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Paranoia Quest

3333 Buford Dr, Buford, GA 30519

4.8(2,100)
Hard
Duration

60 minutes

Group Size

2-8 players

Difficulty

Hard

Price

$33/person

Themes

horror, mystery, sci-fi, adventure

Features

Live Actors

About This Location

Paranoia Quest in Buford has earned a reputation as one of metro Atlanta's most intense and immersive escape room experiences. Their horror-focused rooms feature live actors, elaborate special effects, and genuinely unsettling atmospheres. The signature Zombie Apocalypse experience has become a bucket-list attraction for horror enthusiasts across the Southeast.

Rooms at Paranoia Quest (33)

Murder Mystery

60 minReal Life Escape Room

Can you escape the dreamscape room at the murder mystery? Can you find the details about the death and dead body in to time to solve the case?

Zombie Apocalypse

60 minReal Life Escape Room

You are under a zombie apocalypse! Can you find out what is happening here and finish the research in time, to escape getting trapped by the zombies?

Escape the Room With a Zombie

60 minReal Life Escape Room

Will you succeed in escaping the room with a zombie? Hurry up as the poisonous gas is already releasing and you will be dead if you are still in here!

Jail Break

60 minReal Life Escape Room

Can you make a jail break soon? You are struck in a third world country and you need to make a call the USA soon! Escape without getting caught!

Time’s Ticking

60 minVirtual Escape Room

You are a part of the US intelligence team that spotted bomb being planted on Australian soil. A bomb is about to go off. Australian authorities is ready to deploy special operations unit to deactivate it but they need to find it's a location first. You and your friends are the only ones who can help. Hack the terrorist's website, navigate with Google Maps, use audio/video, and more. Work on this case from the comfort of your home together with your friends/family and communicate with real "detective in Australia" to solve the case.

Enhanced Zombie Apocalypse

60 minReal Life Escape Room

You are under a zombie apocalypse! Can you find out what is happening here and finish the research in time, to escape getting trapped by the zombies?

School of Magic

60 minReal Life Escape Room

You and your friends are new students at the School of Magic. Let’s see what you can learn and find out in this 60 min epic adventure.

Professor E’s Office

60 minReal Life Escape Room

You are among an elite group of individuals hand-selected by the world-renowned Egyptologist, Professor E. Your archaeology team has been instructed to meet him at his university office for the final set of instructions before heading to Cairo for a potentially history-making dig. But when you arrive, something is clearly awry. Mystery and paranoia are in the air. Your flight is in an hour. Will you make it?

The Study

60 minReal Life Escape Room

You and your colleagues are understudys for the world-renowned archaeologist Professor Erickson, many knew him as just Professor E. 3 months ago, the Professor mysteriously went missing, nobody has seen or heard from him. Local authorities have no leads and ruled out any possibility of foul play. So where did he go? What happened to him? Was he up to something and didn’t want anyone to know? There is only one place to find answers, the professors’ personal study. One major problem though, he always keeps it locked and never lets anyone inside. Lucky for all of you, the university has a backup key and has granted you private access to the study for one hour. Make use of this time wisely, search for clues that he may have left behind, discover where he went, and uncover the mystery of Professor E!

Countdown

100 minReal Life Escape Room

You and your team are highly skilled members of an elite bomb squad known as the EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal). Your specialty is defusing dangerous high-tech explosives. A notorious domestic terrorist group, Genesis, has emerged, armed with sophisticated and technologically advanced suitcase bombs. Their sole mission is to spread havoc and destruction in the city. In this unique portable escape room experience, you will take on the role of bomb squad members and face the ultimate challenge. As the game begins, you receive an urgent briefing from your superiors about a critical situation. Genesis has planted a devastating suitcase bomb in a highly populated building, and the clock is ticking. You are informed that you have only 60 minutes to successfully defuse the bomb before it obliterates everything within a 100-mile radius. Does your team have what it takes to outsmart Genesis, defuse the bomb, and save the city? Only time will tell, the COUNTDOWN begins!

The Study: Relic Heist [prev. The Study: Final Exam]

60 minReal Life Escape Room

Students, it's time for your final exam! Solve your way through Professor E's Ancient Egypt-themed puzzles to prove you're ready to graduate and join him in Cairo to further the field of archaeology! Should you fail, however, you'll have to retake the exam next semester. Do you have what it takes to pass your final exam?

