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 2+ hours to complete and 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.

Fun with friends

A real detective case file

Discover the city

Investigate the evidence

Fun guaranteed

Use the detective portal to submit answers

Competitive? Aim for the leaderboard

Follow in the of a and  the case

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How To Play

The detective case file contains instructions, a map, evidence and much more

Use your smartphone to log in to the detective portal

Follow the route on the map and use your surroundings as clues to help you find answers

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

$ 60 Per team of 2-5 people
  • 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.