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Richmond’s Ultimate Escape Room and Adventure Experience
7 Immersive Escape Rooms. 6 Outdoor Escape Games or Mystery Tail Quests.
Endless Possibilities and fun. Can You Beat the Clock or Solve the Mission?
Looking for something different to do in Richmond, Nelson? Step into a world of mystery, teamwork, and adventure at Xscape Space — where every challenge becomes a story and every decision matters.
Take on our collection of seven immersive indoor escape rooms, each designed to test your problem-solving skills, communication, and ability to work together under pressure. Will your team crack the code during a daring bank heist, escape a high-security prison, uncover hidden secrets aboard a pirate ship, or survive a mission where the stakes are higher than ever?
For those who love adventure beyond four walls, our six Outdoor Escape Games and Mystery Trail Quests transform the streets into your own real-life adventure. Follow clues, solve puzzles, explore hidden locations, and uncover stories inspired by mystery, history, and imagination.
Whether you’re planning a family activity, a team-building experience, a corporate event, a birthday celebration, or a fun day out with friends, Xscape Space delivers unforgettable challenges for all ages.
With only 60 minutes on the clock, your team must think quickly, communicate clearly, and combine your skills to succeed.
The clues are waiting. The adventure has begun. Do you have what it takes to escape?
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Labour Weekend is here! 🎉 We're open Friday, Saturday and Sunday — so gather your crew, solve the clues, and make some memories.
7 immersive indoor escape rooms and outdoor adventures waiting for you in Nelson. Perfect for families, friends, and anyone looking for something a bit different this long weekend.
7 immersive indoor escape rooms and outdoor adventures waiting for you in Nelson. Perfect for families, friends, and anyone looking for something a bit different this long weekend.
Friday Funnies! ☕💀 This is basically every escape room player after the game. Completely spent, mildly dehydrated, and already planning the next booking.
Sound about right? We'll see you at Xscape Space. xscapespace.co.nz
Sound about right? We'll see you at Xscape Space. xscapespace.co.nz
Friday Funnies! 🏁 That moment when the final clue falls into place and freedom (or at least snacks) is within reach. Pure escape room magic.
Come experience that last-minute rush at Xscape Space. Book at xscapespace.co.nz 😄
Come experience that last-minute rush at Xscape Space. Book at xscapespace.co.nz 😄
Think your team has what it takes to beat the clock? 🕐
After watching thousands of groups tackle our rooms, we've noticed something: the teams that escape fastest aren't always the ones with the biggest brains. They're the ones who communicate, stay organised, and keep moving when something isn't working.
We've written up 8 strategies that actually make a difference — including a few that might surprise you. (Hint: asking for help is one of them.)
Whether you're planning your first visit or you're a seasoned escaper looking to shave some time off, this one's worth a read. Link in comments!
After watching thousands of groups tackle our rooms, we've noticed something: the teams that escape fastest aren't always the ones with the biggest brains. They're the ones who communicate, stay organised, and keep moving when something isn't working.
We've written up 8 strategies that actually make a difference — including a few that might surprise you. (Hint: asking for help is one of them.)
Whether you're planning your first visit or you're a seasoned escaper looking to shave some time off, this one's worth a read. Link in comments!
Massive thank you to everyone that has come in over the last few weeks. Here are the photos from those teams happy to have them shared.
If your looking for something different to do, come give us a go.
If your looking for something different to do, come give us a go.
Friday Funnies! 😄 "Just one more clue..." — said by absolutely every team, five minutes before the clock ran out.
If this is your crew, we've got seven rooms worth of "just one more clue" waiting for you. Book at xscapespace.co.nz 🔍
If this is your crew, we've got seven rooms worth of "just one more clue" waiting for you. Book at xscapespace.co.nz 🔍
OUR REVIEWS
Great experience and perfect host.
Response from the owner:Thanks so much for the fantastic review Joris! I'm thrilled you had a great experience at Xscape Space. I really appreciate the kind words and am glad you enjoyed your adventure.
We had the best time! It was our first escape room experience and we took our 11-year-old son along, who absolutely loved it! The owner was amazing, so friendly and accommodating, and even gave us some extra time to try and solve the room. Such a fun experience and we really appreciated the extra effort to make it enjoyable for us. Would definitely recommend and we'll be back for another go!
Response from the owner:Thank you so much for the wonderful review! We’re thrilled that your first escape room experience was such a hit, especially with your 11-year-old son joining in the fun!
At Xscape Space, we love creating memorable experiences for the whole family, and it’s always rewarding to see everyone getting stuck into the puzzles together. I’m so glad I could help make your visit extra enjoyable!
Thanks for choosing Xscape Space for your family adventure and for recommending us. We look forward to welcoming you back for round two — let’s see if you can crack the next challenge!
