Digital Escape Rooms & Activities

These Digital Escape Rooms and other activities are compiled here by Sun Prairie Public Library Youth Services Librarian, Sammy Nieman, The County Library (Salt Lake) Adult Services Librarian, Ellen Thayn, and Cambridge Public Library Youth Services Librarian Christy Meisler, but the activities themselves have been made by librarians from all over. If you truly enjoyed one, please consider reaching out to the creator, if they provided their information, to thank them.

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Last Updated: 10/29/2024

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Table of Contents

Family Fun Escape Rooms

Miscellaneous

Adult Themed Escape Rooms

2021 Collaborative Summer Reading: Tails & Tales

Library Escape Rooms

State and Country Specific Escape Rooms

Digital Scavenger Hunts

Resources:

Contact Info:

Family Fun Escape Rooms

Based on Books

Alice in Wonderland Digital Escape Room - Created by: Gladwyne Library
Books Alive! Escape from Wonderland - Created by: Bay County Library System
Dog Man Digital Escape Room
Dr. Seuss - Created by: TeacherJBrooks, via Teachers Pay Teachers
Escape From the Chocolate Factory - Created by: St Albans Library
Escape from Lyra’s Oxford - Created by: St Albans Library
Escape from Wonderland Digital Escape Room - Created by: Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
Escape from Narnia - Created by: St Albans Library
Escape to Narnia - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Escape from Oz - Created by: Jaclyn and Alicia
Hatchet Escape Room - Created by: Aiken County Public Library
JUMANJI Digital Escape Room - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Jumanji Virtual Escape Room - Created by: High Point Public Library
Percy Jackson: Escape From Camp Half-Blood - Created by: St Albans Library
Percy Jackson: The Hound of Hades - Created by: White Oaks Public Library District
Pete the Cat and the Birthday Party Mystery - Created by: Abington Free Library
Pete the Cat: Help Pete the Cat Get His Groove Back - Created by: Coy Public Library
Roald Dahl Digital Escape - Created by: Willoughby City Library
Shakespeare: The Misadventure of the Missing Manuscript - Created by: Dallas Public Library
Treasure Island Digital Escape - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)

Educational

A Day at the Park (Breakout EDU platform)
American Revolution: The British Are Coming - Created by: York County School Division
Asteroid Collision - Created by: York County School Division
Escape the Egyptian Tomb: A Digital Library Escape Game - Created by: Clermont County Public Library
Escape From Roman St. Albans - Created by: St Albans Library
Famous People: Americans - Created by: York County School Division
Get Me Home If You Can (Breakout EDU platform)
Going Buggy Escape Room (Breakout EDU platform)
Google Earth Scavenger Hunt - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Looney Tunes - Created by: TeacherJBrooks, via Teachers Pay Teachers
Native Americans - Created by: York County School Division
Rescue the Revolution!
The Smurfs - Created by: TeacherJBrooks, via Teachers Pay Teachers
States of Matter: What’s the Matter? - Created by: York County School Division
Washington’s Spy - Created by: Andover Public Library

Fairy Tales

Can You Make it through the Enchanted Forest? - Created by: Needham Public Library
Cinderella Escapes - Created by: Henika District Library
Escape the Fairy Tale: Part 1 - Created by: Needham Public Library
Escape the Fairy Tale: Part 2 - Created by: Needham Public Library
Escape the Wizard’s Castle - Created by: Aurora Public Library (Colorado)
Fairy Tale Quest - Created by: Campbell County Public Library
Fairy Tale Scavenger Hunt - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Mermaid Escape Room - Created by: Kendal B, 6th Grade Girl Scout Cadette
Mother Goose Mystery - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Rapunzel: Escape the Tower - Created by: Andover Public Library
Rehani: An African Princess - Created by: Indian Valley Public Library
Taneytown Library Fairy Tale Escape Room

Fandoms

Avatar: Roku's Riddle - An Airbending Adventure - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Harry Potter: A Day at Hogwarts - Created by: High Point Public Library
Harry Potter Digital Escape Room
Harry Potter: Escaping Detention - Created by: Plymouth Public Library

