Man, escape rooms – what a wild ride they’ve been! From those early days of pulling together some locked rooms and riddles to the absolute spectacles they are now, these immersive experiences have taken the world by storm. Whether you’re into the heart-pounding adrenaline of a heist-themed room, the mind-bending puzzles of a fantasy quest, or the delightfully unsettling vibes of a haunted mansion, there’s an escape room out there for everyone. But let’s be real, as much fun as cracking the codes is, half the thrill is coming up with that perfect escape room team name that just hits different.
The evolution of escape rooms into the cultural phenomenon they are today is nothing short of fascinating. What started as simple “escape the room” games in Asia and parts of Europe quickly exploded in popularity, with dedicated escape room facilities popping up like mushrooms after a rainstorm. By 2014, they had made serious inroads across the US, and suddenly every bored group of friends was locking themselves away for an hour of clue-hunting madness. And almost as an afterthought, teams started giving themselves names – because why not make it official, right? According to EscapeRoomTips.com, over 40% of escape room participants now play under a clever team moniker.
Look, I get it – you’re probably reading this because you’ve been racking your brain for the wittiest, most enigmatic escape room team name to strike fear into the hearts of your competitors (or just give your squad some well-deserved swag). Well, my friend, you’ve come to the right place!
I’ve scoured the darkest corners of the internet and polled the escape room enthusiasts on reddit to bring you over 600 of the most delightfully pun-tastic, referential, and downright groan-worthy team names out there. Whether you want something clever and cerebral or just a ridiculous bit of wordplay absurdity to make your teammates snort-laugh, this list has it all. Brace yourself, because the name game is about to be STRONG.
Funny Escape Room Team Names
- Locked and Loaded Lunatics
- Escape Goats
- Riddle Me This
- KeyMasters
- Clue Crew
- Locked and Dropped the Keys
- Panic! At The Escape Room
- Clueless Wonders
- Locked, Stocked, and Two Smoking Ciphers
- Key to the City
- Escapology 101
- Houdini’s Apprentices
- Code Red Redemption
- Puzzled and Amazed
- Locked Down Lockpicks
- The Cipher Whisperers
- Clock Blockers
- Game of Combs (for lock picking)
- Quizteam Aguilera
- Shawshanked Redemption
- Amateur Escapologists
- Maze Daze
- Conundrum Crusaders
- Whisk-ey To Success (whiskey pun)
- Escape Cadabra
- Lockjaw and the Hieroglyphs
- I Thought This Was Trivial Pursuit
- Channel Lockers
- You Unlock It, You Bought It
- Exodus Experts
- Unlock and Roll
- Prison Break-fast Club
- Room For Improvement
- Straight Outta Locksmiths
- Flawless Unlawful
- Key-sters
- Time Crunch Munch Bunch
- Duct Tape Couldn’t Fix That
- Houdini Would Be Disappointed
- Escapists Extraordinaire
- Held Hostage for Fun
- Bad at Riddles, Good at Life
- Free at Last! …Not Really
- A Few Clues Loose
- Escape Room-ba (Zumba pun)
- Escapists on the D-List
- Watch Out, We’ve Got the Bright Red Key!
- Trapped No More
- We’re Here for the Hidden Beer
- Game of Cones (traffic cone pun)
- Code Blokers
Detective Themed Escape Room Team Names
- The Sleuths
- Private Investigators
- Clue Crew
- Mystery Solvers Inc.