This is a great escape room to do, I’ve been twice now and had an awesome time. Puzzles are tricky but not too hard. The guy running it is also very nice
Response from the owner:Thanks so much for the lovely review! We’re stoked to hear you’ve visited us twice and had an awesome time on both occasions. Getting that balance of tricky-but-solvable puzzles is exactly what we aim for — enough to get you thinking without making you want to throw in the towel!
I’ll take the compliment, thank you! It’s always great meeting our Xscapers and helping make their experience a memorable one. We’d love to see you back for round three… there are plenty more challenges waiting for you at Xscape Space!
We adore Xscape Space!!! We have been going to Xscape space since 2020 and every time we go we have a blast. The owners are incredibly friendly and have great banter for when playing the games. We have completed almost all and love every time a new one comes out ! Thanks again for every epic experience.
Response from the owner:Thank you so much for the awesome review, Monique! We absolutely love having you and Lockie (the Double D’s) come through our doors! It’s customers like you who make what we do so much fun. Creating epic experiences, sharing a bit of banter and seeing you take on each new challenge is exactly what we are all about.
Thanks for being part of the Xscape Space journey. Here’s to many more epic Xscapes together!
Amazing staff energy! Helpful support throughout the room for our sons 11th Birthday! Definitely will be revsiting
Response from the owner:Thank you so much for the fantastic 5-star review! ⭐ We’re so glad we could be part of your son’s 11th birthday celebrations.
It sounds like your team had a great time, and we love hearing that our staff helped make the experience even more enjoyable. Birthdays are always better with a few puzzles, plenty of teamwork and a little friendly competition!
Thanks for choosing Xscape Space for such a special occasion. We’ll be ready for your next adventure — we look forward to seeing you all again! 🔐🎉
Had a family event as a part of our son's 21st weekend. Such a great time! Highly recommend! A+++++
Response from the owner:Thank you so much for the fantastic 5-star review! ⭐ We’re thrilled that Xscape Space could be part of such a special weekend celebrating your son’s 21st.
There’s something pretty special about getting the whole family together, adding a few puzzles, a bit of friendly competition and plenty of laughs! We’re so glad you all had such a great time.
Thanks for choosing Xscape Space and for the A+++++ recommendation.
Response from the owner:Thanks so much for the 5-star rating, Emma! ⭐ We're thrilled you had a great experience with us. We really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review and hope to welcome you back for another adventure soon.
As a big fan of escape rooms, I was keen to try one in New Zealand and happened to be passing through the area. Definitely fun and I would recommend to other fans. Some of the puzzles were really good and different to things I've seen before, but a couple felt like they were more likely to be solved by players due to luck rather than understanding. Right at the end, one mechanism didn't work which meant the gamesmaster had to come into the room and try to fix it, which detracted a little from the game.
Nonetheless, I'm sure that was just a bit of bad luck and would definitely recommend people to try it out here - the price is better than the others I saw around the South Island. If I had been in the area longer, would still have gone back to try a second room!
Response from the owner:Thanks so much for taking the time to leave such a detailed review! ⭐ It’s always great to hear feedback from an experienced escape-room fan, and we’re really pleased you enjoyed your Xscape Space experience and found some of the puzzles different from what you’ve encountered elsewhere.
We’re sorry that one of the mechanisms decided to have a moment of its own right at the end! That’s certainly not how we want the final part of the experience to play out. The faulty switch has been rectified.
We also appreciate your thoughts on the puzzles. Escape rooms are always a balance between challenge, logic and those wonderful “aha!” moments, so feedback like yours is genuinely useful when we review our games.
Most importantly, thank you for recommending us and for choosing to Xscape with us while passing through New Zealand. We’re only sorry you didn’t have enough time to tackle a second room! If you’re ever passing through Nelson again, we’d love to have you back and see which challenge you take on next.
Had a fantastic time great place to go worth every penny also a great first date idea the convo never dies though we would of in the serial killer room well put togeather. Lovely staff too 😊
Response from the owner:Thanks so much for the fantastic 5-star review! ⭐ We’re so glad you had such a great time and thought it was worth every penny.
And we LOVE that you chose Xscape Space for a first date! Escape rooms are definitely a good way to find out if you’re compatible — although perhaps choosing the Serial Killer’s Lair for date number one is a little brave! 😂
Thanks for the lovely comments about our rooms and our team. We’d love to see you both back for your next Xscape!
We were having an amazing time until an honest mistake ruined the rest of our visit. We accidentally took a photo in the room, largely because a 'no cameras' policy was never clearly communicated to us prior to starting. Instead of a polite reminder, the staff reacted unpleasantly, treating us poorly and rushing us to finish and leave (that's how it felt to us anyway). They did try to explain afterward, but by that point, the experience was already sullied. Better communication clarifying that 'no phones' strictly means 'no photos' would have been appreciated.
Response from the owner:Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re sorry to hear that what was otherwise an enjoyable experience ended on a disappointing note.
