Duration
60 min
Players
2-6 players
Reviewed
03-11-2025
Difficulty
Expert
Our review
Even though we're not the biggest fans of horror rooms, we're curious and enthusiastic about any escape room experience. That's how we ended up at Real Escape Room. Slaughter House, however, wakes you up to a grim reality: a room where not only was the initial investment minimal, but so was the care for it over the years. We say this because, although we understand the theme, it's not okay to find so many dusty and dirty objects that clearly haven't been maintained, all accompanied by a stuffy, heavy atmosphere. While in other rooms you're excited to interact with the details, here we felt a sense of discomfort with every object we touched.
Detailed Ratings
Puzzles5/10
Atmosphere7/10
Decor6/10
Staff9/10
Creativity6/10
We played this escape room with 2 players and:
Story & Setting
The story is, at least in the first part of the game, almost non-existent. Everything revolves around the classic premise: you wake up in a slaughterhouse, you don't know how you got there, and you have to escape.
It wouldn't be a problem that the narrative thread is thin at first, since not every room has to start from a strength. We would have expected, however, for the excitement to build along the way, through puzzles that reveal details about the scenario. Unfortunately, that takes a long time to appear, leaving you with the feeling that you're mechanically solving puzzles with little logical explanation or connection between them. A dull sequence.
Puzzles & Gameplay
Most of the puzzles in this room have frustrating logic. We constantly felt like we were solving riddles from some obscure website. The challenge comes more from the need to hunt for digits written almost at random to unlock old padlocks. Frustrating tasks that offer no satisfaction at the end (perhaps also because we stumbled onto some solutions by luck). We used quite a few hints to progress, and the feeling after each one was: "ah… ok… yeah, there was no way we'd have figured that out".
We've played other lock-based rooms before, but one way to avoid frustration would be to vary them (different number of digits, letters instead of digits, keys of different sizes, etc.). Here, instead, we had to try each lock one by one with the same combination we found to see if something opened. Not exactly fun against the clock.
Atmosphere & Immersion
The decor is dirty and unmaintained, giving a sense of an abandoned space, but not in the artistic sense of the theme. The second half of the experience brings a considerable plus, with a phase of the game where the horror is well executed and gives you exactly the thrills you expect. Still, cohesion between elements is missing here too. The spaces are large but relatively empty, leaving you with the impression of an unfinished room. The lack of maintenance negatively impacts the overall experience.
Much appreciation, however, for the staff, who were very friendly and answered all our questions at the end.
What We Loved
- ✓Welcoming and friendly staff
- ✓Authentic horror atmosphere in the second part of the game
Areas for Improvement
- !Fragmented and arbitrary puzzle logic
- !Real grime, not decorative
- !Zero maintenance of equipment
Final Verdict
We didn't leave Slaughter House very enthusiastic. Although we were told it has higher difficulty compared to other rooms in their portfolio, the puzzle style at Real Escape Room didn't convince us at all. The room has potential but needs serious upgrades to keep up with the rest of the Bucharest market. For now, we only recommend it to those who have exhausted all other horror options and want to tick off everything in town.
ⓘ Currently we use a custom image for presenting the room in the review. If you are from Real Escape Room and would like to replace it with the official artwork, give us a sign and we can sort it out.