Area 51

60 minReal Life Escape Room

You are privately funded journalist and field expert who illegally entered NOA facility in order to find a truth. Will you come back alive?

The Eternal Flame [Outdoor]

75 minReal Life Escape Room

Be a wanderer, go beyond the guidebook and explore. Challenge your mind, explore the city, work as a team to decipher clues and uncover the mystery behind the Eternal Flame. For centuries, the Eternal Flame has burned as a hidden source of immense power, said to grant wisdom, strength, and fortune to those who unlock its secrets. Legends whisper of an ancient order known as The Keepers, sworn to protect the flame from those who seek to exploit it. But now, the flame is in danger—its energy weakening, its mystery threatened by a shadowy force known as The Obsidian Circle.

City Quest [Outdoor]

75 minReal Life Escape Room

In the summer of 1996, the world watched as athletes gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, united by the radiant glowing flame said to carry ancient, mythical powers. This eternal flame, a beacon of strength and peace, shone brightly throughout the games. But on the night of the closing ceremonies, vigilantes broke into the tower housing the flame and vanished, taking the powerful source with them. Years passed, and the flame was thought to be lost forever… until now. A cyber tip has surfaced about the potential sale of the Eternal Flame on the black market. You and your team of skilled investigators must race against time, piecing together hidden clues throughout the city to locate the flame before it vanishes once again. Do you have what it takes to uncover the clues and recover The Eternal Flame? The hunt is on...

Operation Bravo

60 minReal Life Escape Room

Operation bravo is about to happen and your meteor is going to be trashed! Can you find a way to stop it with your teammates in time to avoid any mishaps in future?

The Dig

60 minReal Life Escape Room

You are at the dig to find the lost Aztec temple deep beneath the surface! Will the adventure be cool of a chance or will it all go wrong in time?

Zombie Hour

60 minReal Life Escape Room

During the zombie hour, you get a special power to break into the facility! You need to get the vaccine before it is too late and must succeed at it in any cost!

Escape Plan

60 minReal Life Escape Room

Your plan to serve the nation has gone wrong! You are trapped at the jail in a third world country! Can you escape this jail trap in time without getting caught?

Witch Hunter

60 minReal Life Escape Room

Something evil is lurking in the house and you are here as the witch hunters to find out the mystery that is hidden behind the manor! Can you succeed it?

Wonderland

60 minReal Life Escape Room

The wonderland is all frozen in time and the only hope left for you to escape is to enter the clock tower and fix the magic clock before you are trapped in here!

Project Blue Book

60 minReal Life Escape Room

Can you keep the secret safe? You have been selected to assist the government in a top-secret mission called, “Project Blue Book.” Our intelligence indicates that Dr. Goldblum has made claims of alien contact. The general population cannot know that aliens exist…total chaos would ensue! The FBI needs your elite team to sift through Dr. Goldblum’s dinosaur laboratory to retrieve the alien evidence while he is being detained. We can only legally hold him for an hour without cause. Can you dig through millions of years to protect our future?

Pirate Bay

60 minReal Life Escape Room

You are in the very heart of the Caribbean Sea at a paradise tropical island. Although, you have already understood that it is not so paradise. An abandoned pirate hut on the cliff became a trap as its owner will come back soon. Are these silent walls what you wish to see for the rest of your life?

Detention

45 minReal Life Escape Room

It’s the last day of school, you and your fellow classmates are just trying to get through your final class of the day. Suddenly, your phone goes off in your backpack. Mr. Sharp, your science and biology teacher has had enough of the classes antics and decides to take it out on you. He angrily walks to your desk, confiscates your phone, and informs you that you just earned yourself DETENTION! Can you outsmart your teacher, get your phone back, and escape without getting caught?