We do understand that mistakes can happen, and we certainly don’t want any guest to feel uncomfortable or unwelcome. However, we would like to clarify that our no-phone and no-photography policy is communicated to all teams before entering the rooms as part of our safety briefing. There is also clear signage inside the building, next to the TVs, reminding guests that photography is not permitted.
The reason for this policy is not simply about phones. Our rooms, puzzles, clues, props and game design are original intellectual property that we have invested considerable time and money creating. Like any business, we need to protect that intellectual property so that the experience remains special for future customers.
Our staff are required to address photography when it occurs, and we’re sorry if the way this was handled left you feeling rushed or that you were being treated poorly. That was certainly not our intention. We did try to explain the reason for the policy afterwards, but we appreciate that by then the situation had affected your experience.
We’re genuinely pleased to hear that you were having an amazing time before this happened, and we’re disappointed that the misunderstanding changed how you felt about your visit. We appreciate your feedback and will continue to look for ways to make our pre-game briefing as clear as possible for every team.
Have experienced 2 different escape rooms now and enjoyed both times. Lotsa fun with friends, helpful if you don't all think the same lol. Nice friendly staff, accessible location with good parking, easy to book online. Would definitely do again, you just want to challenge yourself to do better, best way don't over think it!
Response from the owner:Thanks so much, Linda! ⭐ It sounds like you’re officially been converted to escape rooms.
We love that you’ve tackled two different rooms and had a great time with both. And you’re absolutely right — having a team that doesn’t all think the same way is half the fun! Sometimes the biggest challenge is convincing everyone that your idea is the right one. 😂
Thanks for the lovely comments about our team, location and easy online booking too. We’d love to see you back for round three… we have a feeling you’ll be determined to beat your previous times! 🔐⏱️
Genie & Lindsay
Response from the owner:Thanks so much for the 5-star rating, Ash! ⭐ We're thrilled you had a great experience with us. We really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review and hope to welcome you back for another adventure soon. We can't wait to see which room you take on next! 🔐😊
We had a fun night at Xscape! We hope to go again sometime!
Response from the owner:Thank you for your review Ben. We're so glad to hear you had a fun night with us.
We really appreciate your support and look forward to welcoming you back for another adventure. There are plenty more challenges waiting for you!
We have done the spy adventure and it was we'll set up, pretty hard to solve and the team was super friendly and helpful. And we could bring our dog. Which was great.
Response from the owner:Thank you Andy for the review! We're pleased you enjoyed our spy adventure and found it to be a fun challenge.
We hope to welcome you back to take on another escape room challenge soon!
My daughter and her friends loved it
Response from the owner:Thank you Jacci for your review! We're thrilled to hear your daughter and her friends had such a great time with us. We hope to welcome you all back for another adventure soon!
Response from the owner:Thank you for the 5-star rating! We truly appreciate your support and are so pleased you enjoyed your visit. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
What a blast! Haven't had such a genuine, fun time in a long time. As a family, we did the Blackbeard's Treasure escape room and it was some serious fun. Let's just say we are now PIRATES OF THE SEVEN SEAS!
Response from the owner:Thank you for your review Mona, great to hear everyone enjoyed the game. We look forward to see you again.
Super friendly and humorous staff! We chose the 5/5 spy escape room and unfortunately couldn’t finish it but we had a blast. The rooms are perfectly furnished to make an immersive experience. Very fun short activity if you’re looking for something to do in Nelson
Response from the owner:Thank you for the review Star. Great to hear you enjoyed the game. We look forward to hopefully seeing you again.
my boyfriend and i did the bank robbery escape room, it was so much fun, perfect amount of brain teasers and a good challenge, staff were very friendly definitely will be back to try other rooms!
Response from the owner:Thank you for the review Amelia, great to hear you enjoyed robbing the bank.
We look forward to seeing you again.
Done the prison one and was heaps of fun. We all had a blast. Will be back to do more of them most definitely.Staff are amazing.
Response from the owner:Great to hear you enjoyed breaking out of Prison Jasmine, luckily your teammates didn't leave you behind.
Me and my family of five (kids 11-16) had such a good time we did another immediately after the first and it was just as fun!
Response from the owner:Thank you for the review Noah, your family were amazing Xscaping our games.
Had a great time, and it was a great family activity. Friendly service and we were well looked after.
Response from the owner:Thanks guys, glad you had a fun birthday Xscape with us
My partner and I booked ourselves in for the serial killer escape room. We had never been to an escape room before, but we had so much fun and got great support from the hosts. Totally recommend. It was a challenging and satisfying experience.
Response from the owner:Thank you for the review Carly. Great to hear you enjoyed the game.
Great time excellent staff and rooms, great work do idea
Response from the owner:Thank you Tony. It was great having you all come in, we enjoyed having a laugh with you all.
