What Komnata Quest does

Komnata Quest is a privately held, globally franchised live-entertainment operator that designs, builds, and licenses themed, custom-built escape room "adventures" delivered through a network that the company describes as 95 locations across 37 cities and 12 countries. The core product is a 60-minute, private, team-based immersive experience in a tailor-made physical set featuring proprietary high-tech puzzles, special effects, sound design, and live game-master monitoring via cameras and microphones; flagship IP includes Saint Angelo's Castle (deployed in 32 cities), Doctor Frankenstein, Maze of Hakaina, The Impossible Murder Mystery, Sherlocked, Boxed Up, Hex of the Chinese Jewelry Box, The City of Ashes, and 7 Sinful Pleasures. Technology is concentrated in physical set engineering, in-room sensors and effects, and a web-based multilingual booking platform, with no public API, app, or AI/ML layer disclosed.

The company makes money through three principal streams: (1) per-person ticket revenue from directly-operated venues in New York, Boston, San Antonio, and London, priced at roughly $30–$40 per person with weekday/weekend differentials; (2) gift certificate sales and corporate/private event bookings, including a mobile "Escape Room Delivered" team-building service at a fixed price per team; and (3) a franchise program that charges an initial fee plus an ongoing 10% of gross revenue royalty, with franchisees receiving scripts, custom prop development, CRM and online-booking setup, consulting, and marketing support. The company is controlled by Cyprus-based Mind and Feeling Investments, Ltd. (founded by Oksana Vasis), with regional operating entities OOO Impulse in Russia and Quest Global LLC in the USA; it is privately held with no public revenue or ticker and has not announced institutional funding beyond a single 2019 raise reported at $600K–$1M. Primary customer segments are consumer walk-ins (tourists, enthusiasts, families, students, bachelor/bachelorette groups) and SMB corporate team-building clients, while franchise partners form a separate B2B segment within the same network.

Name

Komnata Quest

Legal name

Quest Global LLC

Website

https://komnataquest.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Komnata Quest is a global escape room franchise network operating 95 themed, custom-built venues across 12 countries, selling 60-minute immersive team experiences to consumers, corporate team-building clients, and franchisees under a fee-plus-royalty model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Escape Room Entertainment

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Sports & Active Incentives (Golf, Ski, Sailing, Adventure) (THAHADAJ)

Keywords

• Escape room attractions
• Live entertainment experiences
• Team building events
• Themed adventure games
• Escape room franchise

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Per-person booking revenue (consumer escape room admissions): Customers purchase tickets per person for a 60-minute private escape room experience; pricing varies by day of week and team size (e.g., Doctor Frankenstein NY $30/person weekdays, $40/person weekends/holidays; Hex Of The Chinese Jewelry Box $40/person on Sundays).
2. Gift certificate sales: Komnata Quest gift certificates with no expiration date can be purchased and redeemed for any game at any time; instant email delivery.
3. Corporate / private event bookings: Bespoke team-building and corporate party experiences delivered to client venue or on-site at Komnata locations; fixed price per team for any number of teams for the delivered option.
4. Franchise fees and ongoing royalties: One-time initial franchise fee (individual per franchisee, depends on city and number of locations) plus an ongoing 10% of gross revenue royalty paid by project members to support the network.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Komnata Quest operates a global franchise network of themed, custom-built, high-tech escape room "adventures" delivered in private 60-minute experiences for small teams. The company runs directly-operated venues in the USA (New York, Boston, San Antonio) and the UK (London), complements these with a corporate team-building/mobile escape room service, sells digital gift certificates, and licenses its scenarios and brand to franchisees worldwide.

Product overview

Komnata Quest is a globally franchised live entertainment network built around a portfolio of themed, custom-designed, high-tech escape room "adventures" rather than a software product. The core offering is the escape room adventure itself, delivered across multiple cities (in the USA: New York, Boston, San Antonio; plus London, UK). The individual adventures in the active US catalog include Saint Angelo's Castle, Boxed Up, Doctor Frankenstein, Hex Of The Chinese Jewelry Box (a.k.a. Chinese Jewelry Box), The City of Ashes, and 7 Sinful Pleasures. Around this core experience, Komnata layers complementary offerings: the Corporate Events & Team Building "Escape Room Delivered" mobile service, the digital Komnata Gift Certificate, and the Komnata Quest Franchise Program. The franchise architecture is platform-plus-modules in spirit: a central brand, custom-built scenarios (modules/rooms), proprietary high-tech puzzles, and standardized booking/policy frameworks reproduced at each location.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Выйти из комнаты: Russian-language brand name used in Russia, meaning "Escape the Room" (transliterated "Vyiti iz komnaty"). Operated by OOO Impulse under a registered trademark in Russia.

