About Columbia's #1 Ranked Escape Room
HOW IT STARTED
It all started when two sisters, Lexie and Tracy, went to an escape room one boring Thursday night in late 2015. The love connection was instantaneous! Our obsession with escape rooms began and we haven't looked back since. We do this because we love the thrill, it's our passion to create immersive and unique escape rooms. We strive to continue improving and providing a quality experience.
We are not a franchise, The Final Door is 100% locally owned and operated.
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?
BEER & WINE LOBBY
We are the only escape room in South Carolina with a beer and wine lobby. You can even order drinks to be hidden in your game. Our lobby is cozy and inviting! Entertaining puzzles and games are scattered throughout the lobby: Cards Against Humanity, Checkers, Scrabble, Rubiks Cubes, and more!
*** Our beer and wine option is currently unavailable due to state-wide liquor liability price hikes. If SC legislation is adjusted to re-balance the costs for low-volume bars, we will bring it back.
SMALL GROUP CAPACITIES
We limit most of our rooms to 6 or 8 people and even have the ONLY 4 person room in Columbia. Why is a lower room capacity important for you? For starters, it means you have less chance of being grouped with strangers AND you won't worry about people standing around with nothing to solve because there's too many people in the room.
ORIGINAL ROOMS & PROPS
Every single one of our game designs and puzzles are created in house. We don't buy room designs online like most other escape rooms, which means you won't find another experience like ours anywhere else in the world. Even our props are hand made, so they aren't cheap and you don't get that 'made in China' feel.
HIGH IMMERSION
The rooms at The Final Door are, hands down, the most immersive escape rooms in Columbia. Each experience features an immersive introduction to the game that creates an experience unlike any other in South Carolina.
TWISTS & TURNS
All of our rooms are full of the unexpected and many "WOW" moments. Maybe you find yourself to be an integral part of the story; or, possibly, you unlock something to find a completely unexpected new path in the game.
GENERATION 2 ROOMS
What's a Generation 2 room? Basically, a Gen 2 room has multiple rooms (usually 3 or more) for each game, high tech puzzles, as well as being story driven and having an immersive set design. A Gen 1 room will be a single room (possibly two) with mostly physical locks and little story/set design.
MEET OUR GAME MASTERS
The most important difference between The Final Door and other escape rooms is our amazing staff. Each of them are incredibly passionate about the escape room industry and proud to be a part of the best escape room in Columbia. Scroll down to meet our amazing game masters.
NOah AKA “conga line killer”
Vat grown since the age of 16 to be the perfect gamemaster, he has been attempting to perfect his beautiful concoction of kidnapping, conga lines and comedy. He was voted most likely to make a spelling mistake in permanent marker, and is quite frankly the best human being you will ever meet. They should not have let me write my own bio.
LAURYN AKA “Missy Hatter”
She’ll spin you a tale, or maybe just help you get lost, whatever happens, you’ll be having a blast wherever she sends you.
daniel aka “Cheshire Jack”
Always trying to give you a smile if not a fright. A mysterious person that just showed up one day, nobody had the nerve to say he didn’t work here, so he’s just still around. When not taking people to Wonderland or Romania, he can be found streaming games, voice acting, editing videos, or spending time with his family.
JACKSON aka “cool joe”
Musician, singer, and part time dudezilla. Don’t let the chill facade fool you, he will snatch you up before you know what’s happening.
dEE aka “Elvish”
Graciously on loan from Santa’s elves, Dee will show you a jolly time, or perhaps a fright while you scour for clues.
HEAVEN aka “Gremlin”
This pint-sized terror might not stack up to much, but don’t let that fool you, she’ll show you the way down a rabbit hole without missing a beat…just try not to step on her.
ROBERT aka “English bob”
Handy with a glue gun, dandy with an accent. Just a handy, dandy bit of British eye candy!
JANAE aka “Miss lady”
Always a step away from a foreign castle, or maybe that’s just someone’s basement. Wherever she takes you, it is sure to be an experience that will leave you laughing or screaming, could never tell the difference.
THE FINAL DOOR GHOST
Some of the staff at The Final Door are convinced there is a ghost in the building. Occasionally, lights turn on by themselves, objects hanging from the wall start swinging, doors open/shut, and loud noises are heard in empty rooms/hallways.