A survey targeting escape room enthusiasts was open for completion from July to August, 2018. Lee-Fay Low compiled the raw results into the following summary of selected results. A total of 562 people completed this survey.
The survey was conducted using Google forms. You can view the questions and Google’s analytics of the survey.
The raw results are available in all their glory in form of Google Spreadsheet. Good luck with that. 😀
Update: Randy Hum of Escape Rumors has made an interactive dashboard with this data! It’s pretty cool!
Errol Elumir has played adventure games ever since they were text on screens loading from cassette tapes. He would put the number of Escape Rooms he’s played but it keeps changing so you can just check his play log. He loves clever puzzle designs and has helped run the Cryptex Hunt and large scale theatrical escape events. He also is one of the four co-hosts of the Room Escape Divas, a podcast dedicated to escape rooms. He is an active participant in the Escape Room community and you can find him helping out with the annual Enthusiast Survey, the Top Escape Rooms Project, or even giving seminars. There are two places you can talk to him: one is twitter and the other is the ER Enthusiast slack. He likes talking. You have been warned.
Greg Escaper
These surveys are excellent! They will help me understand the complexity of the escape room more, and that is precisely what I needed today. The results match up with the expectations that I had in my head, so that’s great.
Errol
We have a new one coming! 😀