Escape the Box: A Time Travel-themed Downtown Escape Game

Escape the Box is running its time-travel escape game at Austin City Hall on Saturday, October 17, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. It's an outdoor experience that turns the city into a game board, and it's built for groups of four to ten players, ages 10 and up. The whole thing kicks off with a live hosted introduction, so you'll have a proper starting point before you head out into the streets.

As for what you'll actually be doing, it's part scavenger hunt, part escape game, and part time-travel mystery. Your team gets handed vintage maps, cipher wheels, mixtapes, and telegrams, and from there you're racing against the clock to crack codes, solve puzzles, and unravel the mystery. Along the way, you'll be interacting with public art and picking up bits of local history, so it's as much about seeing the city as it is about solving the game. It's the kind of thing that works for a birthday, a holiday, a mitzvah, or a graduation, and it's marketed for corporate team building too.

The company behind it is led by Mark and his team, who bring more than 20 years of experience in large-scale corporate events. They've served over 1,000 corporate teams and hold a 100% Google 5-star rating, so they know how to handle a group. They describe it as the only immersive outdoor escape game in Austin, and the time-travel theme gives it a bit more to chew on than your typical locked-room puzzle.

On Saturdays, the game runs from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, though they have activities available every day at 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Tickets are $50 per person for private parties, and you'll need to book in advance since space is limited. If you've got a group of four to ten and you're looking for something to do downtown, this is a solid way to spend a Saturday afternoon.