Live Escape

What Live Escape does

Live Escape is a privately held French operator (LIVE ESCAPE SAS) of an immersive escape room entertainment venue headquartered at 1 rue de la Paix in central Grenoble. Founded in 2015, the company designs, manufactures, and operates its own themed escape room experiences in a dedicated on-site workshop, producing 100% original games with custom mechanical mechanisms and detailed, realistic sets. The portfolio comprises four active rooms (Mission Istanbul, L'Autre Demeure, Bienvenue Camarades, and Le Fantôme du Titanic), each accommodating 2-6 players for 60-minute sessions led by a dedicated Game Master.

The business operates primarily direct-to-consumer, targeting individual consumers and social groups (friends, families, birthday and bachelor/bachelorette celebrations) via online booking through the company's website. A secondary B2B vector delivers structured corporate teambuilding programs (15-minute briefing, 60-minute gameplay, 15-minute debrief), and the venue also sells gift vouchers and private customized events. Ancillary revenue is generated through DECK Bar, an on-site board game bar that extends the customer experience post-game. All games are offered bilingually in French and English, and the venue ranks #1 on TripAdvisor in Grenoble with over 100,000 cumulative players served.

Live Escape is a single-location, asset-light entertainment operator with a 9-person team, no disclosed external funding, and no identified parent company. The competitive positioning rests on proprietary in-house content, strong local brand recognition, and a differentiated service model featuring dedicated Game Masters and air-conditioned game spaces of at least 35m² per room. Geographic reach is limited to the Grenoble metropolitan area and the broader Rhône-Alpes-Auvergne region, with no evidence of multi-site expansion.

Name

Live Escape

Legal name

LIVE ESCAPE SAS

Website

https://live-escape.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Live Escape operates a single-location, four-room escape game venue in central Grenoble, France, serving individual consumers, social groups, and corporate clients with 100% in-house designed immersive puzzle experiences and an ancillary on-site board game bar.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Escape Room Entertainment

NAICS

Amusement Parks and Arcades (7131), Amusement Arcades (713120)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Entertainment Centers & Indoor Amusement (Arcades, Trampoline Parks, Indoor Play) (THAAAAAD)

Keywords

• Escape room experiences
• Themed adventure games
• Corporate team building
• Private event entertainment
• Gift vouchers

Headquarters

HQ city

Grenoble

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Escape Room Session Fees: Customers pay per escape room session. Sessions last 60 minutes with teams of 2-6 players per room. Groups of 7 or more can book multiple rooms simultaneously. The standard experience is a one-time 60-minute adventure.
2. Gift Vouchers (Bons Cadeaux): The company sells gift vouchers that can be redeemed for escape room experiences, providing a gifting revenue stream.
3. Corporate Team Building Packages: Dedicated team building sessions for companies, with structured programs including arrival and briefing (15 min), gameplay (60 min), and debriefing (15 min), for a total session of 1h30. Companies are explicitly targeted as a customer segment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Live Escape operates a physical escape room entertainment venue in central Grenoble, France, offering four original themed 60-minute escape room experiences (Mission Istanbul, L'Autre Demeure, Bienvenue Camarades, Le Fantôme du Titanic) for teams of 2-6 players. All games are 100% designed and manufactured on-site in the company's own workshops with custom mechanical mechanisms and immersive set designs. The company also provides corporate team building packages, private event bookings, and gift vouchers.

Product overview

Live Escape operates an escape room entertainment business offering immersive, room-scale puzzle adventures. The company provides four distinct escape room experiences—Mission Istanbul, L'Autre Demeure, Bienvenue Camarades, and Le Fantôme du Titanic—each featuring original mechanical mechanisms and realistic sets designed and manufactured on-site. Services extend beyond core escape rooms to include corporate teambuilding packages, private event bookings with room customization options, and gift vouchers. A companion board game bar called DECK Bar serves customers post-game. Rooms accommodate 2-6 players for 60-minute sessions with dedicated game masters, and all games are available in both French and English.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DECK BAR: Board game bar operated by Live Escape for customers to enjoy after their escape room experience

Products and services

• Mission Istanbul
• L'Autre Demeure (The Other Mansion)
• Bienvenue Camarades
• Le Fantôme du Titanic (The Ghost of the Titanic)
• Teambuilding
• Private Events
• Gift Vouchers

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000+ cumulative players have experienced Live Escape in Grenoble
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DECK BarminorOthersDECK is a board game bar operated in connection with Live Escape. After completing an escape room session, customers are welcomed at DECK bar for additional entertainment. DECK has its own website (deck-bar.fr) and appears to be a related but distinct business entity.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• 60out Escape Rooms: Independent multi-room escape room operator with in-house designed themed games and a reputation for high production value. Closest comparable to Live Escape in scale, content philosophy, and customer experience focus.
• Hint Hunt: Paris-based escape room operator with multiple themed rooms in central Paris. Highly comparable to Live Escape as a French single-city venue with immersive themed experiences and bilingual capabilities.
• Maison de la Peur / Enigma Escape: Independent French escape room operator with multiple themed rooms serving consumers and corporate clients. Closely comparable to Live Escape as a French single-market competitor with similar customer base and operational model.

Broad incumbents

• Escape Hunt: UK-origin global escape room operator with a network of franchised and owned venues worldwide. Comparable to Live Escape as a multi-room escape game operator serving consumers and corporate clients with themed, professionally produced experiences.
• Breakout Games: Multi-location US escape room chain with standardized themed rooms and corporate team-building offerings. Comparable on multi-room venue format and the B2B team-building revenue stream Live Escape targets.
• The Escape Game: US-based escape room chain operating multiple venues with proprietary themed rooms and a strong corporate team-building focus. Directly comparable to Live Escape on product, target market, and the corporate/B2B segment.
• TimeZone Entertainment: Global family entertainment and arcade operator with multiple venues. Relevant as a broader incumbent in indoor family amusement that competes for the same group-outing and birthday-party occasions Live Escape targets.

Others

• DECK Bar: Board game bar operated by Live Escape itself as an ancillary venue. Relevant as a directly adjacent/sister concept demonstrating the company's diversification into F&B-led entertainment within the same Grenoble footprint.
• CluedUpp / The Escapers: Aggregator and directory platform listing and reviewing escape rooms across Europe. Adjacent peer that drives customer discovery for venues like Live Escape and influences the competitive set and visibility dynamics of the category.

Regional players

• Game Over Escape Rooms: Escape room operator in Spain with themed, immersive rooms and a corporate team-building offering. Comparable to Live Escape in product format and customer segmentation, though operating in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/live-escape

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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