Currently there are almost 250 escaperooms in the Netherlands. With 1.7 new escaperooms being added every month I can safely say it's going fast in the Netherlands.
Lots of great ones as well! The scene is a lot further than in the rest of the world. US has +/- 500 rooms. NL 250 :).
And I know 10 more rooms will open this year for sure.
I played my first room in 2013 and started working on our escaperoom platform Escape Rooms Nederland beginning of this year. Biggest platform about escaperooms with reviews, news and comparison. Played around 40 rooms myself.
Really love this phenomenon. Hopefully it will stick around.
If you ever visit the Netherlands and want to know the best one in your area. Let me know.
A new thing is growing popularity as well, Prison Island.
You should check it out as well.
I run an appointment scheduling site that is used by many escape rooms (supersaas) so I have a pretty good overview where they start: The Netherlands is indeed leading the pack but so far we are seeing many more in Europe than in the US, and almost none in Asia.
Conversely, we see that the number of dog training classes in US is 5 times higher than in Europe :-)
I played my first room in 2013 and started working on our escaperoom platform Escape Rooms Nederland beginning of this year. Biggest platform about escaperooms with reviews, news and comparison. Played around 40 rooms myself. Really love this phenomenon. Hopefully it will stick around. If you ever visit the Netherlands and want to know the best one in your area. Let me know.
A new thing is growing popularity as well, Prison Island. You should check it out as well.