Step 1
Book and download
Teams booked a session online and received a link to the Packhunt app by email.
Packhunt was Escape This’s answer to a simple question: what would an escape room look like if you took the walls away? Rather than locking a team in a set, a Packhunt hands them a story and a route and lets the streets do the rest.
Each hunt mixed three things. From the traditional scavenger hunt came the legwork, finding real places and noticing what most passers-by miss. From escape rooms came the puzzle craft: locks, ciphers and riddles that only make sense together. And from augmented reality came clues that appeared on a phone screen when you reached the right spot.
The kit that held it together was the Packhunt Pack, a backpack loaded with everything one team needed. Teams collected it from a staffed collection point, heard a short briefing and set off on foot, following the plot through iconic streets until the last answer pointed them home again.
Four games ran under the name: three around Manly on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and one through the Perth CBD. Then the hunts went quiet.
Escape This is now bringing Packhunt back. From mid-2027 the hunts are due to start from all five of its centres, in Perth CBD, Northbridge, Manly, the Sydney CBD and Melbourne’s Collins Street. The games, routes and prices for that return are still being worked out, and this site lists only what has actually been confirmed.
The city was the game board and the backpack held the rules.
