Enigma Rooms Wakefield: GRIMM – Up North

By | October 6, 2024

by Enigma Rooms Wakefield (website)

8-10 Teall St, WF1 1PT

01924731489

Wakefield

2-6 players

Team of 2: £30.00pp
Team of 3-6: £25.00pp

Languages: EN

75 mins

Back in a magical time, the Brothers Grimm were the guardians of the land of fairy-tales, but something is wrong. The brothers are nowhere to be found and the stories are in disarray.

We need your help brave adventurers to restore the stories and collect the "Happily Ever Afters".

We have just enough magic to send you to their realm for 75 minutes, after this time you must return to our world.

How many will you collect before your time runs out?

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Overall rating

Rated between 4.5 and 5 out of 5

based on ratings from 18 users
combined with 1 pro review

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Player reviews

d.green26 expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 5 Apr 2025 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverfamily friendlymagical

The amount of effort put into this room was clear. A great variety of puzzles enough to keep the biggest of teams busy with a awesome scaling built into the game. Looks great some nice puzzles I don't think anyone would not enjoy this room. Too much content for the 2 of us but still absolutely loved the room and finished the main story which is all you need to do to achieve success but so much left to do if you can or have a bigger team. 75 minutes of fun I recommend everyone gets to this room.

d.archer rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
elfgrunge experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulgreat hostingquite difficult
🔐SpontaneousIllusion expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 8 Feb 2025 Team size: 5 Time taken: All happily ever afters! Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyimmersiveepic

Grimm Up North is yet another exceptional escape room that impresses from start to finish. The game is overflowing with a diverse array of puzzles, each one distinct and carefully crafted to keep you on your toes. The variety of challenges ensures that no two puzzles feel the same, providing a refreshing experience with each new task. It’s clear that a lot of thought has gone into the puzzle design, and that attention to detail shines through throughout the entire game.

Our group of five played together, knowing that this was a collection-style game, and we wanted to ensure we had the best chance of collecting everything the game had to offer. Between us, we’ve collectively completed over 600 escape rooms, so we have quite a bit of experience under our belts. Even with all that experience, Grimm Up North still managed to keep all five of us engaged and busy, with each of us having something to do at all times. The game is designed in such a way that it encourages teamwork and communication, which made for an incredibly enjoyable and immersive experience.

I’m always a fan of escape rooms that offer both a main quest and side quests, as it truly makes you feel like you're getting your money’s worth. It adds an extra layer of excitement, as you’re never just working towards one singular goal. Thankfully, Grimm Up North delivers on this front in spades. 

The set design is simply stunning. It strikes the perfect balance between a polished, professional look and a charming, handmade quality that I absolutely adore. It’s evident from the moment you step into the room that the designers and owners have poured a tremendous amount of passion into the creation of this experience. The attention to detail is remarkable, and every corner of the set feels meticulously crafted to pull you deeper into the world of Grimm Up North.

Overall, this is an outstanding game that truly stands out. It offers a perfect blend of challenging puzzles, immersive storytelling, and beautiful design. I wholeheartedly recommend Grimm Up North to anyone looking for a thrilling and memorable escape room experience. Whether you’re a seasoned escape room enthusiast or a newcomer, you’re sure to find something here that will leave you eager for more.

🤘The Pick of Destiny expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 8 Feb 2025 Team size: 5 Time taken: All happily ever afters!
value for moneystory-drivenintense
samsham expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 22 Dec 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 5 happily ever afters Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulhi-techimmersive

A beautifully designed Great Brothers Grimm themed room full of different puzzles and challenges, the 75 minutes absolutely flew by

A Blacksmith expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 20 Dec 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 41:41 (17 Happily ever afters) Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivemagical

An outstanding room, it just kept on giving, so much to do, brilliantly themed puzzles. 100% worth a visit, with great hosting by Kieran. 

simsi747 experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 15 Dec 2024 Team size: 4
immersivestory-drivengreat hosting

We played this room with family as our little christmas get together. Such a brilliantly themed room with lots of clever puzzles to do. Team work is a essential part of this room. I've enjoyed every room at this location 

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 14 Dec 2024 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenfamily friendlymagical
JamesWakefield rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 13 Dec 2024 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalquite difficult
Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 7 Dec 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: All of the Happily Ever Afters! Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulclevergreat hosting

Once upon a time, in the magical land of Wakefield, there was an escape room that was so gorgeous, so clever and so utterly enjoyable that escape enthusiasts journeyed from all over the kingdom to play it and crown it with 5 golden stars.

Grimm Up North is a puzzler's delight with a superb premise and setting but the real stars are the puzzles. The game structure allows for a main trilogy of quests, then an epilogue that just keeps on going... Throw in some delightful hosts and it's an absolute winner. We would happily have gone straight back into the room to play it again afterwards, which says a lot. It's just brilliant.

Gilly rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 28 Nov 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 56 mins Outcome: Successful escape!
clevergreat hostingquite difficult

Great puzzles and theming. This is one of the best Enigma rooms I have played and well worth playing this room! 

woodyhudds rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 16 Nov 2024
beautifuloriginalgreat hostingquite difficult

Original excellent room. Thoroughly enjoyed it and was challenging for two experienced escape room lovers. It stands out on its own with many original puzzles and excellent hosting. A must do room!

goatpokes rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 16 Nov 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 75 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivemagicalquite difficult

This was one of the most creative escape rooms I've ever played!! Each room was SO well themed and there was a great range of puzzles that varied in difficulty. I cannot recommend this room enough!!

Hailstone experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 19 Oct 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 75.00 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalgreat hostingmagicalquite difficult

Excellent room, my wife & I really enjoyed the main quest & thoroughly enjoyed the side quests afterwards too. The set & puzzles were spot on. 

adi1rids rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 20 Oct 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 75 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalstory-drivengreat hosting

Absolutely amazing experience, from the minute you walk in you are blown away with the theming of the room. The concept is also amazing and we loved every minute of it, we didn’t want it to be over 

CGee713 experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 6 Oct 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 85:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneygreat hostingepic

Managed to be a volunteer play tester for this room and its already in my top 5 of all time. The set pieces were incredible, the puzzles were brilliant and the hosts (as always) were lovely. Perfect for teams of all sizes with how the puzzles were separated. 

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You know we love an escape room here at PSG, and having played a lot between us, it was bound to happen that one of us would reach the 100 escape rooms milestone and that is exactly what happened last week. I finally played my 100th room and what a corker of a room it was. Enigma Escapes Wakefield was the destination and I had chosen Grimm Up North, a fairytale themed escape room where fairytales had gone wrong and we needed to complete the happily ever afters.

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