- The Deducers
- Ace Detectives
- Hardly Boys
- Miss Marples
- Sherlocked
- Casing the Clues
- Crime Scene Cleaners
- Fact Finders
- Mulder & Scullys
- Morse Code Crackers
- True Detectives
- The Sam Spades
- The Inspectors
- Dick Tracys
- Poirot’s Proteges
- Nancy Drews
- Gumshoe Gurus
- Magnifying Minds
- Hint Hunters
- Code Crackers
- Puzzle Patrol
- Enigma Enigmas
- Riddle Rangers
- Criminal Minds
- Cipher Solvers
- The Hardy Guys
- Case Closed Crew
- Crimestoppers
- Columbo’s Cohorts
- Clue Connoisseurs
- Snoop Troopers
- Riddle Wranglers
- Cluebacca’s Rebels
- Mind Sleuths
- The Crimebusters
- Unsolved Mysteries
- Enigma Encrypters
- Mystic Riddle
- Escape Room Mathlockians
- Secret Agent Escapists
- Mazerunners
- The Cryptographers
- Mastermind Sleuths
- Codebreaker Corps
- Rebusranger Renegades
- Cypher Psychics
- Riddlemachers
Bank Or Museum Heist Escape Room Name Ideas
- Cat Burglars
- Ocean’s Eleven
- The Night Foxes
- Cracking the Vault
- Looten Plunder
- Museum Mavericks
- The Bling Ring
- Dangling Delinquents
- Art Swindlers
- Cash Cache Crew
- Jewel Jackals
- Heisters of the Nile
- Bank Robbers in Arms
- Break and Entertainers
- Masterminds of Mischief
- Safety Deposit Sleuths
- The Forgery Five
- Counterfeit Capers
- Currency Criminals
- Lock Pickers Picasso
- Treasured Thieves
- Banksy Bandits
- Laser Lipstick Larcenists
- Bonnie and Felons
- Antiquity Acquisitionists
- Pilfering Picassos
- Rembrandt Robbers
- Botticelli Burglars
- The Antiquarians
- Bankroll Bulldozers
- Art Appreciators
- Financial Felons
- Vault Violators
- Cashing In
- Monet Money Makers
- Safe Crackers
- Artful Dodgers
- Heist Hosers
- Money Stashers
- Warhol’s Warriors
- The Grift Crew
- Currency Crooks
- Prized Possessions
- Cash Cache Calamity
- Museum Marauders
- Caper Crusaders
- Velvet Vandals
- Big Score Seekers
- Vault Voyagers
- Priceless Pilferers
- National Treasures
Prison Break Escape Room Team Names
- Jailhouse Rockers
- Prison Break Artists
- Shawshank Redeemers
- Escapology Convicts
- Escaped Convicts
- Cell Block Tango
- The Breakout Kings
- Fugitives on the Lam
- Andy Dufresne’s Drilling Team
- Tunnel Snakes
- Hole in the Wall Gang
- Green Mile Escapists
- Solitary Confinement Survivors
- Bars & Stripes Forever
- Oz Escapologists
- Shank Shenanigans
- Maximum Insecurity
- JailbirdZ
- Binge Watching Breakouts
- Free At Last
- No Country for Solid Folks
- Clink Deflinkers
- Alcatregrets
- CellBlock Circus
- Crime Doesn’t Pay Escapists
- Chain Gang Busters
- Can’t Cage This Rage
- Penitentiary Penitents
- Brokeout Mountain
- Count of Monte Cris-tO’s
- Last Mealers
- No Lockdown Meltdown
- Duress Code Court Jesters
- Escaped to Paradise
- Do Not Resuscitate
- Stranger Shankings
- Barred Bakers
- Solitary Shenanigans
- The Fugle-tives
- Key Supremacists
- Con Air Escapologists
- Get Out of Jail Geniuses
- Prison Break Artists
- The Ex-Cons
- Hard Cell Survivors
- Fleeing Felons
- Yard Time Yodelers
- Wall Watchers
- Shawshank Revenants
- Straight Outta Solitaire
- Legit Parolees
Zombie Apocalypse Escape Room Names
- Zombie Zappers
- Undead Underdogs
- Bite Me Survivors
- Apocalypse Avengers
- Braineaters Anonymous
- Walking Deadbeats
- Zombie Zapocalypse
- Cease Unliving
- Bucket Listers
- Dead Enders
- Quarantined Comrades
- Zombie Preppers
- Horde Havoc
- Virus Vanquishers
- Undying Light
- Brain Food Buffet
- Corpse Quellers
- Last Humans Standing
- Deadicated Survivors
- Gore-illaz in the Mist
- Zombified No Longer
- Life After Undeath
- Graveyard Shift Sifters
- Decay Defiers
- Roamer Roamers
- I Am Legend-ary
- Resident Escapeists
- Munchers Avenged
- Biters Bested
- Deadheads on Holiday
- Extinction Preventers
- Reanimated Resistance
- Zombocalypse Zappers
- AntiBiotics
- Feeding Frenzy Famers
- Scourge Swat
- Undying Unleasher
- Hunger Game Players
- Dead On Arrival Arrivals
- Putrid Puzzle Masters
- World War Zzzz
- Deadpool Party
- Braindead Beaters
- Bloody Brilliant Brains
- Outbreak Outbreak!
