Clue IQ: An Escape Room Experience - Frederick, Maryland

Tristyn S.

One of the best escape rooms I've been in. It ran smoothly, was really well decorated and thought out. We did Crane Manor this time but we plan to go back and do the other rooms. Levi was our game master and was wonderful! Overall great experience and can't wait to go back.

Sarah G.

We loved the rooms at Clue IQ! We played three of them and they were all a ton of fun! The staff are all super nice and friendly, the rooms are all immersive and have high quality props and unique puzzles. We’ll definitely visit again if they make more rooms in the future!

Kathleen O.

Crane Manor is by far my favorite escape room I've ever done! This was a fantastic experience and Lilly was a wonderful game master! The puzzles were the perfect difficulty and the entire escape room was so well decorated. The atmosphere was perfect and spooky! Will definitely be back to try more rooms!

Susan D.

My spouse and I had a blast playing "Blitzkrieg" and "Excalibur" at Clue IQ today. Highly recommend; they absolutely live up to their stellar reputation. If you're on the fence because Frederick is a bit of a hike from where you are, just do it. It's worth it. 🙂

Friendly and engaged game masters
Wonderfully decorated, immersive spaces
Interesting, thematic puzzles with great flow
Well-integrated tech
Attention to detail.. even the physical locks are higher quality than most places use

We're looking forward to playing the other two rooms, "Operation Jingle Bells" (I love that they have a holiday room year round) and "Crane Manor".

If you're newer to escape rooms I'd probably suggest Excalibur over Blitzkrieg (Blitzkrieg felt harder to us, and we've played a bunch of rooms), but I don't think there's a wrong choice. I'd suggest calling and asking for a recommendation if you aren't sure which room to book -- I'm sure the staff would be happy to help.

We got to chat with one of the owners, Steve, while we were waiting for our second booking. Super friendly and very much an escape room enthusiast himself, which I think really shows in the quality of the rooms.

Jon P. ?.

The room was very well decorated (themed) and clues were definitely challenging but not impossible. Enjoyed with my kids and some of their friends. Would highly recommend. The staff was great. Friendly and very enthusiastic. Made sure we enjoyed our experience. Plan on going back soon.

The D. R.

Honestly, I don't typically enjoy escape rooms. But this was really well-engineered with technology that I didn't think existed in escape rooms. My group had a great time. The birthday boy just kept going off on how clean everything was compared to other escape rooms, especially ones closer to DC where many of us live.

The person running the room (we had Hannah) was super enthusiastic about the experience and very supportive of us. If there was anyone else involved in Op's, they took great care of us and we're appreciative.

Parking is a bit scarce, but the instructions were good enough to keep our cars nearby and safe while we played. They're sent out in emails and also written on the door of the venue.

Overall, a great experience that I might come back to. Even though I'm not a big fan of escape rooms as a concept, this place was pretty impressive and it's ran very well. I would highly recommend this to anyone who likes the escape room experience.

william L.

We had a lot of fun playing Excalibur last night. Especially because we successfully pulled Excalibur from the stone with almost 20 minutes to spare. Nice place. The Game Master was great!!

Carrie R.

We went as a group of 10 on Saturday night during winter holidays. We played Excalibur. We had a great time. All the puzzles were tricky but made sense. Our host Levi was lovely. Highly recommend!