Brainstorm Escapes

Champaign, United States

4.9

Closed now

9 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards
By Appointment Only

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Telephone:
+1 217-693-7678
Website:
brainstormescapes.com
Address:
61 E University St, Champaign, IL, 61820
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
380 ftChampaign-Urbana Amtrak
390 ftIllinois Terminal
550 ftIllinois Terminal Platform C
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Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
By Appointment Only
Yes

Today

Today 11:00 am – 11:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Champaign) 05:03 Saturday, 31 May 2025

Business hours

Monday 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am – 11:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am – 11:00 pm
Sunday 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Description

Specialties

Brainstorm Escapes offers live action escape rooms for team building and public entertainment.

Our escape rooms are designed to help team members, friends, and family work together to identify and solve clues, puzzles, and riddles to escape a room in 60 minutes.

History

Established in 2015.

We are a locally owned escape room facility near downtown Champaign.

Meet the Manager

Summer S.

Manager

I am the Store Manager at Brainstorm Escapes, and love the ability to help create these rooms and interact with our unique and fun customers.

I graduated from Illinois State University in May 2015 and after taking a two month solo cross country road trip, I decided to come back to central Illinois.

I came into contact with the owner, Roger, who has been a resident of Champaign his whole life and who was passionate about bringing something new and fun into the community. I caught the passion and started working here August 2015.

Cassandra, the creative director, brought her talents for room creation and in December 2015, we opened our doors.

Upon opening our doors, we also implemented the Escape Movement, which strives to empower individuals to escape real life turmoil by donating a dollar for each escapee.

All of our rooms are made in house and we strive to make them as interactive, thrilling and immersive as possible.

Please don’t just take our word for it, check it out yourself!

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9 reviews of Brainstorm Escapes

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Place rating: 5
Champaign, IL
Got to try this for $ 5 at a Unilocal event. Did the escape from the prison cell and would highly recommend for group fun. I look forward to trying the other 2 rooms at some point plus they are finishing a 4th room. The regular price is $ 20 for students or $ 25 for everyone else, they have a Unilocal check-​in offer and have previously done a cisaves deal of $ 59 for 6 people. If they have that offer again I would buy it as a gift.
Place rating: 5
Rantoul, IL
So, a bunch of friends and I just did this tonight and it was so much fun! We did the insane professor hunt and we literally found the key to get out at the 60 minute time mark. It was challenging. The puzzles were interesting and we just kept finding more and more clues. I will definitely do this again.
Place rating: 5
Champaign, IL
This was really fun. We had 2 groups who did the Oval Office Room and the Professor Hunt Room. We had been wanting to try this for awhile but it is very expensive. We found a CiSaves coupon for 6 people (per room) that came out to $ 10 per person.
Our group escaped the Oval Office in a little over 27 minutes. It was challenging and fun but I am glad we had the CiSaves coupon.
I would love to go again, but will wait for another promotional offer. $ 25 per person is a little too expensive for us for the short time you are here.
Place rating: 5
Aurora, IL
We have never done anything like this before and it was amazing. We did the oval office with only two people. It was a blast but definitely recommend it for three or more people. It was challenging and really had us explore our inquisitive sides. Will deathly be doing again when we are in the area.
Place rating: 5
Champaign, IL
Went here yesterday with a couple coworkers and we had a blast. Did the defusing the bomb in the Oval Office one and got out with 40 seconds remaining. So exciting!
Place rating: 4
Urbana, IL
My friends and I had a lot of fun here, and we managed to escape the insane professor’s cabin with just 2 minutes to spare. But what’s really insane is the (ab)normally steep price of $ 150 for six people for a 1-​hour activity! Luckily we got a cheap Groupon that brought it down to $ 59 in total.
This was my first time doing an escape the room, but I went in with confidence, maybe even arrogance. What could outwit me? Pfft.
The room’s puzzles weren’t exactly as easy as I thought they would be, but they didn’t crush my spirit either. Some things were really neat and clever, while others were much simpler than we thought.
We were allowed to ask for three hints, but because we kept getting off track or stuck on something for too long, the person overseeing us kept giving us small helpful messages. I appreciate her help, because we would have gotten stuck and frustrated and wouldn’t have escaped in time. But it felt kind of wrong to get all of that help, like we cheated somehow.
Maybe I’m still too arrogant. Next time I’ll see if brainstorm escapes can knock me down a peg.
Place rating: 5
Urbana, IL
I’ll keep this review short and sweet. This was the most fun I had in the past 6 months. It was a great experience, you have to give it a try!
Place rating: 5
Champaign, IL
This was so much fun!!! A different experience that our whole family enjoyed! My husband and I brought our 14 year old son and we all had a blast! Can’t wait to go back!!!
Place rating: 5
Somerville, MA
So my friend got a CU saves coupon and there was six of us. It was like 10pp with the coupon.
You have to sign a waiver. Don’t break anything.
We chose the Oval Office. It was bananas!
The staff people are hella awesome. It’s a super fun time. Although at times, I wanted to shake the shit out of somethings, but it’s a rompe cabeza. And it literally broke my brain. I slept hella good that night.
I wanted a drink afterwards. Yo, I can’t think that much or that hard.
I know I don’t exactly sell it well. But trust me, you have to experience it. I would pay the full price to do it again and we are planning another one. We laughed a lot. I had a great time, except that making me think too much makes me cranky.
If you like puzzles and riddles, this is it. It’s a great activity. Birthdays, celebrations, whatever what have you.
What I really loved is that if you finish, in your honor, they donate 1 dollar to a sanctuary of your choice (you have four to choose from — a sanctuary for DV victims, animal shelter, children and I forgot the other one. It’s also per person, so I chose one and my teammates chose their own = 6 bucks, not bad. I know it’s not a panacea but shit, people can do what they can.). They call it «The Escape Movement».