- Born to Survive
- Cerebellum Cereal Killers
- No Pulse No Problem
- Dead Man Walkers
- Grave Mistake Makers
- Containment Crew
Team Names For Escape Rooms That Are Kidnapped-Themed
- Ransom Rangers
- Snatch Squad
- Stockholm Survivors
- Hostage Heroes
- Ransomed Redeemers
- Abductee Avengers
- Captive Escapists
- Snatch & Grab Tacticians
- Snatch’d If You Can
- Kidnapped Commandos
- Civilian Captives
- Lockup Liberty Squatters
- Proof of Life Providers
- Hostage Situation Specialists
- Ransom Note Riddlers
- Seized Citizens
- Civilian POWs
- Human Trafficking Traffic
- Stockholm Schemers
- Burden Bearers
- Imprisoned Innocents
- Leverage Liquidators
- Kidnapped Codebreakers
- Safety Depository Schemers
- Bondaged Brigade
- Duct Tape Deputies
- Captives No More
- Catch Me If You Canned
- Rubber Room Runamucks
- Ransom Note Readers
- Civilian Collateral
- Code Hostage Hotshots
- Negotiation Navigators
- Abducted A-Team
- Seized Civilians
- Ransomed Returners
- Blackmail Bandits
- Main Chance Chancers
- Human Trade Traders
- Captured Contenders
- Victim Vanquishers
- Kidnapped Escapologists
- Stockholm Savants
- Nap & Snatch Squad
- Child’s Play Pirates
- Ransomware Warriors
- Snatch Back Kings
- Leverage Lords
- Proof of Life Partners
- Prisoner Exchange Experts
- Watch Your Back Captive Crew
Wild West Escape Room Team Names
- The Rustlers
- Lone Star Lawmen
- Tumbleweed Trackers
- Cowpoke Code Crackers
- Outlaw Outlasters
- High Noon Hombres
- Saloon Sleuths
- Gold Rush Gumshoes
- Wild West Whistlers
- Prairie Prowlers
- Saddle Sore Sleuths
- Rootin’ Tootin’ Rangers
- Horse Whisperers
- Buckaroo Braniacs
- Bounty Huntin’ Hunters
- Maverick Mavericks
- Guns for Hire
- Six Shooter Slickers
- Buffalo Soldiers
- CalamityJaners
- Mustang Mashers
- Black Bart’s Bandits
- High Chaparral Chasers
- Desert Desperados
- Wild Bill’s Hitchers
- The Sundance Kidders
- Prairie Pranksters
- The Butch and Sundance Planners
- Wrangler Rangers
- Jesse’s Girl Guides
- Frontier Fugitives
- Tumbleweed Town
- Cowboy Codebusters
- Ranch Hand Renegades
- Lasso Locksmiths
- Wagon Train Wanderers
- Cattle Catcher Codebreakers
- Saloon Gal Pals
- Hell on Wheels
- Annie Oakley Outfitters
- Pony Express Escapees
- Lost Dutchman’s Goldminers
- Goldrush Renegades
- Cattle Rustlin’ Rangers
- Wild Bunch Seekers
- Western Whistle Blowers
- Stetsons and Solvers
- Tombstone Escapademics
- Doc Hollidayers
- Chuckwalla Charmers
- Ghost Town Ghostbusters
Escape Room Team Names For Egyptian Explorers
- Tomb Raiders
- Sphinx Riddles
- Pyramid Puzzlers
- Anubis Ascenders
- The Mummy Demummifiers
- Ra’s Rays of Light
- Hieroglyphic Hackers
- Saharan Sleuths
- Pharaoh’s Fury
- NileNavigators
- Desert Detectives
- Sarcophagus Solvers
- Tut’s Treasure Hunters
- Cairo Codebreakers
- Ankhesenamun’s Avengers
- Valley of the Kings Kingpins
- Mummy’s Curse Crackers
- Pyramid Capstone Climbers
- Cleopatra’s Cat Burglars
- Scarab Stalkers
- Ramses’ Runamucks
- Luxor Luckers
- Canopic Crackers
- Pharaoh Pharriors
- Giza Geniuses
- Ankh Antidotes
- Hieroglyph Hackers
- Obsidian Oracles
- Bazaar Burglars
- Nile Knot Navigators
- Amun-Ra Raiders
- Abydos Adventurers
- Mummy Unravelers
- Scarab Savants
- Obelisk Obstacles
- Sphinx Spinners
- Rosetta Rocketeers
