Online Escape Rooms
We've had fun with online escape rooms this year, and now you can follow along at your own pace from home.
Each escape room should take about an hour to complete, so start a timer and see if you can solve all the puzzles before the clock runs out. Play with your family or try this escape room out with friends online over the streaming service of your choice! It will help to have a pencil and paper handy for some of the questions.
Escape Room One: May 26, 2020
Thieves are stealing some of Toronto's most valuable artifacts! Can you track down the bandits and stop this daring crime spree?
Play Stolen Views from the 6ix
Escape Room Two: July 2, 2020
A group of thieves are targeting a Toronto landmark and it's up to you to stop them.
Play Toronto Reference Library is Under Attack!
Escape Room Three: July 30, 2020
The 6 Bandits have gone on an international crime spree, so grab your passport and get ready to hit the road.
Play Where in the World are the 6 Bandits?
Escape Room Four: August 26, 2020
You have been selected as a new recruit for INTERPOL, but your training is interrupted when a double agent is discovered among the new recruits.
Play Welcome to INTERPOL
Escape Room Five: Oct 15, 2020
INTERPOL has been the victim of a ransomware attack and only you can stop the hackers.
Play Ransomware Attack
Escape Room Six: Nov 18, 2020
Smugglers are trying to sell exotic animals and it's up to you to stop them!
Escape Room Seven: Dec 30, 2020
A band of smugglers are hiding out in the North Pole! It's up to you to find and infiltrate their secret lair before they can sell any more animals.
Play Contraband Winter Wonderland
Escape Room Eight: Feb 4, 2021
You are attempting a daring bank robbery and have only one hour to get in and out of the bank before the alarm goes off and the police are called.
Play Heist, Heist Baby
Escape Room Nine: Mar 4, 2021
It's not easy being a cat... especially when you're accidentally catnapped by a well-meaning animal shelter! Now you need to find a way to break out and get home to your loving human.
Play Mission Impawsible
Escape Room Ten: Apr 15, 2021
Play as one of three goblins, Hairy, Ruhn, and Hermes, in the mystical land of Tipyel to recover something precious that they've lost. There are three different ways to play this escape room with each goblin following a different path!
Play Gobblin' Goblins
Escape Room Eleven: May 7, 2021
Space pirates have stolen your monkey! Travel across the galaxy and break into their pirate spaceship to get Apollo back.
Escape Room Twelve: June 11, 2021
The last day of school is finally here, but you're trapped inside and cannot escape. Will you manage to find a way out or be trapped inside all summer?
Play School of Hard Locks
Escape Room Thirteen: July 21, 2021
Nothing says summer like a relaxing day on the beach... until you fall asleep and wake up to find your phone gone. To make things even worse, someone has written 'FIND YOUR WAY BACK' in the sand. How are you going to do that?!
Play Lost at Seaside
Escape Room Fourteen: September 23, 2021
After a long night studying at the library, you wake up and find that the library is closed with you locked inside! Can you solve all of the librarian's riddles in order escape the library?
Play Sweet Dreams at the Library
Escape Room Fifteen: December 2, 2021
After retiring from the spy game and entering witness protection, someone has found out your true identity and is threatening to sell the information on the black market. Can you stop them before the information about you gets leaked online?
Play Catcher in the Spy
Bonus Escape Rooms!
Did you know? The Toronto Public Library has one of the world's leading research collections devoted to the creator of Sherlock Holmes, the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection
Our Sherlock experts have created virtual escape rooms — now you can help Sherlock Holmes crack the case.
Play Sherlock Holmes and the Escape Room
Play Arthur Conan Doyle & the Spirit: A Mystery
Answer Keys
Stuck on a puzzle and need some help? Our Answer Keys will get you through.
Escape Room One: Answer Key - Stolen Views from the 6ix (PDF)
Escape Room Two: Answer Key - Toronto Reference Library is Under Attack (PDF)
Escape Room Three: Answer Key - Where in the World are the 6 Bandits? (PDF)
Escape Room Four: Answer Key - Welcome to INTERPOL (PDF)
Escape Room Five: Answer Key - Ransomware Attack (PDF)
Escape Room Six: Answer Key - Animal Double Crossing (PDF)
Escape Room Seven: Answer Key - Contraband Winter Wonderland (PDF)
Escape Room Eight: Answer Key - Heist, Heist Baby (PDF)
Escape Room Nine: Answer Key - Mission Impawsible (PDF)
Escape Room Ten: Answer Key - Gobblin’ Goblins (PDF)
Escape Room Eleven: Answer Key - Under Lock and Monkey (PDF)
Escape Room Twelve: Answer Key - School of Hard Locks (PDF)
Escape Room Thirteen: Answer Key - Lost at Seaside (PDF)
Escape Room Fourteen: Answer Key - Sweet Dreams in the Library (PDF)
Escape Room Fifteen: Answer Key - Catcher in the Spy (PDF)
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