Harry Potter: Escape from The School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - Created by St Albans Library
Harry Potter Escape Room - Created by: Amanda Carman
Harry Potter Escape Room - Created by: PCPL
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Escape Room - *The one that started it all!* - Created by: Peters Township Public Library (available in English, Spanish, Basque, Italian, French, French-Canadian, Dutch, and Portuguese)
Harry Potter: Locked in Hogwarts - Created by: Williamsburg Regional Library
Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth Escape Room - Created by: Ramara Public Library
Lord of the Rings: Escape From the Shire - Created by: St Albans Library
Marvel: Defeat Thanos and Save the World! - Created by: Mesa Public Library
Minecraft Escape Room - Created by: Regency Park Library
Night at the Library - Created by: High Point Public Library
Nightmare Before Christmas Escape Room - Created by: White Oak Library District
The Princess Bride: Escape From Florin - Created by: St Albans Library
Pokemon: Pikachu’s Rescue - Created by: High River Library with the Marigold Library System
Ready Player One: Escape From the OASIS - Created by: St Albans Library
Sher-Lock Digital Escape Room - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Tiger - Created by: Cotsen Children’s Library
Shrek Themed Escape Room - Created by: Librarian Laura Escamilla
Star Wars Digital Escape Room - Created by: Dover Area Community Library
Star Wars Digital Escape Room - Created by: Live Oak Public Libraries
Star Wars Escape Room: Rebel Spy Escape - Created by: Pewaukee Public Library
Star Wars: May the 4th Be With You - Created by: Rocky Mountain House Public Library, Alberta, Canada
Star Wars: May the Fourth - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Star Wars Virtual Escape Room - Created by: Newton Free Library

Miscellaneous

Animal Adventure!
Animal Adventure Tournament - Created by: Campbell County Public Library
Animal Crossing Escape Room - Created by: Orland Park Public Library
Animal Crossing Escape Room - Created by: White Oak Library District
Brain Teasers Escape Room - Created by: Mama Teaches
The Bunnie Escape - Created by: Tomeka Roulhac
Camouflage Caper
Escape from the Stranded Spaceship - Created by St Albans Library
Escape the Lion’s Den - Created by: York County School Division
Escape [Room] Into Summer - Created by: LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library
Halloween Haunt
Jungle Boat Ride: Inspired by the Disney Jungle Cruise Ride - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Magic School Bus Escape Game - Created by: Abington Free Library
Time Traveler: Arcade Edition - Created by: Henika District Library
Track Down that Turkey - Created by: Algoma Public Library
Trapped in the Toy Room - Created by: Cuyahoga Falls Library
Welcome to Ernestine Field Station, Antarctica! - Created by: North Region Virtual Escape Room Team of King County Library System
Zany Zoo Trip - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)

Teen Escape Rooms

Based on Books

Escape from Fairytale Land - Created by: Farmington Public Library
My Hero Academia Escape Room - Created by: Cedar Mill and Bethany Library
Sailor Moon Escape Room - Created by: San Antonio Public Library
Six of Crows: Ketterdam Heist Digital Escape Room - Created by: Morristown & Morris Township Library
Six of Crows: Ketterdam Heist - Thief of Secrets - Created by: Morristown & Morris Township Library
Ready Player One Digital Escape Room - Created by: Gloucester County Library
Throne of Glass: Journey Through Oakwald Forest - Created by: Rita and Truett Smith Public Library
Escape from Dracula’s Castle- Created by: Lake Agassiz Regional Library

Educational

The Case of the Missing Painting: A Van Gogh Escape Room - Created by: LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library
Civil War: Breakout
Egypt: Ancient Egypt Tomb Challenge - Created by: Campbell County Public Library
Egypt: Escape like an Egyptian - Created by: Dover Public Library
Egypt: Escape the Sphinx! - Created by: Clermont County Public Library
Egyptian Adventure-Create by: Lake Agassiz Regional Library
Fortnite (Reading Comprehension) - Created by: Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 ~UPDATED 5/18/2020
Google Earth Scavenger Hunt - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
HistoryWritten: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Survive the Titanic! - Created by: Henika District Library
The Mayan Tomb at Palenque - Created by: Lake Agassiz Regional Library

