Escape Box Pirates Game | Escape Room in a Box | Fun for Family Game Night | Puzzle Solving Game for Kids and Adults | Ages 7+ | 2-5 Players | Average Playtime 45 Minutes | Made by 404 On Board

I did this with 6 boys age 7 to 10 (cub scouts). I hid each set of cards in a different room or space which I think was key. They went in order according to the book and rooms were labeled so they could look for the correct room also. So puzzle 1 in the first room, puzzle 2 in the second room, etc. I like that this combined the hunting and the clue finding for each puzzle. I did have to help them a bit, especially at the end. They all stayed engaged the whole hour. Well worth the price to not have to think up an activity.

Super fun, clear directions, but took 2 adults and 1 8-year-old an hour and a half to complete. In my opinion this would be too difficult for the average 8-year-olds.

We used this for a after school party for a group of 8 year olds and they loved it! If I was to do it again with another product, I would have hidden cards a little better because they solved the puzzles quicker than expected. They all enjoyed it though - and the difficulty was just right. We will be looking to get another of the sets the company has for future parties.

My grandkids, 12, 10 & 7 had great fun solving this escape game!!

The instructions were confusing.

The set up for this game doesn’t make sense. To begin, you’re instructed to hide all of the cards and make this kids find them before they start solving clues - and make no mistake, they’d have to find them all before starting because they aren’t in order. That takes so much time that they don’t have time to solve the actual puzzles once they find the cards. My mix of 10-19 year olds couldn’t find the cards (which were hidden very easily) and solve the clues in under an hour, and worse, it led to them trying to break up and do the puzzles individually which defeated the entire purpose.

My seven year old did this with an adult and it was very challenging. If you had some older kids in the mix it would probably be ok, but I can’t imagine a group of 7 year olds solving this without a LOT of help. For example - scrambled words, math problems involving multiplying and adding multiple numbers, and visual puzzles requiring a lot of attention to detail. I was hoping for a fun game for a young kid and this was a total failure for that.

This was a gift for my nephews, ours a fun, easy to play game-great for beginners!