- Cobra Companions
- Hot Desert Decrypters
- Papyrus Punners
- King Tutor’s Troubleshooters
- Sakkara Sleuths
- Red Pyramid Rompers
- Dynasty Dumbfounders
- Cairo Quipsters
- Felucca Fugitives
- Khufu’s Codeknackers
- Deshret Diehards
- Amulet Anglers
- Ankh Armed
- Cartouche Carvers
Castle-Themed Escape Room Team Names
- Knights of the Rounded Table
- The Royal Code Crackers
- Moat Monsters
- Knaves of Bravery
- Royally Flushed
- Drawbridge Droppers
- Jesters of Justice
- Court Jesters, Not Jokers
- The Princely Players
- Lady’s Chamber Champers
- Royal Flush Riddle Rulers
- Princely Puzzle Princes
- Court Courtiers
- Code of Chivalry Codebreakers
- Check(mate) Please!
- A Knight’s Tale Tellers
- Siege the Day
- Ransom Runners
- Gallant Gallstoners
- The Princesses Bride
- Jested Once
- Dungeon Dwellers
- King’s Ransom Rangers
- Chastened Knights
- Ever After Escapists
- Squire’s Squireters
- Wizard’s Keep Keepers
- Flagrant Knights
- Camelot Confidantes
- Enchanted Escapologists
- Palace Pawnbrokers
- Throne Throners
- Petrified Poltroons
- Noble Knaves
- Questing Questors
- Black Knight Fighters
- Castle Caperers
- Monarchs of the Escape
- Renaissance Revelers
- Kingdom Key Masters
- Round Table Riddle Runners
- Castle Siege Specialists
- Ye Olde Escapologists
- Knighthood Knighted
- Heraldic Hideaway Heroes
- Crown Seekers
- Castle Crested Enigmologists
- Gargoyle Grabbers
- Palace Patrollers
- Boudoir Bounders
- Mead Hall Meddlers
Team Names For Outer Space Escape Rooms
- Rocket Rangers
- Planetary Explorers
- Gravity Gladiators
- Black Hole Busters
- Interstellar Investigators
- Comet Chasers
- Apollo Almighties
- Zero-G Geniuses
- Cosmic Code Crackers
- Milky Way Mavericks
- Stardust Stalkers
- Sol System Sleuths
- The Xenomorphologists
- Big Bangbusters
- Quasar Quizzers
- Andromeda Adventurers
- Celestial Ciphers
- Cosmic Ray Tracers
- Black Hole Burglars
- The Starry Schemers
- Astro-Nauts
- Astronomythical Heroes
- Singularity Savants
- Prime Directives
- Infinity Edge Escapists
- Parallel Universe Unifiers
- Voyager Victors
- Star Quest Questers
- Nebula Navis
- Dark Matter Demystifiers
- Stellar Scribers
- Event Horizon Hunters
- AstroKnots
- Exoplanet Explorers
- Starchasers
- Intergalactics
- Mission Impossibles
- Space Farers
- Martian Manhunters
- Time and Relative Dimensioneers
- SuperNovas
- Celestial Cartographers
- Blackhole Busters
- Area 51 Aliens
- Mission to Mars Mavens
- Alpha Centaurians
- Big Bang Burst
- Eclipse Chasers
- Spacescape Artists
- Cosmic Ray Rangers
- Milkyway Mapmakers
True Crime Escape Room Names
- Crime Scene Investigators
- Forensic Finders
- Cold Case Crackers
- UNSOLVED! Detectives
- The Profilers
- Homicide Hunters
- Serial Sleuths
- Autopsy Avengers
- Motive Mystics
- Burden of Proof
- Dexter’s Defenders
- Criminologizers
- Perpetrators of Puzzles
- Making a Murderer Mashers
- Manson Maze Runners
- Zodiac Zealots
- DNA Decoders
- Dahmer’s Destroyers
- Bloodstain Bloodhounds
- Dewey DecipherCorps
- Criminal Codebreakers
- Homiciders’ Haven
- Silence of the Clams
- Ripper Riddlers
- The Exonerated
- Legally Lawless
- Behind Bars Escapists
- Alibi Artists
- Felon Finders
- Wrongful Convictors
- 24601 Escapees
- Bundy’s Bundle of J…..oy
- Sleuth Detectives
