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Escape rooms are huge at the moment but sometimes getting the night off to try out this experience with your friends is both costly and challenging.
Sometimes you also just find yourself unable to leave the house well don’t threat with these options available you won’t need to.
Here are some escape rooms that you can play with your friends without leaving the house.
The Unlock! Escape Room Series is a group of card-based cooperative escape rooms that you can play in the comfort of your own home.
Unlock Series
Unlock! is a series of escape adventures for up to six players. With one hour on the clock, players work through a deck of sixty cards as a team, searching for clues, combining objects, and solving puzzles. The free Unlock! companion app runs the timer while also providing clues, offering hints, and confirming successes. Once the team has reached a solution and entered the correct code into the app, they will escape and win the game!
1–6 players
Ages 10 to adult
60 minutes of playing time
The Unlock Series is fantastic, and by far the most enjoyable and reusable of all the games I have played there are multiple scenarios, (links below), and due to there complex nature they can be replayed if given enough time between plays (if your memory is not amazing)
They are also very cheap around $30AUD per game so for a group of 6 at $5 per person its a great deal, and they can play up to 8 players as we have before, but we recommend sticking with the recommended 6 players for the best experience.
Unlock Titles
Unlock: The House on the Hill
Game Description
Strange, paranormal activities have surrounded an abandoned house for the past three days. It’s up to you to enter the house and stop the curse… The House on the Hill is an Unlock! adventure for up to six players. With one hour on the clock, players must work through a deck of sixty cards as a team, searching for clues, combining objects, and solving puzzles. The free Unlock! companion app runs the timer while providing clues, offering hints, and confirming successes. Once the team has reached a solution and entered the correct code into the app, they escape and win the game!
Unlock: The Formula
Game Description
The Department has lost contact with one of their chemists, Dr. Hoffman. In Unlock! The Formula, your mission is to retrieve the truth serum he had been developing. Deep in the New York subway tunnels, you must seek out his laboratory, locate the doctor, and recover the formula before time runs out. The clock is ticking… can you escape?
Unlock! – Scheherazades Last Tale
Game Description
Scheherazade is in grave danger! She only has one hour to tell one last story to the Sultan, but she’s out of ideas. The scribe she asked to help her come up with a story has gone missing, and she is begging you to find him and bring him back as soon as possible with a tale to please the Sultan. The princess’ life may end in the hands of the executioner, so act fast!
Unlock! – Expedition: Challenger
Game Description
A woman has come to your PI agency asking you to help track down her missing friend. He’s gone missing, last seen on an adventure with the eccentric Professor Challenger. They recently returned from a lost valley filled with strange creatures, but Ned is still missing. Track down the professor and help bring back Ned to his friend!
Unlock! – The Night of the Boogeyman
Game Description
Little William has been having sleepless nights as of late. The poor boy has been attacked by monsters from nightmares: the boogeymen! Under the cloak of darkness, you open William’s door to seek out the monsters. Be careful as you fight with them; William is sleeping, and you can’t wake him up!
Unlock! – A Noside Story
Game Description
Noside has returned to ruin your day! A thick smoke lingers over the region, it must be another trick of Noside. It’s up to you to stop him before it’s too late! A Noside Story is a brand new Unlock! adventure for up to six players. With just one hour on the clock, players must work through a deck of sixty cards as a team, searching for clues, combining objects, and figuring out puzzles to escape. The free Unlock! companion app runs the timer while providing clues, giving you hints, and helping you succeed. Once the team has reached the solution and entered the correct code, they’ve escaped and the game has been won!
Unlock! – The Adventures of Oz
Game Description
Re-enter the land of Oz! Pay a visit to the wizard, meet some familiar friends, and challenge the Wicked Witch of the West. The Adventures of Oz is a brand new Unlock! adventure for up to six players. With just one hour on the clock, players must work through a deck of sixty cards as a team, searching for clues, combining objects, and figuring out puzzles to escape. The free Unlock! companion app runs the timer while providing clues, giving you hints, and helping you succeed. Once the team has reached the solution and entered the correct code, they’ve escaped and the game has been won!
Unlock: Island of Doctor Goorse
Game Description
You and your team have crash-landed on the island of an eccentric antiques collector in Unlock! The Island of Doctor Goorse. Two to six players will be split into teams, separated in the crash, and forced to escape from two separate starting points. The twists and turns of this challenging adventure will test even the most talented escape artists. With your lines of communication cut, can you and your teammates find a way off the island?
Unlock! – Tombstone Express
Game Description
It’s up to you to survive the adventure and escort it home safely. Tombstone Express is a brand new Unlock! adventure for up to six players. With just one hour on the clock, players must work through a deck of sixty cards as a team, searching for clues, combining objects, and figuring out puzzles to escape. The free Unlock! companion app runs the timer while providing clues, giving you hints, and helping you succeed. Once the team has reached the solution and entered the correct code, they’ve escaped and the game has been won!
Unlock: Squeek and Sausage
Game Description
Unlock! Squeek & Sausage is a playful, cartoon-inspired race to stop the mad Professor Noside from destroying the world. In your attempt to thwart his plot, the evil genius has caught you in a trap, and you can’t stop him until you’ve found a way out. Can you escape and foil his plot before the clock hits zero?
Unlock: The Tonipals Treasure
Game Description
The Tonipal’s Treasure sets you at the start of a hunt for the treasure of Captain Smith, hidden somewhere on Tonipal Island. Unlock! is a series of escape adventures for up to six players. With one hour on the clock, players must work through a deck of sixty cards as a team, searching for clues, combining objects, and solving puzzles. The free Unlock! companion app runs the timer while providing clues, offering hints, and confirming successes. Once the team has reached a solution and entered the correct code into the app, they escape and win the game!
Unlock: The Nautilus Traps
Game Description
The Nautilus’ Traps brings you to the bottom of the sea in a new Unlock! adventure. When a sea monster attacks your submarine, it’s up to you to make your way through the depths and back to the surface. Unlock! is a series of escape adventures for up to six players. With one hour on the clock, players must work through a deck of sixty cards as a team, searching for clues, combining objects, and solving puzzles. The free Unlock! companion app runs the timer while providing clues, offering hints, and confirming successes. Once the team has reached a solution and entered the correct code into the app, they escape and win the game!
The Unlock! Games are a great way to bring the escape room experience into your own home and work well across multiple age groups. What did you think of the series let us know in the comments below?