Countdown

96 minReal Life Escape Room

You and your team are highly skilled members of an elite bomb squad known as the EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal). Your specialty is defusing dangerous high-tech explosives. A notorious domestic terrorist group, Genesis, has emerged, armed with sophisticated and technologically advanced suitcase bombs. Their sole mission is to spread havoc and destruction in the city. In this unique portable escape room experience, you will take on the role of bomb squad members and face the ultimate challenge. As the game begins, you receive an urgent briefing from your superiors about a critical situation. Genesis has planted a devastating suitcase bomb in a highly populated building, and the clock is ticking. You are informed that you have only 60 minutes to successfully defuse the bomb before it obliterates everything within a 100-mile radius. Does your team have what it takes to outsmart Genesis, defuse the bomb, and save the city? Only time will tell, the COUNTDOWN begins!

Gold Heist

60 minReal Life Escape Room

You and your team are a notorious crime syndicate known as Shadow. Your specialty is high-stakes heists. You operate in the shadows, leaving no trace behind, and your skills are unmatched when it comes to vault cracking & bypassing advanced security systems. Target: Spencer L. Montgomery Spencer Montgomery, is a local billionaire with a devious past, he has hoarded a substantial collection of gold bars within the vault of The Buford Bank & Trust. This fortune has made him a primary target for your next heist. Mission: Locate the employee entrance to the bank in the back of the alley. Disable all security systems for one hour, break into the bank, locate and crack the vaults high-tech locking system and heist the gold bars. You must be careful not to trigger any alarms and definitely don't get caught! Are you in?

School of Magic: The Dark Curse

60 minReal Life Escape Room

Embark on a quest to save the beloved school of magic from the clutches of the Dark Wizard's evil curse. With guidance from your professors, you uncover the key to breaking the curse. However, when the professors mysteriously vanish, your forced to go at alone! The responsibility falls on your shoulders, you must use your wizarding skills to unravel where the Dark Wizard's has hidden the cursed objects within the schools walls. Can you and your friends rise to the challenge, thwart the Dark Wizard's scheme, and lift the curse before it's too late? Your invitation awaits, see you soon wizards!

Origins: The Zodiac Files

75 minReal Life Escape Room

The Zodiac Files An unmarked file dated December 27th, 1968 has just been discovered in the FBI archives. Inside: an anonymous tip claiming to know the Zodiac killer’s origins… and an address to a remote cabin in Northern Georgia. For over 50 years, this file sat sealed, overlooked, forgotten. Was it buried on purpose? Or simply lost in the chaos of a nationwide manhunt? Now, your team has been tasked with investigating the file. As you step into the past you can’t help but think, will this cabin unlock the true identity of one of America’s most notorious serial killers or will it be a DEAD end. The bureau awaits your findings…

The Dig

60 minReal Life Escape Room

You are at the dig to find the lost Aztec temple deep beneath the surface! Will the adventure be cool of a chance or will it all go wrong in time?

Zombie Hour

60 minReal Life Escape Room

During the zombie hour, you get a special power to break into the facility! You need to get the vaccine before it is too late and must succeed at it in any cost!

Escape Plan

60 minReal Life Escape Room

Your plan to serve the nation has gone wrong! You are trapped at the jail in a third world country! Can you escape this jail trap in time without getting caught?

Wonderland

60 minReal Life Escape Room

The wonderland is all frozen in time and the only hope left for you to escape is to enter the clock tower and fix the magic clock before you are trapped in here!

Pirate Bay

60 minReal Life Escape Room

You are in the very heart of the Caribbean Sea at a paradise tropical island. Although, you have already understood that it is not so paradise. An abandoned pirate hut on the cliff became a trap as its owner will come back soon. Are these silent walls what you wish to see for the rest of your life?

Origins: The Zodiac Files

75 minReal Life Escape Room

The Zodiac Files An unmarked file dated December 27th, 1968 has just been discovered in the FBI archives. Inside: an anonymous tip claiming to know the Zodiac killer’s origins… and an address to a remote cabin in Northern Georgia. For over 50 years, this file sat sealed, overlooked, forgotten. Was it buried on purpose? Or simply lost in the chaos of a nationwide manhunt? Now, your team has been tasked with investigating the file. As you step into the past you can’t help but think, will this

Pros

  • Intense horror experiences with live actors
  • Excellent production values and special effects
  • Strong reputation among escape room enthusiasts

Cons

  • Located in Buford — 45 minutes from downtown Atlanta
  • Horror themes not suitable for everyone
  • Intensity may overwhelm first-time players

Who This Is Best For

Horror FansCouplesCorporate

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