Products and services

• Saint Angelo's Castle A 60-minute immersive escape room set in an Inquisition-era dungeon where guests work as a team to escape captivity. Described by the company as the 'most popular escape room in the world' and built in 32 cities; available in Boston, New York, and London Covent Garden.
• Boxed Up A 60-minute two-player escape room where partners are trapped inside two side-by-side boxes and must work together to escape. Tagged as tough-cookie and 'for two' themed experience; available in Boston and New York.
• Doctor Frankenstein A 60-minute steampunk escape room (ages 12+, team size 2-8, from $30 per person) set in Doctor Victor Frankenstein's laboratory where guests must fix a rift in the space-time continuum. Available in Brooklyn, Boston, and London Covent Garden.
• Hex Of The Chinese Jewelry Box A 60-minute detective/family-friendly escape room (team size 2-6) in which guests track down a mysterious artifact discovered in Xi'an, China, and break its curse by searching a professor's study. Available in New York and Boston.
• The City of Ashes A large, horror-themed 60-minute escape room (ages 16+) in which guests crash outside an abandoned small town and discover they are not alone. Tagged for gamers, horror, and large formats with jump scares and intense darkness. Located in New York.
• 7 Sinful Pleasures Adult-oriented escape room adventure available at the Komnata Quest Long Island City, New York location, referenced in customer reviews.
• The Impossible Murder Mystery The biggest escape room at London Vauxhall; a horror-themed room with a tricky story and spooky props designed for strong-minded teams, lasting one hour.
• Maze of Hakaina A Japanese-maze themed escape room at London Vauxhall; cited as the most awarded escape room in the world (2018 Best Venue Escape Authority, 2019 The USA's Best Escape Game Escape Authority, 2017 Golden Lock-In for best scenario). One-hour experience.
• Sherlocked An extreme escape room at London Vauxhall aimed at teams who want to push their limits, featured by the New York Times.
• Corporate Events & Team Building (Escape Room Delivered) Mobile escape room games brought to a customer's venue. A specialist runs the event, and pricing is fixed for any number of teams. Designed to encourage creativity, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and trust for corporate, bachelor/bachelorette, birthday, family, and student events.
• Komnata Gift Certificate Digital gift certificate emailed instantly after purchase that can be redeemed at any Komnata game, on any date/time, with any number of players at a fixed price. Includes a 100% satisfaction guarantee and does not expire.
• Komnata Quest Franchise Program International franchise program licensing the Komnata brand, custom scripts, props, and operational know-how to entrepreneurs opening new escape room locations. Franchisees pay an initial fee plus 10% of gross revenue ongoing royalty, with up to $30,000 potential revenue per location.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Quest Global LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuest Global LLC is the first US representative office of the Komnata Quest project. Founders: Polina Matveeva and Oksana Vasis. Operates the USA operations of the Komnata franchise network.
• Mind and Feeling Investments, Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerManagement company headquartered in Cyprus that owns the rights to the network and the trademarks for the Komnata entertainment network. Founder: Oksana Vasis. Main business is development and management of the KOMNATA entertainment network.
• OOO ImpulsecoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerRussian entity that owns the "Выйти из комнаты" ("Vyiti iz komnaty", "Escape the Room") registered trademark in Russia. Founder: Oksana Vasis. Manages the Russian network of the franchise.
• Escape Authority (Chris Moschella, Taylor)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerIndustry reviewers at Escape Authority (Chris Moschella, founder; Taylor) provide expert endorsements of Komnata Quest, including praising it as an industry leader.
• Escape Room Addict (Matt S, Dan K)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerEscape Room Addict reviewers (Matt S, Dan K) provide public endorsements; Komnata cites them among recommended-by reviewers.
• TripAdvisorminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTripAdvisor listed as a recommended review platform with explicit links to Komnata Quest Manhattan reviews; users can read and post reviews there.
• YelpminorGTM or Marketing PartnerYelp reviews are embedded prominently on the Komnata Quest homepage with links to the Komnata Quest Long Island City and New York business profiles.
• Google (reviews)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerGoogle Reviews listed as a recommended review channel on the corporate/franchise page with a deep link to Komnata's Google listing.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The Escape Game: US-headquartered escape room chain with multiple corporate-owned locations across major US cities. Directly competes with Komnata Quest for the same corporate team-building and consumer group-booking demand, and is the most visible US-based chain competitor.
• 60out Escape Rooms: Multi-location escape room operator in Los Angeles and other US cities with high-production-value, custom-built sets. Directly comparable to Komnata Quest's premium, technology-driven positioning and consumer segment.
• ClueQuest: London-based escape room operator and franchise with multiple branded rooms. Directly competes with Komnata Quest's London Covent Garden and Vauxhall venues for UK consumer and corporate bookings.
• Red Door Escape Room: Multi-location US escape room chain with proprietary themed rooms and corporate event offerings. Comparable business model, customer segments, and pricing tier to Komnata Quest's US locations.
• The Great Escape Room: US escape room operator with venues in multiple states, offering themed adventure rooms and corporate team-building. Directly comparable on product offering, customer base, and pricing structure.
• Escapely: Online and remote escape room provider; an adjacent competitor addressing corporate team-building demand digitally. Relevant because it represents the digital substitute to physical escape rooms that could erode Komnata's premium venue-based positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Mystery Rooms: Multi-city Indian-headquartered escape room franchise with international footprint. Comparable franchise-based growth model and corporate team-building positioning, though serves primarily Asian markets.

Emerging players

• Escapade Games: Smaller US escape room operator in the Los Angeles area, focused on high-production themed experiences. Comparable premium-pivot positioning and demographic, though smaller scale than Komnata.
• Virtual Realty Group: Multi-location VR entertainment and escape room hybrid operator in the US. Represents the emerging AR/VR-enabled escape room category that could compete for the same corporate and consumer leisure spend.

Others

• Lockpaper Escape Games: Independent single-location escape room operator. Included as an ecosystem participant — representative of the long tail of independent local escape rooms that compete with Komnata at the city level.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@komnataquest
• Facebookfacebook.com/komnataquest
• LinkedInkomnataquest.com/corporate
• Instagraminstagram.com/komnataquest

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Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors

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M&A

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