Outdoor Puzzle Games & Treasure Hunts
Discover interactive outdoor puzzle games and treasure hunts for families, friends and groups. Explore, follow clues and solve puzzles as you discover your surroundings and turn the real world into part of the adventure. Start any time and take breaks when you want. Explore. Solve. Play.
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Solve a centuries old mystery
hidden in plain sight in Wokingham
Three Exciting Game Types
Each game type has a different mixture of puzzles, story and navigation. Whatever your group, there’s a game type to suit you.
Embark on a journey filled with interactive puzzles, navigation and captivating narrative.
Difficulty: 3 / 5
Outdoor escape room
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Oxford
Guildford
Reading
Norwich
A treasure hunt navigating from one point to the next using visual clues and solving simple puzzles.
Difficulty: 2 / 5
Perfect for families
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Wokingham
Guildford
Oxford
Reading
A collection of individual puzzles without story or navigation to play whenever you want.
Difficulty: 4 / 5
Flexible fun for puzzle fans
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London Waterloo
Wokingham
Guildford
Oxford
I have completed other similar games and this exceeded my expectations. It’s a great way to spend an afternoon. We both thoroughly enjoyed it!
Rebecca – TripAdvisor 5/5
We had such a brilliant time doing Order of the Oak. It was a really fun and immersive outdoor adventure with clever puzzles, a good storyline, and plenty of moments that kept us thinking.
Suzie – TripAdvisor 5/5
Great fun doing this innovative escape game around Wokingham. The clues were clever and introduced me to interesting parts of the town I’d never noticed despite living here!
Martin – TripAdvisor 5/5
Easy Explanations
Many terms are used for the games Fox Covert offers: Treasure hunts, Outdoor escape rooms, Puzzle Trails, Self-guided city tours. All involve walking around using your phone to navigate and/or solve puzzles – the mixture of these elements depends on the game type.
Want an easy way to explain these games to friends and family? Here’s how we do it:
Think escape room meets treasure hunt, but outdoors.
Think TV show Race Across the World but in a town and walking.
Imagine a map of individual puzzles to solve whenever you want with no connecting story.
Think escape room meets treasure hunt, but outdoors.
Think TV show Race Across the World but in a town and walking.
Imagine a map of individual puzzles to solve whenever you want with no connecting story.
Most FAQ
Below are some of the most frequently asked questions, but for all the answers to your questions and information about our games, check out our full FAQ.
It depends on the game type and the location. On average, the Escape Route in Wokingham (Order of the Oak) takes around 2 hours without a break. There is no time limit in which to complete a game, so you can take as long as you want.
Yes. A full clue system is built-in to every game so you can get clues whenever you feel you need them. As well as clues to help solve puzzles, every puzzle has a full description about how to solve it (without giving away the answer) as well as the full answer too.
Plus, there are clues for travelling between puzzles including a map showing the route too.
Just click on the CLUES icon at the top-right of the game’s screen which looks like a light bulb.
No. Once you have bought your game, you can start any day or time. Weekends will be busier so there may be more teams about but that’s totally up to you. Remember to give yourself enough time to complete your game in the daylight – not only is it harder to see the surroundings when the sun has gone down, but also it’s better for your own safety.
Each game type is suited to different ages, and everyone is different; however, in general:
- Escape Route games are suitable for 11+ years old with an adult as these contain medium-level puzzles. Younger team members are more able to be involved in navigating from puzzle-to-puzzle as that requires spotting items in their surroundings which are shown in photos.
- Path Finder games can be played by younger ages than Escape Routes from 9+ years old with an adult as they are more about navigating from location-to-location than solving puzzles. The navigation requires spotting items in their surroundings shown in photos. Path Finder games contain simpler puzzles.
- Puzzle Box games are suited to an older age group than Escape Routes from 14+ as they are focused on more-involved puzzles. Navigation in Puzzle Box games is minimal as all puzzles are marked on a map.
As all games are outdoors, and often in towns, players need to take care, especially if there is traffic nearby, so adult supervision is a sensible approach. Any team containing any members under 16 must contain one adult.
Yes. The game runs in a web browser on your phone so you will need an internet connection.
If you want to get out of the rain, you can take breaks whenever you want for as long as you want. There’s no maximum time limit, but you can stop the game timer (which is just for your own record) by pressing the pause icon at the top of the screen. If the rain won’t stop, you can always come back and resume your game another time and/or day.