TERPECA

What TERPECA does

TERPECA (Top Escape Rooms Project) operates an annual international awards program that ranks and recognizes the top 100 escape rooms worldwide through a two-phase enthusiast voting process. The company leverages experienced escape room players — nominators with 200+ rooms played who submit private nominations in Phase 1, and voters with 100+ rooms played who provide complete ordered stack rankings of finalists in Phase 2 — to produce credible quality rankings in a fragmented industry where consistent quality signals are scarce. The 2025 cycle engaged 734 nominators and 1,740 voters across at least 20 countries, narrowing 1,185 nominations to 378 finalists and ultimately 100 winners. Results are delivered via the terpeca.com website, an interactive Room Finder tool, an interactive Map, and an annual live results broadcast, with ongoing community engagement through Facebook and Instagram.

The core technology is a custom global ranking algorithm inspired by the Perron-Frobenius theorem (drawn from academic research originally applied to ranking college football teams), with proprietary tweaks for the escape room domain. The methodology requires participants to provide complete ordered stack rankings rather than numerical ratings, forcing deliberate evaluation of every entry and reducing score-inflation bias common to star-rating systems. Supporting platform components include a dedicated Voter Portal for nominations and rankings, an interactive Map for geographic browsing, and a Room Finder tool that allows filtering by location, horror rating, and other criteria. The project archives stretch back to 2018, indicating continuous annual operation and a growing longitudinal dataset.

TERPECA's business model is not publicly disclosed. Pricing details are not stated, the voter/nominator experience is free, and the company's revenue is described only as "not disclosed" with a placeholder subscription_recurring tag. The project appears to function as a community-driven initiative — operated by Top Escape Rooms Project LLC, a private US entity — that serves two distinct segments: escape room enthusiasts seeking a curated international "bucket list," and escape room owners and designers seeking publicly recognized, enthusiast-vetted credibility for their rooms. There is no documented commercial product, paid tier, or advertising/sponsorship revenue in the source material.

Name

TERPECA

Legal name

Top Escape Rooms Project LLC

Website

https://terpeca.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Short description

TERPECA operates the Top Escape Rooms Project, an annual global awards program that ranks the top 100 escape rooms worldwide through a two-phase enthusiast voting process, serving both experienced players seeking quality recommendations and escape room operators seeking industry recognition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Escape Room Rankings

NAICS

All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries (71399)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Speech & Debate Judging, Tabulation & Tournament Services (EDAMAOAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Survey/Panel-Based Lead Capture & Co-Registration Services (BPAFAKAN)

Keywords

• Escape room rankings
• Community voting platform
• Annual awards program
• Enthusiast recognition system
• Room discovery tool

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Not Disclosed: Revenue model is not explicitly disclosed. The project appears to operate as a community-driven initiative without clearly stated commercial revenue streams.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

TERPECA (Top Escape Rooms Project) operates an annual international awards program that identifies and ranks the world's top escape rooms through a two-phase voting process. Experienced enthusiasts with 200+ rooms played nominate candidates in Phase 1, and a larger pool of voters with 100+ rooms played provides stack rankings in Phase 2. Results are aggregated via a custom ranking algorithm and published as the annual Top 100 list, supported by interactive browsing tools (Room Finder and Map).

Product overview

TERPECA (Top Escape Rooms Project) operates a single unified awards platform centered on the annual TERPECA Top Escape Rooms Awards, which identifies and recognizes the world's best escape rooms through a two-phase enthusiast voting process. The core offering is the annual Top 100 ranking, supported by interactive browsing tools (Room Finder and Map), a dedicated voter portal for the nominations and rankings process, and a directory of regional escape room award sites. There is no modular product architecture; all components serve the singular purpose of aggregating and presenting escape room quality rankings from experienced enthusiasts worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TERPECA Room Finder: Interactive web tool for browsing and filtering 2025 TERPECA results by location, horror rating, and other criteria
• TERPECA Map
• TERPECA Voter Portal

Products and services

• TERPECA Top Escape Rooms Awards Annual international awards program recognizing the top 100 escape rooms worldwide, determined by a two-phase voting process involving experienced escape room enthusiasts (200+ rooms played for nomination, 100+ rooms played for ranking). The awards are freely accessible to the public and serve as an internationally recognized benchmark for quality in the escape room industry.
• TERPECA Room Finder Interactive online tool allowing users to browse and filter the annual TERPECA results by location, horror rating, and other criteria. Targeted at escape room enthusiasts planning their next experiences.
• TERPECA Map Interactive map showing the geographic distribution of award-winning escape rooms from the current year's TERPECA results, enabling users to visualize top-rated rooms by region worldwide.
• TERPECA Voter Portal Web portal for TERPECA nominators and voters to submit room nominations and rankings during the annual awards cycle, with year-round application processing for enthusiasts meeting the 100+ rooms played eligibility threshold.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100 top escape rooms identified and awarded TERPECA annually from pool of 1185+ nominated rooms

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Various Regional Escape Room Ranking SitesminorOthersThe project acknowledges and lists regional escape room ranking websites from around the world (10Escapes, Armadillo, EGA, Lockme, etc.) to fill gaps left by their English-focused approach. These are explicitly NOT affiliated partners but are recommended complementary resources.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lockme: French-language escape room directory and ranking site covering France and Spanish-speaking markets. Directly comparable to TERPECA as a regional escape room discovery and quality-ranking platform, and is explicitly referenced by TERPECA as a complementary regional resource.
• Escape Game Awards (EGA): Regional escape room awards program cited by TERPECA as a complementary regional resource. Directly comparable as a peer-reviewed recognition program for the international escape room industry.
• Morty: Escape room discovery and booking platform that aggregates rooms across multiple geographies. Comparable as a digital discovery and recommendation layer for escape room consumers, overlapping with TERPECA's Room Finder tool.
• 10Escapes: Escape room ranking site listed by TERPECA itself as a complementary regional resource. Operates a similar ranking/discovery model for escape room enthusiasts and is a direct functional peer.
• Armadillo Escape: Escape room ranking/community resource explicitly listed by TERPECA as a complementary regional site. Comparable as a community-driven escape room ranking and review platform.

Emerging players

• Fever: Experiences marketplace that has expanded into immersive and escape-room-style attractions. Comparable as a discovery and ticketing layer for experience-driven consumers, intersecting with TERPECA's enthusiast audience.

Broad incumbents

• Tripadvisor: Global travel and experiences review platform that aggregates user reviews for escape rooms among thousands of other attraction categories. Comparable as a broad review/discovery layer that escape rooms rely on for visibility, competing for the same consumer attention.
• Booking.com Experiences: Global travel platform that lists escape rooms and other local attractions as bookable experiences. Comparable as a broad incumbent distribution layer competing for escape room consumer attention and discovery.
• Yelp: Major general-purpose local business review platform where escape rooms are a small but active category. Comparable as a community-driven review/ranking platform with overlapping escape room listings.

Others

• The Escape Game: Large multi-location escape room operator in the US. Comparable as a major participant/award contender in the escape room industry rather than as a competitor to TERPECA's ranking platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/terpeca
• Instagraminstagram.com/topescaperoomsproject

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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