The Hunt Is On

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Field manual // Three ways to play

Mysteries to play at home tonight, party games for one room full of phones, and town hunts coming in 2027. All of it runs in your phone's web browser.

At home

Mysteries you play tonight

Voiced cases on your phone, from the couch. Play alone with headphones in, or gather round one phone and argue it out.

Step 1

Open the case

Tap Play on a case file. It runs in your phone's web browser: no app, no download, nothing to print.

Step 2

Listen and solve

A narrator rings you and stays on the line. The clues come to you on screen: a log to read, a signal to tune, a code to crack.

Step 3

Close the case

Crack the last clue to finish. A hint costs you time, never money, and your progress saves as you go.

Stay on the Line (15+) is free from start to finish. The at-home cases are A$5 at launch until 31 March 2027, then A$8.

Play free tonightStay on the Line

Party games

One room, every phone a secret

Up to 20 players, no app and no TV. The talking, bluffing and accusing happens out loud, face to face.

Step 1

The host opens a party

Sign in, pick a game and the pack, and the party gets its own code.

Step 2

Everyone scans the QR

Phone cameras open the link. Pick a nickname: no account, no app.

Step 3

Play on your own phone

Every phone shows that player its own secret, then the reveal lands on every screen at once.

Murder in the Dark and Snooze Bandit are free to play tonight, and two more free games are on the way. Party Pack 01 adds ten more for the host, and everyone they invite plays free.

Party gamesMurder in the Dark

Coming 2027

Town hunts, coming 2027

Puzzle hunts in real Sunshine Coast streets: a short story told in places you can walk to, a puzzle at every stop, and a clock that only runs while you solve. None is open yet. Open a town's case file to get an email the day it opens.

See the town huntsPick your town

How a town hunt will play

Five steps from the first clue to case closed

Each game is a short story told in places you can walk to. The clock tracks how fast you solve, and every hint you take adds time to it.

  1. 1

    Pick a game

    Choose solo or team and give yourselves a name for the scoreboard.

  2. 2

    Hear the story

    The case opens with a short intro, and the clock starts.

  3. 3

    Find the stop

    Walk to the spot and check in. Your phone confirms you are there.

  4. 4

    Crack it

    Codes, riddles and details you can only spot on site. Hints are there if you are stuck.

  5. 5

    Case closed

    The last answer gives you your time, your rank and a card to show off.

Ways to hunt, coming 2027

One hunt for every kind of outing

A quick town game with friends, a slow history walk with the grandparents, or a coast-wide hunt that takes weeks. All four are coming in 2027.

Town games

A themed puzzle hunt in one town, built around a handful of stops.

  • Coming 2027
  • About an hour or two
  • On foot
  • Clock and scoreboard
Perfect for
Friends, date nights, a Saturday arvo

Story trails

A guided walk through local history with audio narration, at your own pace.

  • Coming 2027
  • Audio guided
  • No timer
  • Family friendly
Perfect for
Families, visitors and slow wanderers. No timer, no pressure.

The mega hunt

A coast-wide game played over days or weeks, with your progress saved between outings.

  • Coming 2027
  • Days or weeks
  • Coast-wide
  • Progress saved
Perfect for
Hunters who want the big one

Limited editions

Seasonal versions of the town routes for Halloween, Christmas and the school holidays.

  • Coming 2027
  • A few weeks only
  • Seasonal
  • New twists
Perfect for
Everyone, while they last

Coast Passport, coming 2027

Collect the coast

Finish a town and its stamp lands in your Coast Passport. Collect every stamp and a secret finale game unlocks, one that only passport holders ever get to play.

Stamp badges0 of 6 towns

Tap the stamps to try it.

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