This post was created as part of NEXON PEAK activities.

NEXON has been putting considerable effort into offline MapleStory events lately, including Pink Bean's Campus Life Tour and Lotte World Maple Island. The latest addition is MapleStory Escape. Having taken part in both online and offline MapleStory events, I have found that each offers its own kind of fun. Many of the MapleStory Escape reviews I read were positive, and it sounded like an offline event that MapleStory players would enjoy, so I decided to write about it.

◆ What Is MapleStory Escape?

MapleStory has a place called the Grand Athenaeum, where everything that happens in Maple World is recorded and preserved in books. There, you discover five books with missing endings. Someone has written stories of distorted worlds, but their missing endings are causing the stories to gradually go astray. Left unresolved, these distortions could put the entire Grand Athenaeum at risk. In this MapleStory escape room game, MapleStory heroes enter the five books to recover the Dimensional Fragments causing the distortions and complete the stories.

◆ MapleStory Escape Room Themes

Kerning City, the Missing People

Genre: Thriller | Time: 60 minutes | Difficulty: 2 | Fear level: 2

Challenge! Mu Lung Dojo!

Genre: Arcade | Time: 60 minutes | Difficulty: 4 | Fear level: 0

You Are Invited to the Haunted Mansion

Genre: Mystery | Time: 60 minutes | Difficulty: 2 | Fear level: 2

Edelstein: The Beginning

Genre: Infiltration | Time: 60 minutes | Difficulty: 3 | Fear level: 0

Topsy-Turvy Ludibrium

Genre: Cooperation | Time: 60 minutes | Difficulty: 3 | Fear level: 0

There are 5 escape room themes in total. Ranked by difficulty, from highest to lowest, they are Challenge! Mu Lung Dojo! > Topsy-Turvy Ludibrium, Edelstein: The Beginning > Kerning City, the Missing People, You Are Invited to the Haunted Mansion, while the ranking by fear level is Kerning City, the Missing People, You Are Invited to the Haunted Mansion > the remaining themes. The five themes offer different combinations of genre, difficulty, and fear level, so you can choose whichever appeals to you.

◆ MapleStory Escape Location, Dates, Booking, and Pricing

Location: MapleStory Escape, 90 Wausan-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul

Dates: September 28, 2026 to September 20, 2028

Operating hours: 10:40 – 22:30 (60-minute sessions)

Booking: YES24 website

Price: KRW 58,000 for 2 people, plus KRW 29,000 per additional person payable on-site

Group size: 2–6 people

Age requirement: Ages 7 and up (children ages 7–12 must be accompanied by an adult guardian)

◆ Promotions and Giveaways

Everyone who plays a MapleStory Escape room theme receives 1 of 5 theme poster postcards.

Everyone who plays all MapleStory Escape room themes receives a film keychain.

Take part in the MapleStory Escape Instagram event to receive a removable sticker and 1 main poster postcard.

The promotion may end early if supplies run out, so it is worth taking part sooner rather than later.

Spend KRW 30,000 or more on MapleStory Escape merchandise to receive 1 character acrylic clip chosen at random from 5 designs. As with the earlier promotion, supplies are limited, with only 3,000 available, so it is worth visiting soon if you would like one. Merchandise is sold only on-site, but you can browse the selection on the MapleStory Escape website.

◆ An Interesting Feature

On the MapleStory Escape website, you can see the records of MapleStory heroes who have successfully escaped each theme.

The faster you escape, the higher your character can appear in the rankings—a good incentive to aim for a quick finish!

◆ Other Important Notes

• Ticket bookings open every Monday at 10 a.m. on the YES24 website.

• Each escape room experience includes 10 minutes of introductory content before entry and 60 minutes in the escape room, for a total of 70 minutes. To help everything run smoothly, you must arrive on-site at least 10 minutes before your reserved time.

• For safety reasons, escape room entry is restricted for pregnant people, older adults or those in frail health, those with a nervous disposition, and anyone who has consumed alcohol.

• If you arrive late for your escape room theme, you cannot participate. If your group has 2 people and 1 arrives late, neither person will be able to participate.

• Unauthorized photography, video recording, audio recording, transcription, and live streaming related to the escape room themes are prohibited. Anyone caught may be asked to delete the material and leave the venue.

• Sharing or leaking spoilers about the escape room themes with others through any channel, including the internet and YouTube, is prohibited.