What Le Donjon de Paris does

Le Donjon de Paris is a Paris-based experiential entertainment operator running a portfolio of eight themed escape rooms concentrated in a single venue near Place de la République. The legal entity is Spes Salutis, a French SAS, indicating a small, closely-held operating company. The product is a set of narrative-driven escape experiences, each staged on sets exceeding 70 sqm and supported by live actors, with interconnected storylines that reward repeat visitation across the room portfolio. Pricing is structured per-player (€32–€73), accommodating groups of 2 to 6, with longer-format and higher-production rooms commanding the upper end of the price band.

The customer base spans tourists, local repeat visitors, corporate group bookings, and private event clients (birthdays, stag/hen parties), with an ancillary revenue line from renting the venue to film and photo productions. Distribution is hybrid: direct bookings via the company website alongside third-party aggregators, with gift cards extending the sales surface beyond live bookings. Operational partnerships are limited to commodity vendors — Crédit Agricole for payment processing and OVH for web hosting.

The business model is fundamentally a single-site, high-touch experiential service with negligible recurring software or subscription economics. There is no disclosed external funding, no second location, and no AI/ML component to the product. Revenue scales primarily through room utilization, ticket mix, and the diversification of use cases (B2B events, production rentals) on the same physical asset base. Structurally, the company resembles a bootstrapped lifestyle-scale entertainment business rather than a venture-backable growth asset.

Name

Le Donjon de Paris

Legal name

Spes Salutis

Website

https://ledonjon.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Le Donjon de Paris operates eight themed, actor-driven escape rooms in a single venue near Place de la République, serving tourists, local visitors, corporate groups, and private events with per-player pricing between €32 and €73.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Escape Game Sessions: Per-person pricing for escape game sessions ranging from 32€ to 73€ depending on group size (2-6 players) and room type (standard, horror, or 75-minute extended experience). Prices decrease per person as group size increases.
2. Gift Cards: Gift cards available in various denominations (20€ to 234€) for partial or full sessions. Valid for 2 years. Sold online with immediate code delivery via email.
3. Private Events: Venue rental for team building, birthdays, bachelor/bachelorette parties, and corporate events in their 75 m² medieval tavern.
4. Filming/Production Rental: Rental of their authentic medieval sets for film, TV, or photo shoots.
5. Night Session Supplement: 30€ supplement for sessions starting between midnight and 6am.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Le Donjon de Paris operates a physical escape game venue near Place de la République in Paris, offering 8 themed immersive escape rooms (60 or 75 minutes) for groups of 2–6 players. The experience combines professionally designed sets, live actors, narrative puzzles, and a hidden 75 m² medieval tavern used for private events, team building, birthdays, and filming rentals.

