a 2020 TERPECA awardWinner of a 2019 TERPECA award90 mins
Durante más de cien años, la Mina de St. Louis fue utilizada como fuente de recursos minerales, hasta que una inesperada explosión hizo que todos sus trabajadores quedaran atrapados en su interior. Desde entonces muchos son los que han especulado con todo tipo de hipótesis sobre el suceso…
La empresa Dunklerde ha logrado reabrir la Mina y ha manifestado su compromiso de hacerse cargo de la recuperación de todas las víctimas que quedaron atrapadas en el lugar.
Sin embargo sus fines reales no son del todo claros, ya que según voces expertas, la Mina ya no cuenta con tantos recursos minerales como antaño. Esta situación ha avivado de nuevo los antiguos rumores de la existencia de una extraña y valiosa fuente de minerales en la Mina, motivo por el cual algunos afirman que el objetivo real de esta empresa es encontrarlos.
¿Serán ciertos los rumores?
¿Qué misterios esconde la Mina de St. Louis?
show full description
Thank you for helping keep Escape the Review up to date!
Let us know what needs changing:




If you own or manage this company, you can also claim the listing and update it yourself

Overall rating

Rated between 4.5 and 5 out of 5

based on ratings from 11 users
combined with 8 pro reviews

Your review

Player reviews

matt_keds expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Played: 15 May 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulfamily friendly
Jess_keds expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivefamily friendly

Beautiful theming and wonderful craftsmanship of the set. Good balance of puzzles and felt immersed throughout. Truly felt like we were in an underground mine! 

Adam Bravery expert rated this:Rated between 30 and 30 out of 5
Played: 6 Dec 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 75 Outcome: Successful escape!
illogicalbroken tech

Another spanish TERPECA game that was disappointing. I get the sense that when first built, it was really cool and unique as the set is decent and huge, but it has not been well maintained and there were broken bits of tech and lots of wear and tear to the set. Also, there's a toilet in the middle of the game, like a totally out of theme working toilet for customer use. Just really took me out of the theme to open a door and find that. 

Mainly, it's the puzzles that were the worst offender. Most were either very straightforward and easy to solve, and lots were just illogical with poor signposting. Some were alright, but often used worn props that felt a bit naff. On one occasion, we asked the GM multiple times for help only to be ignored for a few minutes and then finally get a quite confusing hint - partly due to the language barrier I suppose. 

Honestly, the game just felt designed around set and wow moments - of which there were definitely some unique and cool moments - and puzzles just felt an afterthought and there's been little maintaining of the set. Wasn't particularly impressed, especially given its high TERPECA rankings. Just play the Pit at Escapement Margate instead

Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 40 and 40 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
hugequite difficult
Fiona Smith experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 1 Sep 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 75 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyimmersivemagical

Absolutely loved this escape room - I think I am on around 30-40 now and this is my new favourite. I love that it is a little bit longer (90 mins but we escaped in 75) as there is so much more to experience and it would have been a shame to remove elements to fit an hour. It is extremely immersive, as others have said you do get a little bit dirty but as long as you expect it that's fine and part of the fun! The hosting was good but a little keen with the clues particularly as we had so much time left. Quite a few elements in this room that I'd never seen before and a great mix of difficulties so that all team members can shine.

🌵Juliette B expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 16 Feb 2022 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingintense

Great experience from start to finish. Feels authentic (be warned, you will get very dirty) and some genuine physical moments that I have not really come across playing elsewhere. Lots of puzzles. Excellent effects and set dressing is great. A bit out of the way but easy to get to on the metro and local train system, definitely worth it. 

Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 45 and 45 out of 5
Played: 17/01/19
magicalbacons expert rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Team size: 2 Time taken: 69:32 Outcome: Successful escape!
Anonymous rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
FinalQuest experienced rated this:Rated between 50 and 50 out of 5
Played: 10 Apr 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivegreat hosting
Showing most recent only - see all ratings & reviews

Reviews by escape room review sites

Barcelona boasts far more than its fair share of world class games, but La Mina was still notable for having won TERPECA awards in both 2019 and 2020, giving it a pedigree that’s hard to match.

At 90 mins this is a bumper size game. In fact, it’s pretty packed even compared to other 90 mins games. After playing a room, I normally make notes on the puzzles it contained, since otherwise the details fade rapidly from my mind. With La Mina that was a challenge - because it contained so. many. pu...

Outside the room We had time to play a single escape room on a recent family visit to Barcelona and, after getting some advice from a local enthusiast, we chose Unreal Room Escape‘s La Mina (The Mine) as a highly regarded room which was accessible for children. While, at first glance, its location in Hospitalet
The pace of the game and the look and feel was perfect. The props and the transitions were excellent and vast tasks to accomplish (when two players at least) made us happy. We loved this game and it is a must play in Barcelona!
If you find yourself in Barcelona and itching to play a game, I can’t recommend this one enough. Although not in the centre of the city it is easy to get to using the local transportation system. It’s also conveniently located right next to a shopping centre for anyone who might not want to play with you. But one word of warning, you will get dirty and you will get hot, make sure to play at a time when you are either heading back to your hotel or you are getting changed afterwards. This has hit my number one all time favourite game. With new venues opening in the city soon and The Narcos on the same sight, I doubt this will be the last time we visit Unreal Escape Rooms.

See also

Other copies of this game in other locations:(Different copies of the same game sometimes have significant differences.)