La Stanza - Live Escape Game

What La Stanza - Live Escape Game does

La Stanza operates a single physical escape-room venue in Labège, near Toulouse, France, delivering two immersive puzzle-based entertainment experiences: 'La Maison de la Sorcière', a themed 60-minute escape room for teams of 2-8 players with separate Classic and Children modes, and 'L'Invention de Nicodemus', a 45-minute puzzle-box experience for teams of 2-4 players. The experiences rely on proprietary set construction with integrated mechanical and electronic puzzle mechanisms, a non-recording video surveillance system for real-time game mastering, and an emergency release for safety. The venue is PMR-accessible and located in a commercial zone with parking and public-transport access.

The business runs on a transactional, per-session booking model via an online payment platform (lastanza.4escape.io powered by SystemPay), with pricing set per team rather than per player: €236-€822 for the escape room depending on team size and €150 for the puzzle box. Walk-in payments are accepted at the venue, and corporate team-building sessions are quoted by email for weekday bookings. Distribution is direct-to-consumer through the company's website, Facebook, Instagram, and seasonal events such as Halloween promotions, with gift cards sold through the same online storefront. The entity is registered as La Stanza SAS in France, is founder-owned and bootstrapped, and operates with a headcount of 1-10. There are no disclosed funding rounds, no reported revenue figures, and no current plans for multi-site expansion in the available evidence.

Name

La Stanza - Live Escape Game

Legal name

LA STANZA SAS

Website

https://lastanza.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

La Stanza operates a single escape-room and puzzle-box venue in Labège near Toulouse, France, offering two themed immersive games for groups of 2-8 players and serving individual consumers, families, and corporate team-building clients via online and walk-in bookings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Labège

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Escape Game Sessions: Per-session booking revenue for escape game experiences. Teams of 2-8 players book 90-minute sessions (60 minutes gameplay + 30 minutes briefing/debriefing). Pricing varies by team size.
2. Puzzle Box Sessions: Per-session booking revenue for puzzle box experiences. Teams of 2-4 players book 60-minute sessions (45 minutes gameplay + 15 minutes briefing/debriefing).
3. Gift Cards: Electronic gift cards sold for escape game and puzzle box experiences, available as presents.
4. Corporate Team Building: B2B sessions for company team building events, booked via quote on weekdays (Monday-Friday). Includes custom pricing per session.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

La Stanza operates a single physical entertainment venue in Labège, near Toulouse, offering two immersive group experiences: the escape room "La Maison de la Sorcière" (60-minute session for 2-8 players in Classic and Children modes) and the puzzle box "L'Invention de Nicodemus" (45-minute session for 2-4 players centered on a themed mechanical/electronic box). It also provides weekday corporate team-building sessions and electronic gift cards for both experiences.

Product overview

La Stanza offers two distinct immersive entertainment products: (1) 'La Maison de la Sorcière', an escape room experience for 2-8 players with Classic and Children game modes, and (2) 'L'Invention de Nicodemus', a puzzle box experience for 2-4 players centered around a mechanical puzzle object. Both products share core escape game principles—puzzle solving, team communication, and immersive storytelling—but differ in format (room vs. box), duration, player count, and age requirements. The company also offers gift cards and corporate team building sessions as supplementary offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• La Maison de la Sorcière (Escape Game) A 60-minute immersive escape room experience for teams of 2-8 players who must solve puzzles and break a witch's spell to escape an enchanted house. Features two game modes: Classic (ages 12+) and Children (ages 8-14 with age-appropriate difficulty). Priced per team between 236€ (2 players) and 822€ (6-8 players).
• L'Invention de Nicodemus (Puzzle Box) A 45-minute puzzle box experience for teams of 2-4 players solving mechanical and electronic puzzles embedded in a large wooden puzzle box to uncover the secrets of a 15th-century mysterious machine. For ages 12+. Priced at 150€ per team of 2-4 players.
• Gift Cards (Bons Cadeaux) Electronic gift cards redeemable for escape game or puzzle box sessions at La Stanza, purchased through the booking platform shop; valid with a 14-day retraction period for electronic versions. Designed for gifting (holidays, birthdays, anniversaries).
• Corporate / Team Building Sessions Private escape game sessions for businesses, available Monday through Friday, with custom quotation-based pricing for team-building activities. Booked via email through [email protected].

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Sébastien BALASminorOthers · 1 January 2016Individual contributor who helped bring the La Stanza project to fruition, listed among project supporters since late 2016
• Jean-Baptiste BLANCminorOthers · 1 January 2016Individual contributor who supported the escape game project from its inception
• Nicolas DAUMAS (Pilea Patrimoine)minorOthers · 1 January 2016Financial contributor to the project, with Pilea Patrimoine referenced as their organization
• ISOBATIRminorOthers · 1 January 2016Construction company that provided support and likely contributed to building/constructing the escape room facility
• ESCAPE ROOM Toulouse TeamminorOthers · 1 January 2016Team from ESCAPE ROOM Toulouse who supported the project and collaborated in the escape room community
• Yoann De ForniminorOthers · 1 January 2016Listed as the creator of the website (lastanza.fr) in the acknowledgements page

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Breakout Games: US-based escape-room chain with multiple venues, similar themed-room product, and group/corporate booking orientation. Directly comparable offering.
• 60out Escape Rooms: Los Angeles-based escape-room operator with themed rooms, immersive design, and group bookings. Comparable premium positioning and experience design.
• Escape Hunt plc: UK-founded, internationally operating escape-room chain with multiple sites and a public listing. Directly comparable business model (themed room escape games, group bookings) but at much larger scale and with franchising.
• The Escape Game: US-based escape-room chain with multiple themed rooms per venue and locations across several US cities. Highly comparable operating model — multiple rooms per site, team-based booking, themed experiences.
• Team Break: French escape-room chain with multiple locations across France. Same geographic market as La Stanza with corporate/team-building focus — strong direct comparable for French operations.
• HintHunt: French-origin escape-room chain operating internationally with themed rooms for corporate and consumer audiences. Same product category, similar premium-pricing positioning, and competes in French/European markets.
• Escape Room Toulouse: Direct Toulouse-area competitor (explicitly named in La Stanza's partnership acknowledgements). Same metropolitan market, same product, competing for local leisure and team-building spend.

Regional players

• Get Out! Escape Game: French escape-room operator with multiple French locations; similar product but operates as a regional French chain rather than independent single-site.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/lastanza.escapegame.toulouse
• Instagraminstagram.com/lastanza_escapegame

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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