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About us
A small room in El Palmar that ended up being half of something much bigger.
2018: a clinic in a neighbourhood with no escape rooms
When we opened The Shadow, escape rooms in Murcia were a city-centre thing. There were none in El Palmar, and more than one person asked us whether anyone would really come all the way out here to be locked in for an hour.
They came. First friends and friends of friends; then groups from all over the region who had heard about "the clinic". Dr. Zodiac was polished with every game: a document that was hard to follow, a clue that arrived too late, a corner that needed more darkness.
2019: two rooms decide to build a third
In the city there was Enigmatic, the company that had brought escape rooms to Murcia city centre. Instead of competing, we decided to pool what we had learnt and build a room that would be a reference beyond the region.
After a year of work it opened in September 2020, also in El Palmar: Mythos and its Cursed Expedition, which went on to enter the international escape room rankings.
Mythos Experience, S.L.
Today: five brands, one way of doing things
Each brand has its own venue, its own website and its own character. What we share is the team, the booking system and one rule: nobody should walk out feeling it was "just another one".
The room born from joining The Shadow and Enigmatic. Cursed Expedition, 75 minutes in an Egyptian tomb with international awards.
mythosmurcia.es → Enigmatic C/ Vinader, 8 · Murcia centreThe pioneers of escape rooms in the city. The Virus to get started and The Virus 2 for experienced teams.
enigmatic.es → Legends OutdoorsA format that did not exist in Murcia: an outdoor escape game designed for children.
legendsmurcia.es → Road Room Wherever you need usThe newest arrival. A portable escape room for companies, trade fairs, universities and all kinds of events.
roadroom.es →What has been said about the group
Rankings, press and university
Cursed Expedition, the room born from joining The Shadow and Enigmatic, has been a finalist in TERPECA, the international escape room ranking voted by expert players, every year since 2020.
Outside the rooms, the group has built escape rooms for the University of Murcia and its teaching innovation lab, and portable games for IFEPA trade fairs in Torre Pacheco.
- La Verdad · 2023Estos son los escape rooms más terroríficos de la Región de Murcia
- Murcia Plaza · 2023El enganche de los escape rooms en Murcia
- Universidad de Murcia · 2023Inauguración del primer laboratorio de innovación docente
- La Opinión de Murcia · 2021Jugando a ser Indiana Jones
- Murcia Noticias · 2020La nueva sala de escape room en Murcia
So why is The Shadow still The Shadow?
Because some groups are looking for exactly this: a small room, a single story and the feeling of being somewhere someone wanted to hide. Not everything has to be bigger to be better.
What has changed is what is behind it. Since joining the group, The Shadow shares its team and booking system with the other rooms, which lets us do things a single room cannot, like playing two rooms at once in El Palmar or recommending each group the room that really suits it, even if it is not ours.