Fandoms

The Adventures of Young Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Missing Submarine Plans - Created by: Lake Agassiz Regional Library
Dungeons & Dragons Escape Room - Created by: White Oak Library District
Escape from the Museum - Created by: Sno-Isle Libraries
Fandom Crossing: A Virtual Prom Digital Escape Room - Created by: San Leandro Public Library and Arlington Public Library
Harry Potter: Magic Final Exam Digital Escape Room - Created by: San Leandro Public Library
Hamilton Escape Room - Created by: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Hunger Games Digital Escape Room - Created by: Longview Public Library
Hunger Games: 73rd Annual Hunger Games - Created by: White Oak Library District
Hunger Games: Are You Ready for the Hunger Games? - Created by: Public Library of Brookline
Hunger Games: Escape From Panem - Created by: St Albans Library
Hunger Games: Escaping the Hunger Games - Created by: Plymouth Public Library
Hunger Games: Infiltrating the Capitol - Created by: Arlington Public Library
Hunger Games: Journey to District 13 - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Hunger Games: Welcome to the Hunger Games - Created by: Peters Township Public Library
Indiana Jones: Dr. Jones and the Lost Grail - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Indiana Jones and the Quest for Excalibur - Created by: Lake Agassiz Regional Library
K-Pop Trivia Escape Room - Created by: Morristown & Morris Township Library
Lord of the Rings: Escape Gollum’s Cave
Lord of the Rings: A Hobbit’s Adventure - Created by: Bedford Public Library System
The Romance Novel Dating Game - created by White Oak Library District
Spirited Away: Into the Spirit World - Created by: Morristown & Morris Township Library
Star Wars: Mandalorian Escape Room - Created by: Manchester Community College Library
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Escape Room - Created by: White Oak Library District
Star Wars: Mandalorian Virtual Escape Room - Created by: Halifax Public Libraries
Stranger Things: Adventures in Babysitting with Steve Harrington - Created by: High Point Public Library
Stranger Things: Escape From the Upside Down - Created by: Orland Park Public Library
Stranger Things: Welcome to the Snow Ball - Created by: Zion Benton Public Library
Stranger Things Virtual Escape Room - Created by: A Stranger Things Fan, Manuel Jesús Martínez Gracia
Twilight Virtual Escape Room - Created by: Crown Point Library
Welcome to Our Escape Room - Created by: Punta Gorda Library
Woodchuck War: Woodchuck Revolution - Created by: White Oak Library District

Misc

Cabin Fever - Created by: St. Albert Public Library
Dr. Diabolical’s House of Horrors - Created by: Klamath County Library
Escape Your Boring Break - Created by: Pekin Public Library
Haunted House Escape Room - Created by: White Oak Library District
Maker Escape - Created by: St. Albert Public Library
The Minotaur's Labyrinth Escape Room - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Murder Mystery - Created by: Campbell County Public Library
Prometheus Escape Room - Created by: Hastings Public Library
Secret Agent Mission (Breakout EDU platform)
Space Explorer Training - Digital Escape Room - Created by: Campbell County Public Library

Adult Themed Escape Rooms

A Call from Mount Olympus - Created by: San Antonio Public Library
A Glitch in the Matrix - Created by: High Point Public Library
Can You Escape the 80s? - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Clash of the Titans - Created by: High Point Public Library
Classics Digital Escape Room - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Dr Who Escape Room - Created by: Tehachapi Branch Library
The Drive-In - Created by: San Antonio Public Library
Escape From Big Brother - Created by: St Albans Library
Escape from Eagleton (Parks and Recreation) Escape Room - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
A Fandom Murder Mystery - Created by: San Antonio Public Library
Golden Girls - Created by: Tomeka Roulhac
Indiana Jones: Dr. Jones and the Lost Grail - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Oh the Horror: Classic Tales Escape Room - Created by: Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
Schitt$ Creek Escape Room - Created by: Evansdale Public Library
Shakespeare Virtual Escape Room - Created by: Patten Free Library
Sherlock Holmes - Created by: Sherlock the Musical
Spy Apprentice Digital “Escape Room” Adventure - Created by: Washington-Centerville Public Library
Star Wars: May the Fourth - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Star Wars: Escape the Starship - Created by: Athens-Clarke County Library
Supernatural: You, the Winchesters and the Escape Room Mansion - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Tiger King Inspired: Where in the World is Joe Wild? - Created by: North Bergen Free Public Library
Witcher Escape Room - Created by: San Antonio Public Library

