The world is in danger. A pandemic from outer space is spreading, and your team’s mission is to find the cure formula before it’s too late.
The Outbreak is Cryptic Cargo’s first and still one of our most popular event escape games. It is known specifically for its long, immersive gameplay, diverse game materials, and strong narrative atmosphere.
Outbreak is designed for groups who want to fully immerse themselves in a shared experience and a captivating story. With Outbreak, players get to solve a variety of puzzles and experience a classic escape room vibe in an event setting.
Your mission: Find the cure formula before it’s too late
✔ Exciting pandemic theme
✔ 2-7 players per small group
✔ Total activity duration 90-110 min
✔ Plenty of exciting game items
✔ Up to 50 simultaneous players
✔ Available in Finnish and English
Perfect for groups looking for a deeper, more narrative-driven team activity with plenty of items to examine and a longer duration. Despite this, the game is designed to be played on a standard table.
In terms of scale, The Outbreak is the closest of all our games to a traditional escape room experience.
During the game, participants will explore:
The goal is to solve the mystery surrounding the origin of an extraterrestrial pandemic and find the formula for the cure before time runs out.
Outbreak emphasizes exploration, discovery, and narrative progression. Collaboration and a sense of immersion are the cornerstones of the game.
This makes it an excellent option for groups who want the most authentic escape room experience possible, even at a corporate event.
Outbreak was Cryptic Cargo’s first portable escape game and laid the foundation for our entire event escape room concept.
Over the years, the game has been played by numerous diverse groups:
Companies, groups of friends, and conference attendees alike have had the chance to try Outbreak. It has been enjoyed during team cabin weekends, company retreat days, and countless holiday parties.
Outbreak is particularly known for its world, which feels genuinely immersive from the very first minutes.
“The game provides a challenge and hooks players so effectively that you won’t even miss a physical room.”
Outbreak is our longest activity and also our largest in terms of physical scale. Participants are often pleasantly surprised by the sheer volume of game materials. While the game components fit into a large suitcase, there is a lot of material to work with. The game includes a wealth of props, boxes, locks, and other elements that require investigation.
The physical nature of the game makes the experience feel tangible and helps create an authentic escape room atmosphere in any event space.
Outbreak offers a more extensive narrative progression, with players using a wide variety of items to solve complex sets of challenges.
The game itself has a maximum duration of approximately 80–90 minutes. This longer timeframe allows for a more relaxed pace of exploration. Outbreak is particularly well-suited for groups who want to fully immerse themselves in the game rather than looking for a quick activity.
Outbreak has received a lot of praise from players and event organizers. We recommend it for, for example:
Like our other games, Outbreak can be set up in many different locations, such as your own office, various event spaces, a restaurant private room, meeting rooms, or even outdoors, weather permitting. Outbreak requires more space and a slightly longer setup time than our other games, so it works particularly well in situations where there is a bit more room and time for setup, such as in dedicated meeting rooms.
In practice, all you need to play is a table or another flat surface.
Although both are physical pop-up escape games, their atmosphere is somewhat different.
Outbreak is best suited for groups who want to fully immerse themselves in the gaming experience and are not in a rush to get to another activity afterward. However, as with all our games, you can always compete for points in Outbreak.
They do not. The game is perfectly suited for first-timers as well. However, the games have also received a lot of praise from experienced escape room players.
Outbreak can accommodate around 50 simultaneous participants when played across multiple game sets.
Yes: the game works seamlessly in both Finnish and English.
Yes, weather permitting, the game can also be played outdoors.
Outbreak is particularly well-suited for groups looking for the most immersive, long-form, and narrative-driven escape room experience.