OUR AWARDS
Over the years, De Gouden Kooi has received a lot of positive recognition for our work. Sometimes, this turns into an award. Below you’ll find an overview of the awards we’ve earned.
Golden Lock Award - Room Escape Artist - 2024
On May 1, 2024, we received the following email:
“We are pleased to announce that Han’s Revenge has won a Room Escape Artist 2024 Golden Lock Award. Congratulations! This award is a recognition of your passion, creativity, and dedication to providing your players with unforgettable experiences.”
The email came from the American Room Escape Artist. Room Escape Artist is known for well-founded, rational, and reasonably humorous escape room content, along with immersive game content and events.
Want to know more? Check out the Room Escape Artist website.
Trends Gazelle - Trends - 2026
We are nominated for Trends Gazelles 2026!
Trends Gazelle is awarded based on growth figures: growth in added value, growth in personnel, and growth in cash flow.What started small and local has grown into the most award-winning escape rooms in Belgium, attracting international players to Mechelen.
Want to know more? Check out the website of Trends.
Best of Morty Award - Morty - 2025
We’re doing it again.
For the third year in a row, we’re kicking off January with a Morty Award — an international recognition from the Morty community, which tracks more than 50,000 escape rooms worldwide.
Once again, we’ve managed to secure a spot on the top list with two of our experiences.
According to Morty, our rooms stand out thanks to their imaginative interactions, deep immersion in unique worlds, and outstanding customer service.
The fact that both ‘De wraak van Han’ and ‘Het geheim van Sint-Rumoldus’ receive this recognition makes us incredibly proud.
Want to know more? Check out the Morty website.
Top Room - TERPECA - 2025
TERPECA is the most prestigious global competition for the best escape rooms in the world. TERPECA stands for ‘Top Escape Rooms Project Enthusiasts Choice Award’, and you can take that literally. To nominate escape rooms, you need to have played at least 200 escape rooms worldwide, and to vote, you need to have experienced at least 100 escape rooms. In 2025, more than 1,700 enthusiasts voted to determine which 100 escape rooms belong to the absolute world top. ‘The Revenge of Han’ from De Gouden Kooi ranks 30th, winning the ‘Top Room’ award.
Want to know more? Here’s the TERPECA website.
Finalist - TERPECA - 2025
TERPECA is the most prestigious global competition for the best escape rooms in the world. TERPECA stands for ‘Top Escape Rooms Project Enthusiasts’ Choice Award’, and you can take that literally. To nominate escape rooms, you need to have played at least 200 escape rooms worldwide, and to vote, you need to have experienced at least 100 escape rooms. In 2025, more than 1,700 enthusiasts voted to determine which 100 escape rooms belong to the absolute world top. ‘The Secret of Saint Rumoldus’ from De Gouden Kooi won the ‘Finalist’ award.
Want to know more? Here’s the TERPECA website.