2021 Collaborative Summer Reading: Tails & Tales

Animal Adventure!
Animal Adventure Tournament - Created by: Campbell County Public Library
Escape the Lion’s Den - Created by: York County School Division
Hide & Seek Digital Scavenger Hunt - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
I Spy Animals Scavenger Hunt - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Jungle Boat Ride: Inspired by the Disney Jungle Cruise Ride - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Shark Lagoon Digital Tour - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Tails & Tales Digital Challenge - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Zany Zoo Trip - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)

Library Escape Rooms

Attack of the Page Snatchers, VIDEO - watch first! (Breakout EDU platform) - Created by: Fayette County Public Library
A Day in the Life of a Reference Librarian - Created by: Berlin-Peck Memorial Library

Berlin-Peck Memorial Library in Berlin, CT specific. You’ll need to have a library card there to access their databases.

Escape from St Albans Library - Created by: St Albans Library
Escape the Bookshelf! - Created by: Franklin-Springboro Public Library
Escape the DeForest Area Public Library - Created by: DeForest Area Public Library

Norbert’s Journey - Level 1

Escape the Library! - Created by: Elbert County Public Library
Help Fez Escape the Library - Created by: Vermillion Public Library
Librarian’s Office Escape - Created by: Room Escape Maker
Library Heist
The Library of Alexandria - Created by: San Leandro Public Library
Library Character Escape
A Mystery at the Library - Created by: Horry County Memorial Library
Night at the Library

State and Country Specific Escape Rooms

Athens Escape Room - Created by: Athens-Clarke County Library
Escape from Antelope Island - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
The Hidden History of Greensburg, PA - Created by: Greensburg Hempfield Area Library
Michigan Virtual Escape Room - Created by: Mott Library
North Carolina Escape Room - Created by: Davie County Public Library
Stuck In Mount Washington - Created by: Gilford Public Library

Digital Scavenger Hunts

Fairy Tale Scavenger Hunt - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Google Earth Movie Challenge - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Google Earth Scavenger Hunt - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Hide & Seek Digital Scavenger Hunt - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
I Spy Digital Scavenger Hunt - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Shark Lagoon Digital Tour - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)
Tails & Tales Digital Challenge - Created by: The County Library (Salt Lake)

Resources:

Create A Virtual Escape Room with Google Forms Tutorial, video, by Peters Township Public Library
NCompass Live: Escaping Online - Virtual Escape Rooms and Other Online Programs, Nebraska Library Commission, Webinar Recording - Free
Digital Escape Rooms, YALSA, by Daw Abron
Digital Escape Room Google Form Tutorial, video, by Carie Hinkle
Digital Escape Rooms and Other Online Programming, American Libraries
Digital Escape Room Planning Template, by Ditch That Textbook
How to Create a Digital Breakout for the Classroom, by Engaging and Effective Teaching
Mastering the Digital Escape, on Smore, by Jana G. Dixon
Resources for Creating Digital Breakouts, by The Literary Maven

Contact Info:

If there is a Digital Escape Room that I'm missing, please feel free to let me know add it to the list!

When you email, please note where you’d like the activity placed (family, teen, adult, fantasy, educational, etc.) and let me know how you would like it cited/credited. Thank you!

Sammy Nieman, Sun Prairie Public Library, Sun Prairie, WI

Email: snieman@sunlib.org

Librarians looking to edit digital escape rooms to add in a code for kids to enter into their digital summer reading program (like Beanstack, for example), please know that San Leandro and Arlington Public Libraries are willing to send you a copy of their digital escape room. Please email Loretta if interested. Loretta.Zhang@arlingtontx.gov

Requesting Access - If you request access to edit this document I will only give you access if you’re actively going to help look for digital activities or are actively making your own. I am hesitant to give too many people access for a variety of reasons. Thank you for understanding.