Escape room

What Escape room does

Escape Room, operated by Kreeda LLC (DBA escaperoom.com), is a US-based directory and two-sided booking marketplace for the escape room category. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company aggregates escape room venues across the United States and surfaces them to consumers, families, and corporate groups via escaperoom.com, with partner venues re-verified on a quarterly basis to maintain listing accuracy.

The platform's core product surface comprises the escaperoom.com directory, the Easy Book transactional booking system, a Rewards Program for consumer retention, and Gift Cards as a prepaid monetization channel. The company has also expanded beyond physical venues into Online/Remote Escape Rooms, a livestreamed experience product priced at $60+ per session, which broadens the platform beyond geography-bound supply. The platform architecture is fundamentally a content + marketplace build, with partner onboarding, listing management, booking flow, and gift card delivery as the primary technical components.

The business model is a mix of transaction fees on Easy Book bookings, partner listing fees, and gift card revenue. Average consumer spend is $25–30 per person for in-person experiences and $60+ for online experiences. The company is founder-owned, bootstrapped, operates with 1–10 employees, and has invested in multi-jurisdiction privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, UK GDPR), with its privacy policy revised as recently as April 2023. No external funding rounds, acquisitions, or leadership changes are disclosed.

Name

Escape room

Legal name

Kreeda LLC

Website

https://escaperoom.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

escaperoom.com, operated by Kreeda LLC, is a US-based directory and booking marketplace that connects consumers, families, and corporate groups with escape room venues. The platform monetizes via transaction fees, partner listings, and gift cards, and offers online/livestreamed experiences.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Escape Room Booking Platform

NAICS

Amusement Arcades (713120)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Escape Room Games & Mystery Puzzle Boxes Retail (CRALALAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

VIP Access & Skip-the-Line Experiences (THAJALAC)

Keywords

• Escape room directory
• Escape room booking platform
• Online escape rooms
• Team building experiences
• Experiential entertainment marketplace

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Booking Transaction Fees: Platform facilitates escape room bookings and charges fees for transactions processed through the Easy Book system. Payments may be processed by either Kreeda or the booked escape room operator.
2. Partner Listing Fees: Escape room operators can partner with the platform and pay for listing visibility and promotional placement to increase bookings and footfalls.
3. Gift Card Revenue: Traditional gift cards are purchased at full value and if unused at eligible locations, the revenue is retained. Credit Line option generates revenue when the gift card is used for purchases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

escaperoom.com operates as a two-sided marketplace and booking platform for the US escape room industry. It provides a comprehensive directory of all operating escape rooms with advanced search, the Easy Book reservation system with no markup fees, a rewards loyalty program (approximately 10% back), Traditional and Credit Line gift cards, and a catalog of online/remote live-streamed escape rooms. The company does not own or operate escape room venues; it monetizes by connecting players with third-party operators and by charging partner operators for listing visibility.

Product overview

escaperoom.com is a directory and booking platform for escape rooms operated by Kreeda LLC. The platform consists of the core escaperoom.com directory where users search and discover escape rooms, paired with the Easy Book reservation service for direct bookings. Additional offerings include a Rewards Program (earning ~10% back on bookings), Gift Cards (available as Credit Line or Traditional options), and Online/Remote Escape Rooms (livestreamed virtual experiences where players guide live actors via video conferencing). The company connects players with escape room venues but does not operate the escape rooms themselves.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• escaperoom.com Directory The flagship product: the largest and most comprehensive escape room directory in the United States, allowing users to discover, search with filters (rating, price, distance, capacity), and access researched information, FAQs, and selected reviews for every escape room currently operating in the US. Updated at least quarterly.
• Easy Book Booking service built into escaperoom.com that allows users to quickly and securely reserve in-person escape room experiences at partner venues with no markup fees. Payments may be processed by Kreeda or the booked operator.
• Gift Cards (Traditional) Standard gift cards sold on escaperoom.com at a set value with immediate charge to the buyer's card. Non-expiring and redeemable like cash at select listed locations; unused balances generate revenue for Kreeda.
• Gift Cards (Credit Line) Authorization-based gift cards on escaperoom.com where the sender pre-authorizes a credit line without immediate charge. Only actual spending at eligible locations is charged to the sender at the time of use.
• Online Escape Rooms Digital live-streamed escape room experiences where players connect via video conferencing apps (Zoom, Google Meet) and guide live actors through the game remotely. Available through the online escape room listings on escaperoom.com, starting from $60 per mission across more than 126 experiences from over 54 partner brands.
• Partner / Operator Listing Program A paid partner program for escape room operators and venue owners that allows them to claim their listing on the directory and pay for listing visibility and promotional placement to increase bookings and footfalls. Generates recurring partner listing fee revenue.

Quantifiable outcome

• 39%+ of online escape room players reported being exceedingly overwhelmed with the experience
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Yelp: Yelp is a local business directory and review platform that lists escape room venues alongside restaurants and other local businesses. It competes at the discovery layer but does not offer the same booking infrastructure or vertical specialization as escaperoom.com.
• Tock: Tock is a reservation and experience-booking platform used by restaurants, wineries, and immersive experience operators. It shares the booking-platform DNA with escaperoom.com's Easy Book system but focuses on premium dining and hospitality verticals.
• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a ticketing and events marketplace that occasionally hosts escape room events and immersive experiences. It is a partial competitor at the experience discovery and ticketing layer, though its core focus is events rather than always-on venue-based experiences.

Broad incumbents

• Airbnb Experiences: Airbnb Experiences is a hosted marketplace of bookable experiences integrated into the Airbnb platform. It overlaps with escaperoom.com as a discovery and booking channel for in-person and online experiences, including escape-room-adjacent immersive activities.
• Groupon: Groupon is a well-known local deals and experiences marketplace that has historically listed escape rooms and other entertainment venues. It competes in the discovery layer for local entertainment, though it is broader and less specialized than escaperoom.com.
• GetYourGuide: GetYourGuide is a major global online booking platform for tours, attractions, and experiences, with significant venture backing. It competes with escaperoom.com at the broad experience-discovery layer and has the capital to expand vertical depth in escape rooms.
• Viator (Tripadvisor Experiences): Viator, owned by Tripadvisor, is the largest global online marketplace for tours, attractions, and experiences. It overlaps with escaperoom.com as a booking and discovery platform for in-person experiences, but operates at much greater scale across many verticals including escape rooms.

Regional players

• Headout: Headout is an on-demand mobile marketplace for tours, attractions, and local experiences, primarily in major global cities. It is comparable as an experience-discovery and booking platform, with overlapping content/SEO and similar marketplace mechanics, though it is more internationally focused.

Direct peers

• Fever: Fever is a global events and experiences marketplace that helps users discover and book local entertainment experiences, including immersive attractions adjacent to escape rooms. It is comparable as a two-sided marketplace in the live experiences vertical with similar SEO- and content-driven acquisition.
• Peek: Peek is a leading online booking platform for tours, activities, and experiences, including escape rooms. It is directly comparable as a marketplace connecting consumers with experience operators via a directory and booking system with similar revenue model dynamics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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