Looking for things to do in Steamboat Springs?
Play one of our four top-rated escape rooms! Find clues, solve puzzles, and have fun. Indoor or outdoor options available. Family-friendly and way more fun than you’re thinking (read our reviews)!
Seven years running, The Crooked Key is in the top 10% of attractions!
Our escape rooms are in the Steamboat Colorado Travel Guide!
OUR ESCAPE GAMES
You are trapped in an Edgar Allan Poe dream, trying to overcome your fear of being buried alive. Dark in theme but not designed to be scary, Taphophobia is a brain game with every puzzle inspired by Poe’s works. Standouts include theatrical lighting and sound and no physical locks. Can you wake up in time? [more]
New! Not the same as the previous Escape from the Old West jail escape game.
The year is 1909. Rumor has it that Deputy Festus hid illicit bribes in the saloon. Grab a seat at the bar and dive into this old west mystery. [more]
You are Steamboat Springs firefighters. As you perform your daily apparatus checks at the fire station, you get dispatched. This is the call that firefighters will talk about for years to come. Physical and mental toughness is a must because you only have 60 minutes to rescue the pets before flashover! [more]
Our newest adventure isn’t bound by walls. Play Key to the City: S.K.I. outside in downtown Steamboat Springs, Colorado! Yes, this puzzle hunt meets escape game is entirely outdoors. Your secret mission, should you choose to accept it, is assigned when you arrive to pick up your investigative gear. [more]
Hundreds of 5 Star Ratings!
Thanks to everyone who has left us a review! We’re glad you had fun at The Crooked Key!
My reward is seeing escape room players huddled around puzzles, achieving breakthroughs, and leaving The Crooked Key smiling.
FROM OUR BLOG
2020-23 Travelers’ Choice Winner
Besides being awarded number one for "Fun Activities & Games in Colorado," The Crooked Key [...]
The Crooked Key Makes TripAdvisor’s “Essential Colorado” List
Woohoo! Number 1 in Fun Activities and Games for Colorado: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g28927-Activities-c56-Colorado.html.
Free Online Puzzle Hunt Includes The Crooked Key and Nine Other Colorado Escape Rooms
Complete The Colorado Puzzle Challenge for free, and get coupons for all participating escape rooms, [...]
New-to-the-US Show: Escape Room Meets Role Playing
Maze Master Adam Conover takes families on an adventure of a lifetime across themed zones [...]
Artist Uses 7,000 Earthworms to Make a Portrait of Poe
211 years ago today, Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston. Celebrate by pouring yourself [...]
David Pogue on CBS Sunday Morning
David Pogue on CBS Sunday Morning featured escape rooms. Check it out!