Product overview

Le Donjon de Paris is a French escape game company operated by Spes Salutis, offering immersive real-world adventure experiences near Place de la République in Paris. The company provides 8 distinct escape room scenarios lasting 60-75 minutes each, ranging from thriller, epic adventure, dark romance, esoteric, horror, to fantastical themes. The core portfolio includes L'Immortel (thriller), Les Derniers Templiers (epic treasure hunt), Les Amants Maudits (dark romance), L'Alchimiste (esoteric), La Crypte (horror), L'Asile (horror), Sorcières (fantastical), and Le Nouveau Monde (epic adventure). Supplementary offerings include La Taverne (a 75 m² medieval event venue for up to 50 guests), gift cards, team building events, birthday celebrations, bachelor/bachelorette parties, and set rentals for filming productions. The experiences accommodate 2-6 players, with rooms spanning over 70 square meters each.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• L'Immortel (The Immortal) A 60-minute thriller escape game set in a 19th-century Count's mysterious mansion, where players receive an invitation to a dinner that turns into a life-or-death challenge. Suitable for 2–6 players per session.
• Les Derniers Templiers (The Last Templars) A 60-minute epic escape game in which players explore ancient Templar underground passages and search for legendary treasures including the Ark of the Covenant. For 2–6 players per session.
• Les Amants Maudits (The Cursed Lovers) A 60-minute dark romance escape game set in an underground medieval village ravaged by the black plague, where players must break a curse by finding the white lady's locket. For 2–6 players per session.
• L'Alchimiste (The Alchemist) A 60-minute esoteric escape game in which players enter the Count's alchemical workshop to help craft the Philosopher's Stone in exchange for bringing someone back from the dead. For 2–6 players per session.
• La Crypte (The Crypt) A 60-minute horror escape game featuring spiritism sessions in a Count's mansion built on his ancestors' crypt, where players risk contacting dangerous spirits from beyond the grave. For 2–6 players per session; meeting point at 36 rue Albert Thomas, Paris.
• L'Asile (The Asylum) A 60-minute nerve-racking horror escape game in which participants take part in Dr. Molay's public experiments showcasing research on curing psychopaths through electro-therapy. For 2–6 players per session; meeting point at 36 rue Albert Thomas, Paris.
• Sorcières - Un monde à sauver (Witches) A 75-minute fantastical escape game where players help the last witch of the Belladone Coven retrieve the Black Stone to save the magic world from the inquisitor Kramer. For 2–6 players per session.
• Le Nouveau Monde (The New World) A 75-minute epic escape game in which players join the Count's crew to sail to the Fountain of Youth, facing pirates and the royal navy while navigating stormy seas and a hidden jungle temple. For 2–6 players per session.
• La Taverne (The Tavern) A 75 m² medieval-themed tavern venue available for private events accommodating up to 50 people, including team building, birthdays, and bachelor/bachelorette parties with professional actors and authentic medieval atmosphere.
• Carte Cadeau (Gift Cards) Gift cards available in multiple denominations (€20 to €234) for partial or full escape room sessions, valid for 2 years and redeemable online for any available booking.
• Team Building Events Customized team building experiences in the Dungeon featuring medieval candlelit evenings, feasts with roasted boar or peacock, and performances by troubadours or minstrels for corporate groups.
• Tournage (Filming Location Rental) Rental of the Dungeon's authentic medieval sets to film, television, and photography production companies for use as unique atmospheric filming locations.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Crédit AgricoleminorOthersCredit card payment processing partner for the online booking system. Spes Salutis has entrusted payment security to this financial institution for processing customer transactions on their website.
• OVHminorOthersWeb hosting provider for the ledonjon.fr website. OVH is a French cloud computing company that hosts the company's web presence.
• SAS MEDIATIONSOLUTIONminorOthersConsumer dispute resolution service. Customers can contact this mediation service if they are not satisfied with the company's response to their complaints.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• The Escape Game: US-based escape room chain with multiple locations and corporate team-building focus. Comparable as a larger escape room operator serving tourists, corporate groups, and private events with themed immersive experiences.
• Escape Hunt: Global escape room franchise with established brand and multi-location presence. Comparable as a larger incumbent operating themed escape experiences with similar customer segments (tourists, corporate, celebrations).

Others

• The Escapers: French-language escape room discovery and review platform. Comparable as a third-party listing and review channel where Le Donjon de Paris is featured, supporting customer acquisition.
• EscapeGame.fr: French aggregator and listing platform for escape rooms across France. Comparable as the primary third-party listing/marketplace where Le Donjon de Paris is featured, indicating a peer ecosystem relationship.

Direct peers

• Team Break: French escape game chain with multiple venues in Paris and other French cities. Comparable in product format (themed escape rooms), team-building offerings, and similar pricing tiers for groups.
• Game of Rooms (Paris): Escape game operator in Paris with multiple themed scenarios and group booking options. Comparable in product format, customer base, and pricing model.
• Enigmatic Room Paris: Paris-based escape room chain with multi-room offerings. Comparable in immersive thematic design, per-player pricing, group bookings, and shared focus on tourists and corporate clients.
• HintHunt Paris: Paris-based escape room operator offering multiple themed rooms in central Paris. Directly comparable in product format (immersive themed escape rooms), target customer (tourists, corporate groups, parties), and per-session pricing model.
• Locked Escape Game Paris: Multi-room Paris escape game venue with similar group-size capacity and themed experiences. Comparable in customer segments (tourists, corporate events, celebrations), pricing tiers, and central Paris location.
• Cluedo Escape Paris: Parisian escape room operator with multiple themed scenarios and a similar booking model. Directly competes for the same tourist, corporate, and event-driven demand in central Paris.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ledonjonparis
• Instagraminstagram.com/ledonjonparis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ledonjon

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Investors

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