My family recently landed in our winter location and got a post office box for the first time since we left last spring. And right about the same time, I found out about Finders Seekers. These are escape room monthly subscriptions (so, not very doable when you’re not sure what your address will be next week). We just finished our first one, and I have to say – I really enjoyed myself.

They also have a Junior subscription, which is what I first looked into, but they seemed a bit easy. The regular subscription seemed better and more bang for the buck, so I opted for that. However, my kids are also starting to get a little older and are very capable of playing adult games. Preschool games are behind us. If your kids are younger, I’d try the Junior subscription.

I LOVE logic puzzles and riddles. I love having to think and figure things out; it’s probably why I loved algebra in school. It’s just a numbers puzzle for my brain. This escape room totally scratched that itch for me and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I’ve always been wary of escape room games. They’re pretty expensive for a one-time thing, but now I get it. I actually found an Exit game new in box (at a thrift store!) a few months ago; we’ll be pulling it out soon. I was kind of scared to play it, worried I would ruin it somehow, but I’m totally addicted now.

Our first escape room was the London Escape Room from November 2024. There were a total of 9 puzzles for us to solve. I’ll admit; it was mostly my husband and I solving them (and my daughter ditched us to play with her friend for the second half), but my son started to figure some out, too.

Some of the puzzles, like the ones pictured here, used components that were shipped to us in an envelope. Others were entirely online.

Like I said: I enjoyed the escape room. However, a lot of it was online, so I don’t think it was worth the $30 that’s the regular price (we got it half off – yay!). Considering that many of the Exit escape rooms are around $15, I’m excited to try the one we have and see how it compares.

One thing that is really cool about Finders Seekers escape rooms is that each one is in a different country. If you work them into a unit study, that would be really cool. Each escape room comes with a QR code to their website where they have suggested recipes (London’s suggests Bangers and Mash to eat and Gimlets to drink) as well as a Spotify playlist. And, I will say, their London playlist had some great music, though pretty well-known to most Americans.

Another nice perk is that you can use a page protector on the couple of sheets that require you to write on them and then regift the escape room when you’re done with it. Which is pretty cool, and means that lots of families can enjoy it without needing to purchase anything special.