Play and enjoy Prague in outdoor escape games

City-based escape games, also outdoor escape games combine elements of scavenger hunts, adventure games, and mystery-solving. It’s great that it offers flexibility for tourists with different schedules.

Players use smartphones and chat apps to follow clues around the city and unlock parts of the story when they visit certain locations.

During the game, tasks may include finding objects, decoding messages, solving logic puzzles, combining clues. For example, you can search for hidden keys, read secret messages in various locations, or decode ciphers that will lead you to the next location.

Key features of outdoor escape games include:

Outdoor locations

The environment in which players move, search for clues and solve puzzles plays an important role in the game. Movement, especially walking, is healthy for the human body. Simple and more complex questions sharpen your brain. You often discover places and get into situations that introduce you to your surroundings.

Tours with thematic stories

Each game usually has a main story, such as finding hidden treasure or escaping a historical scenario. Sometimes these games take place in places of historical significance, where players unravel mysteries related to the past. The streets have real objects, house signs, statues, historical inscriptions and characters that are matchmaking involved.

The games have team spirit

These games are popular when used as an alternative to sightseeing, at birthday parties and other group events, during team building activities. They offer a fun and engaging way to explore new places while solving problems together.

You will become an explorer

Outdoor escape games are great not only for people who like challenges, adventure and fun in a city environment. They usually take you into the local urban nature as well. Places where the locals relax and unwind.

How about going to Prague Castle, walking the royal road and along the way finding out what happened during the reign of Rudolf II. ? Is the Holy Grail a sacred object, or does it symbolize a kind of summit of the quest, a secret formula for eternal life? Why are statues on the Charles Bridge?

Believe me, every part of the city has its own stories and secrets. These are also a great way for tourists to learn about the city from the perspective of a local story or legend.

3 tips for your success:

Read the instructions carefully

Sometimes you may not realize how important a given lead can be, so always focus on all the details. Each of the outdoor escape games has specific instructions or rules to help you navigate. There are key words that will help you if you get off track or if you need a hint, for example.

Communicate within your team

It is best to play in pairs or in a smaller team. Quickly sharing information between team members often leads to getting the task right. Speed doesn’t always make the difference.

Different tasks may require different abilities: someone may be good at logic problems, another at finding things, another at deciphering or doing mathematical puzzles. 

Stay calm and be patient

Some of the tasks can be more difficult, and the text, pictures or videos in the game itself can sometimes have double meanings. It is important not to panic and to concentrate on finding solutions.

It’s all about having fun

Once you’ve completed a game, whether you’ve won it or not, there’s usually a summary of the whole experience. You can find out what you did right, what you didn’t solve, or what you missed along the way. In each game, it’s possible to learn a bonus story, get more information about each location, or earn a reward. You can compare your results with other players in the scoreboard.

Prague adventure for tourists

Unlike traditional tours, outdoor escape games can often be played at any time of the day. Completing the game, solving the mystery can be a significant achievement and preserve a strong memory of the experience and the visit to the city.

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