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EXIT: The Game – Theft on the Mississippi

An escape-room mystery in a box: find the thief on a Mississippi steamboat before it reaches New Orleans.

A robbery has happened aboard a steamboat traveling down the Mississippi, and your team of investigators has until the riverboat docks in New Orleans to find the culprit before the thief escapes. Theft on the Mississippi is a cooperative escape-room game in a box: you discover items, crack codes, solve puzzles and move closer to the answer step by step. The material is part of the puzzle, so it may be folded, labeled or even cut, which makes it feel unusually hands-on. Deduction and teamwork drive everything, and it fits one to four players, usually around ninety minutes, from age twelve. Expect a one-off adventure rather than a game you reset.

Escape-room puzzles at homeSteamboat robbery on the MississippiMaterial that you fold, label or cut

Who it's for

You and a few friends like puzzles and deduction and want a one-evening mystery with a clear story to follow.

Not for you if…

You want to replay or lend the box to someone afterward. The puzzles change the material, so you can only really play once.

Vibe's take

Excitable, collaborative and a bit chaotic. The table is full of papers, codes and hushed theories, and the satisfying moment is when someone shouts that a puzzle finally clicked.

#2,436 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2019 · 7 years ago

newer than 55% of games

In 4,083 collections

collected more than 50% of games

1–4 players · ages 12+

Best with 2

45–90 min

longer than 77% of games · typical 30–90 min

Complexity: demanding

Takes some learning · 2.8 out of 5 · heavier than 77%

Opinions: divided

Some love it, others really don’t

Language: lots of text

Lots of text, fluency helps

Play style: cooperative · solo too