Your team’s survival depends on solving the mystery before it’s too late…

Escape From the Haunted Ship is a high-stakes, story-driven escape experience that takes your team deep into the heart of a haunted vessel lost at sea. The ship is cursed and the clock is ticking. Your only way out? Unravel the riddles of the restless dead and decode eerie puzzles before the tide claims you all.

This thrilling adventure was designed by expert game designers and professional hosts to spark creative thinking, collaboration, and a whole lot of spooky fun. You'll explore strange maps and piece together your escape from the brig to the deck… and hopefully, back to dry land.

🔍 What to Expect

A fast-paced, fully facilitated 90-minute event
Custom-built puzzles, cryptic clues, and immersive storytelling
Professional hosts who keep energy high and teams on track
A shared digital space to investigate the ship and communicate
Equal parts eerie, engaging, and energizing

💡 Great For

Team problem-solving
Virtual or hybrid Halloween fun
Bonding through brains and bravery
A break from the ordinary

Signature experience

Built and continuously improved by our in-house team.
Live, expert facilitation

Professional hosts keep energy high and groups engaged.
Proven results at scale

Trusted by thousands of teams, from startups to the Fortune 100.

Energy Level 4/5 How energetic and dynamic is this activity?

Icebreaker 1/5 How well does this help people get to know each other?

Bonding 4/5 How well does this build team relationships?

Creativity 2/5 How much creative thinking and expression is required?

Learning 3/5 How much new knowledge or skills are gained?

Ratings are based on expert review, AI assist, and community sentiment.

Introduction

5 minutes

Your expert host welcomes the group and sets the scene. Your team has been taken captive by the nefarious Davy Jones. The only way to escape is to help him find a long lost buried treasure.
Team Formation

10 minutes

We split your team into pirate crews to compete in the puzzles throughout the event. This time gives your team members a chance to connect, pick a team captain and team name.
Cipher Puzzle: Davy Jones' Poem

10 minutes

Guests learn the lore surrounding Davy Jones and have to decipher a secret code to open a treasure chest.
Mini Challenge: Pop Culture Pirates

5 minutes

Teams race against each other to answer questions about famous pop culture pirates.
Slider Puzzle: Reassembling the Map

10 minutes

Inside of the treasure chest we discover a map, but the map has been shredded to pieces. Teams collaborate on a spatial slider puzzle to reassemble the map.
Mini Challenge: Very Superstitious

5 minutes

Teams are racing to gather items and recreate real pirate superstitions said to bring good luck.
Math Puzzle: Written in the Stars

10 minutes

A test of team's navigational skills! Using just an image and some context clues, teams have to figure out which country the treasure is in.
Mini Challenge: Over/Under Dice

5 minutes

A collaborative game of chance played in the main room!
Logic Puzzle: Charting a Course

10 minutes

Teams have to solve a logic puzzle to figure out the safest route to reach the treasure.
Final Escape

15 minutes

The event builds to a final race where teams must solve six puzzles in a row to escape and determine an ultimate winner. Throughout the event, teams earn virtual cannonballs that can be used to sabotage other teams during the finale adding a fun layer of strategy, chaos, and interaction between breakout rooms.
Conclusion

5 minutes

We wrap up with a group photo and send everyone off energized, connected, and smiling.

Expert facilitation

90 minutes live session led by a teambuilding.com host.
Virtual-ready setup

Runs on our Zoom account by default—no downloads or prep required.
All materials included

Game assets, props, and activity supplies are bundled into one booking.
Memorable team moments

We capture share-ready team photos so you can relive the highlights.

You can book for an estimated number of guests and update it up to 3 days before your event. Added guests are invoiced at the per-person rate and removed guests receive credits.
All participants need a computer with webcam, microphone, and internet connection capable of video calls. No downloads required.