Ready for an outdoor escape adventure?
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in Melbourne
Play as a team
Get your friends, family or colleagues together and form a team of 2-5 people
Whenever suits you
Pick up your case file and start the adventure whenever suits you, no booking needed
A real detective case file
The physical case file contains evidence, a map, crime scene photos and lots more
Hours of fun
Takes around 2-2.5 hours to complete and requires around 2.5 km of walking
15 locations
Visit hidden locations across Melbourne CBD and use them as clues to find answers
2 game modes
Play at your own pace or get competitive and aim for the leaderboard
One victim, three suspects
Can you catch the perpetrator!?
Be a detective for a day
You’ve been tasked to investigate the “State Library” case.
Gather your friends and follow in the footsteps of a detective.
Use the map to visit locations, use the evidence and your detective skills to find answers.
Use your detective case file
You’ll get your own physical detective case file, containing instructions, a map, evidence and your unique game code.
Teamwork required
Work together as a team by investigating the information at hand, and your surroundings, to find answers.
Challenging and fun
Found some answers? Log in to our detective portal with your game code to submit answers and request hints.
Use the detective portal to submit answers
Competitive? Aim for the leaderboard
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How To Play
Find some like minded detectives and form a team of 2-5.
Invite friends, family or colleagues.
You can even play in multiple teams if there’s more than 5 of you.
Purchase the detective case file through our website. You’ll need 1 case file for 2-5 people.
You’ll receive an instant email with instructions and a game code.
Pick up your case file at Mr Tulk, the cafe next to the State Library of Victoria.
Be sure to check their opening hours.
Once all your team members arrived, it’s time to get started.
Open the case file and read the instructions.
You can use the game code from your email to log in to the detective portal.
Found an answer? Brilliant! Use the detective portal to submit answers and request hints.
Get Your Case File
Detective case file
- Play whenever suits you, fully self-guided
- Contains instructions, a map, evidence & more
- Casual and competitive game modes
- Perfect with friends & family
- Discover hidden places & solve challenges
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Frequently Asked Questions
Our outdoor escape game is played in Melbourne CBD.
Roughly between the State Library of Victoria and Flinders Street Station.
The average time to complete is around 2-2.5 hours.
However, some teams do it faster and some teams prefer to have some stops along the way, and take longer.
Nope, no app required. All you need is a modern & fully charged smartphone, that has access to the internet.
You can open your browser to visit our detective portal, no app needed.
When you purchase City Discovery, you’ll get a physical case file and a game code to log in.
The pack costs $60 per team of 2-5 players.
Melbourne weather can have a mind of its own.
Luckily we’ve anticipated for this. If you haven’t logged in to the detective portal yet, you’re free to play any day/time that suits you.
Once you’ve logged in, you still have 14 days to complete the case.
All you need is a basic fitness level. It’s around 2.5km of walking to visit all locations.
If you choose the casual game mode, you can take as many breaks as you’d like. There’s no time limit.
We offer two options to play this game.
Casual means you can take your time, stop as often as you’d like, and don’t worry about the leaderboard. You do get a detective score, based on your result.
Competitive is for those who’d like to make it on to the leaderboard. Once you’ve logged in, the time starts ticking. Your result, and the total time required, will decide where you’ll be on the leaderboard.
The case file contains a physical map and a link to Goole Maps.
If you’re unable to find a location or an answer, hints are available.
Be careful though, as requesting hints does impact your detective score.
Get In Touch
If you have any questions about our experiences or would like to book a team building event, we’re here to help.
Simply fill in the form and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can. We usually respond within a few hours.