In childhood, human beings have a great interest in playing. As age increases, a person distances themselves from children's games and becomes immersed in study, work, and life.
Today, with the passage of time, games have undergone enormous changes. Today, with the advance of technology, most children and adolescents, for play, just sit in one place and play with a computer. Psychologists consider this method of play without physical activity a major problem for new generations.
In the present era, many new games have been designed by specialist designers. Some of these games are group-based and, alongside excitement and physical activity, also engage a person's thinking. Games have been planned and designed for various age groups.
In this article we intend to address one of these games, called "escape room games."
What is an escape room
Unlike all computer games that have been made inspired by the real world, the escape room game is inspired by the virtual world and computer games. This exciting game is based on a kind of physical adventure. In this entertaining game, players must solve puzzles and riddles using the clues that exist in order to find their way to the next stage and ultimately reach the way out and escape from the room. In most escape room games, there is finding a key, solving a puzzle, and finding the answer to a question. Often there is a game master who guides the players in solving riddles or finding lost objects.
At first glance the escape room game may seem merely an exciting and entertaining game, but this game is also used for practice and team-building for companies and professional groups.
Escape rooms in the world
The first modern escape room took shape in 2007 in Japan, and from 2011 escape rooms gradually flourished around the world. A tsunami of escape rooms swept the world from 2013. For example, England, which had only one escape room in 2013, now has 1,016 escape rooms, and the United States, with 7,990 escape rooms, stands at the top.
The United States, as the leading country in the game and entertainment industry in the world, has the most escape rooms. Even in the past few years 2 feature films titled "Escape Room" have been made in the United States. About 68 percent of escape rooms in the United States are run as family businesses, and this occupation can be looked at as an American family job. More interesting still, family groups are also the most important audience for escape rooms.
The chart below shows the audience groups for escape rooms as well as the gender of their audiences. Contrary to people's assumption that in Iran the escape room is considered specific to young people, in the United States family groups are the main audience for this game. Also, women have shown slightly more interest than men in this game.
The annual gross revenue of an escape room in Iran is estimated at more than 360 million tomans. That is, one million tomans a day, which is a considerable figure. In some of the country's provinces, such as Sistan and Baluchestan, there is still no escape room.
Escape rooms in Iran
Iran's first escape room game was created in 1395 (2016/17). Today there are 142 escape rooms with 291 games in the country. Of this number, 97 escape rooms with 203 different games are located in Tehran. An escape room in Iran is usually regarded as a place for experiencing fear and dread. But escape rooms may have other themes as well, in which, unfortunately, the theme of "fear and dread" is more prominent. For example, a game can be designed in such a way that, at the end, a historical narrative has been recounted accurately.
During the coronavirus period some virtual escape rooms also launched in the country, playing whose games is similar to playing puzzle video games. Escape room board games have also recently found customers, and the number of Iran's escape rooms is increasing day by day. Most escape rooms can be booked online.
Types of escape room genres
In the escape room , various games are run in different time periods and also with diverse subjects. For example, the narration of some stories may be in the Qajar era, or it may even be necessary to pull a key from the mouth of a dinosaur in the Jurassic world.
The subjects or genres of escape rooms are unlimited. That is, every designer can, according to their own creativity, design a game and consider a genre or subject for it. But the important point is that the common point of all escape room genres is solving a riddle and getting free from a situation.
Popular escape room genres
The subjects of escape room games can be designed in infinitely many genres. But when we look at the number of popular genres of the world's escape rooms, we will see that some genres enjoy greater popularity. Genres such as horror, thriller, war, crime-police, comedy, spy-political, mystery, dramatic, science fiction, and adventure are among the most popular genres of the world's escape rooms.
Escape room prices
The prices of escape rooms differ according to subject, popularity or lack of it, facilities, location, and so on. At present the lowest escape room price starts from 60 or 70 thousand tomans. Those who are fans of excitement in games have spent the money at least once and played this game.
If you wish, you can review the status report of Iran's escape rooms.
Escape room discount codes
The Takhfifan website, in cooperation with a collection of Tehran's best escape rooms, sells escape room tickets with substantial discounts on its website.
Go to the escape room page on the Takhfifan website and read the terms of use, facilities, genre, price, and discount percentage of the escape room. Finally you can select the option you prefer and purchase that venue's ticket at a discount. You can also, in the user comments section, learn about the experiences of other people who have used a venue's services.
Conclusion
In this article an attempt has been made first to address why the escape room game was designed. What issue, fundamentally, caused such games to be designed. We also reviewed together the history of escape rooms in the world and in Iran. What genres exist for escape rooms and which genres are popular. Finally we examined escape room prices, and a website for obtaining an escape room discount code was also introduced.
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Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian