Escape Room At Home – No Kit, No Props To Buy

Get the escape-room rush at home without a kit, a printer or a trip across town. Our escape games run in the browser on everyone's own phone. One person buys a link, everyone opens it, and the clock starts.

Why most "escape room at home" options need a kit or printer

Most home escape rooms come in one of three forms:

• Boxed kits with envelopes, padlocks and props, usually playable once.
• Printables that you print, cut and set up before the guests arrive.
• DIY rooms that someone builds from scratch, which means that person can't play.

They're all fun, but each one needs prep. Someone has to shop, print or build, and often someone has to run the game instead of playing it.

How our games work instead

• One link for the whole group. €9.90 per group, on up to eight phones.
• Everyone sees something different. You can't show your screen, so you have to talk.
• Nothing to set up. No app, no account, no printing.
• Replay any time within 30 days. The link keeps working, so you can play again with the same group.

Escape the Ahti: submarine, six locks, 50 minutes of air

The submarine Ahti lies on the seabed. Six locks stand between the crew and the surface: a blackout, a sonar contact, a pressure problem, a minefield, a radio message and the hatch. Every player runs a different station.

With 6 to 8 players, you play as two crews racing through the same locks.

Needs: 2 to 8 phones and an internet connection.

Grandma's Cottage: family cottage mystery with a shared screen

Grandma has left the deed to her cottage in a locked chest, and she's calling in an hour. The cousins open six locks using Grandma's letters: the key cabinet, the bookshelf's secret compartment, her diary, the sauna, the boathouse and the chest.

Needs: 2 to 8 phones, an internet connection and a shared screen, such as a TV or laptop.

Group size and what counts as "escaping"

• 2–3 players: each person has more to read and more responsibility.
• 4–5 players: everyone has one role and plenty to do. Many groups find this the sweet spot.
• 6–8 players: Escape the Ahti becomes a race between two crews, and more cousins join Grandma's Cottage.

You "escape" when you open the final lock: the Ahti's hatch, or Grandma's chest. Groups larger than eight split up, and each group of 2 to 8 needs its own purchase.

Read more: a DIY escape room alternative, a murder mystery party alternative and family game night ideas for a rainy day.

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