Best Online Escape Games and Murder Mystery Games to Play at Home (2026)

• Price: $34 per group
• Player Count: 1–6 Players (Multi-device logins)
• Playtime: 120 Minutes (Untimed)
• Best For: Lovers of Sherlock Holmes, Victorian London, supernatural whodunits, and logical deduction puzzles.

Phantom's Hour thrusts you into London, 1896 as Sherlock & Watson to investigate a murder where the accused claims a phantom spirit did it. Explore Victorian London above and below ground to outsmart The Phantom.

• Price: $24.80 per group
• Player Count: 1–6 Players (Multi-device logins)
• Playtime: 90–120 Minutes (Untimed)
• Best For: Lovers of espionage, complex problem-solving, and narrative twists.

Amnesia! is a narrative-driven online spy adventure where you piece together your identity amid chaos. Wake up next to a dead body with no memory, uncover who you are, then go undercover to infiltrate a terror cell and prevent a nuclear warhead theft

• Price: £16.50 per group (£15 donation to museum)
• Player Count: 1–6 Players (Solo or Team Video Call)
• Playtime: 90–120 Minutes (12 min film, Autosave)

Tunnelling Through Time is a cinematic online escape adventure where you join contractor Joey Beamish and find yourself accidentally tunnelling through time. Based on the true stories of the Thames Tunnel — the world's first underwater tunnel — it's built as a transmedia puzzle game with strong video elements driving the story.

• Price: Free
• Player Count: Unlimited (Multi-device logins)
• Playtime: 45-60 Minutes (Untimed)
• Best For: Lovers of shorter, narrative puzzle-solving investigations.

As a first-year cadet at the prestigious Home Office Training Academy, you are tasked with tracking down a mole who has stolen classified information. Uncover the mole and retrieve the documents before they get in the hands of your enemy.

• Price: $35.00 per group
• Player Count: 1–6 Players (Multi-device logins)
• Playtime: 180 Minutes
• Best For: 80s cop drama, Miami noir

You are a detective tasked by your hard-nosed police chief with investigating the murder of a fellow officer, possibly silenced by a conspiracy of crooked cops. Grab your badge, your gun, and your shades, and follow the trail through the seedy underbelly of 1985 Miami — but be careful, you may find more than you bargained for.

• Price: £20.00 per group
• Player Count: 1–10 Players (Multi-device logins)
• Playtime: 45 Minutes (Expires after 72 hours)
• Best For: Classic lock-and-key lovers, who want a traditional escape room at home at their own pace.

You've woken up in an unknown room and you're locked in. You can't remember where you are or how you got there. Come to think of it, you can't even remember your own name. You need to find out your true identify before you can escape. ​

• Price: $10 per group
• Player Count: Single login, shared screen
• Playtime: 90–120 Minutes (Untimed)
• Best For: 90s thrillers, rogue-science.

The year is 1990. Dr. Humphreys has gone rogue, pushing dangerous genetic experiments off the radar. AIR needs your tech skills to dig up digital clues and track him down before he goes too far.

• Price: £25 per group
• Player Count: 2–8 Players (360° virtual, single or multi-location via Zoom)
• Playtime: 60–90 Minutes (No time limit)
• Best For: Jumanji fans, jungle adventure.

In an abandoned attic, you discover a mysterious game. You take a look, roll the dice and before you know it, strange sounds and mysterious animals appear and you find yourself in an unimaginable Jungle world. Remember the first rule of the game. Complete it to escape or be trapped for all eternity.

• Price: $49 per group (1 code for 3-5 players)
• Player Count: Unlimited (single login shared screen)
• Playtime: 45-90 Minutes
• Best For: Around-the-world race, steampunk wager.

A steam-driven world, a challenge to travel the world in 80 days, and a massive wager. Ralph Gautheri of the National Bank has challenged you, William P Fogg, to a gentlemanly wager — go against a local inventor and his latest gadget to win the ultimate prize.

• Price: £25 per group
• Player Count: 1-6 Players (single-screen share, 6 max recommended)
• Playtime: 60-90 Minutes (No time limit)
• Best For: Sherlock origins, manor whodunit.

The date is 1921, you are an 18-year-old Sherlock Holmes embarking on your maiden investigation – the murder of Lord Harrington in Chapelgate Manor. You must work together to investigate the manor, solving dastardly riddles and clues to uncover… Whodunnit!