Portable escape game as the heart of the room: how to create a budget escape room with minimal investment
- EscapeRooms_EcoDecor
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Do you want to open your escape room, but are you afraid of high repair costs, expensive decorations, sophisticated electronics and custom software? Or maybe you are already the owner of the escape room and are looking for a way to quickly and inexpensively launch a new location in a limited space?
What if we tell you that there is a way to create an exciting and unique ER in just 5-10 m2 and with a budget that you may not have thought about? The secret lies in the unexpected approach that our clients are already using.
The subtitle
From Lobby to Private room: a new use for portable escape games.
Traditionally, portable escape games are associated with field events, corporate parties, or lobby play areas. But the enterprising owners of the ER business went further. They turned our portable games into the central artifact around which the entire escape room is built.
Imagine: our portable game is not just a game object.
Case study: A turnkey mini-escape room room with a budget of up to $6000
Let's take a real example of how it works.
1. Basic: Portable escape game for $3000 - $4000
You choose one of our ready-made kits, best sellers are:
You get a professionally designed, ready-to-use product with puzzles, light and sound effects. This is a ready—made puzzle and the main visual accent of your future room.
2. Addition: Decor and atmosphere for ~$3000
Instead of an expensive renovation of the entire room, you focus on spot-creating an atmosphere around the central object.
Wall decor, lighting, additional decorative elements suitable for the theme of the selected portable game. As well as additional puzzles (1-2 pieces), simple puzzles unrelated to the main device. If you are ready to decorate and arrange the escape room yourself, then the figure of $ 3000 can be reduced to $ 1000, if not to $ 500.
With this approach to building escape rooms, you are guaranteed a high ROI.
As a result, you get not just a portable ER, but a full-fledged immersive room with a unique plot, where our product does all the basic work.
What is the convenience of this approach?
Startup speed: the room can be prepared in a few weeks, not months.
Low risks: this is an ideal test for a new topic or location without large investments.
Mobility and flexibility: if the location doesn't pay off or you want to update the theme, the base (our quest) can easily be moved to another location or the decor can be rebuilt around it.
Uniqueness: Your room will be based on an exclusive gaming solution that competitors do not have.
Easy to scale: have you launched one successful mini-room? It's easy to repeat success by choosing a different theme for our portable quest.
Who is this solution suitable for?
For novice enthusiasts: the fastest and most cost-effective entry into the escape room industry.
Owners of existing quests: to fill small spaces, create "express escape room" / "mini-escape-room" or quickly update the assortment.
Event organizers who want to have their own stationary small location in their portfolio of entertainment for clients
Our portable games are more than just mobile puzzles. These are ready-made "hearts" for your future ERs. This is an opportunity to create, experiment and build a successful business based on a ready-made, high-quality product.
Explore our collection of portable escape games and imagine how each of them can become the center of a fascinating story. If you need advice on choosing a model for your idea, just write to us and we will help you bring your project to life!
Portable games: https://www.er-ecodecor.com/sets-of-props
All the best,
Ilya