- Amityvile Horrors
- Mindhunter Tribe
- Dillinger’s Demise
- Lizzie Borden’s Squad
- Attica Atoners
- Night Stalker Stalkers
- Helter Skelter Shelter
- Green River Runaways
- Son of Sam Solvers
- Gacy’s Goofs
- Manson’s Lost Hippies
- Chicago Typewriters
- OJ Innocenters
- Kevorkian’s Lozengers
- Whitechapel Whittlers
- Weapon Finders
- Catch Me If You Canners
- True Detective Truthers
Team Names For Escape Rooms At Christmas Time
- Yule Loggers
- Santa’s Stuck Helpers
- Elf Un-Shelfers
- Holiday Break-Outers
- Noel Gnome Escapees
- Rudolph’s Runaways
- Jingle Belles
- Silent Knights
- The Icicle Pickers
- Advent Adventurers
- Stocking Stuffers
- Gingerbread Getaways
- Kringle Krackers
- Mistletoe Untanglers
- Sleighbell Ringers
- Wreathed in Riddles
- Snowman Trailblazers
- Elven Lock Pickers
- Holiday Ho Ho Holdouts
- Peppermint Barkers
- Candy Cane Codebreakers
- Reindeer Games Players
- North Pole Parolees
- Jack Frost Nip-Pickers
- Ornament Untanglers
- Winter Solstice Escapists
- Frosty the Codebusters
- Dasher’s Dancin’ Prancers
- Jingle Cell Mates
- O’ Christmas Treemendous!
- Mele Kalikimaka Merrymakers
- Holly Jolly Hijinks
- Fruitcake Fleer Squad
- Kringles & Jingles
- Reindeer Wranglers
- Nutcracker Sweet Swingers
- Cranberry Sauce Smugglers
- Figgy Puddle Jumpers
- Elfcapaded Elfcapers
- Fa La La Felons
- Cocoa Code Crunchers
- Sugarplum Escapists
- Feliz Naughty Dogs
- Tinsel Town Runaways
- Snow Globe Shakers
- Hanging Chads of Holly
- Gift Rappers
- Partridge & A Spare Key
- Good Tiding Riders
- Christmas Riddle Crackers
- Pear Tree Pruners
Wrapping Up
Whew, what a journey that was! Putting together this massive list of over 600 clever, punny, and downright groan-worthy escape room team names was no easy feat. But man, was it fun to explore the wild and weird corners of the internet and the escape room enthusiast community to dig up all these gems.
If I had to pick some personal favorites from each category, for the funny names, I’ve got a soft spot for the brilliantly dumb wordplay of “Locked, Stocked, and Two Smoking Ciphers” and “Whisk-ey To Success”. Those just make me chuckle every time. The detective themed names were an absolute treat, with “Cluebacca’s Rebels” and “Rebusranger Renegades” getting top marks for pure creativity and nerdiness.
The heist room names had me feeling like a safecracker myself with “Banksy Bandits” and “Rembrandt Robbers” making me want to pull off an art heist ASAP. And you just can’t go wrong with zombie puns like “Munchers Avenged” and “Deadicated Survivors” for those apocalypse scenarios.
Putting this list together really drove home what I love most about the escape room community – the boundless creativity, passion for puzzles and games, and ability to let loose and be straight up silly when it comes to team names. Shoutout to all the clever groups out there making the escape room world a funnier, weirder place.
I’m already looking forward to the next update where I can dig up a whole new batch of gems. If your crew has an epically good (or bad) team name you think deserves a spot, hit me up! The punnyer the better in my book.
Now get out there and escape something, you bunch of amateur escapologists! And watch out for those zombie zappers…