EXIT: The Game – The Sunken Treasure

About this product

The treasure is below. So is your way out.

A cooperative underwater escape-room adventure packed with riddles, codes and hidden discoveries.

Work together to find the wreck of the Santa Maria, crack its riddles and recover the treasure before your underwater adventure goes wrong.

Product Description

What begins as a light-hearted treasure hunt soon becomes far more serious.

Armed with a nautical chart and an unusual wooden disk, you set out in search of the fabled wreck of the Santa Maria. But the map appears to be counterfeit, your search leads you into one riddle after another, and suddenly finding the treasure is no longer the only challenge.

In EXIT: The Game – The Sunken Treasure, players work together to solve interconnected puzzles and uncover the secrets hidden beneath the sea. Locked objects require three-part number or animal codes, which are entered into the decoder disk to reveal whether your solution puts you on the right track. 

As you progress, new Riddle Cards and strange items become available, gradually revealing more of the adventure. If a puzzle leaves you stumped, Help Cards offer a first clue, a stronger second clue and, when needed, the solution. 

Find the wreck. Recover the treasure. And make it safely back to the surface.

View the EXIT: The Game – The Sunken Treasure Rules (PDF)

Why You’ll Love It

• Escape-room adventure at home: Work through a connected series of underwater riddles without a traditional game board.
• Solve it together: A cooperative challenge designed for 1–4 players.
• Crack three-part codes: Use the decoder disk to test number and animal combinations as you unlock the next part of the adventure.
• Discover more as you play: Riddle Cards and strange items are revealed only as you progress through the story.
• Help when you need it: Three-stage Help Cards let you choose how much assistance to use.
• Race to recover the treasure: Your goal is to locate the Santa Maria, overcome its riddles and return safely to the surface.
• See how well you did: Completion time and the number of useful Help Cards used determine your final star assessment. 
• Optional digital support: The free KOSMOS Helper App includes an atmospheric soundtrack and digital timer.

Quick Details

• Publisher: KOSMOS
• Product type: Cooperative escape room game
• Players: 1–4
• Age: 10+
• Play time: Approx. 1–2 hours
• Difficulty: 2 / 5
• Designers: Inka & Markus Brand
• Gameplay: Cooperative riddle solving and code breaking
• Theme: Underwater treasure hunt / shipwreck
• Year released: 2018
• Country of origin: Germany
• Product dimensions: Approx. 13 × 18 × 4.3 cm
• Objective: Find the wreck of the Santa Maria, recover the treasure and resurface safely

Good to Know

• This game can only be played once. Solving some riddles may require writing on, folding or tearing the supplied materials. 
• Do not examine the cards, book or other game materials closely before starting; wait until the game tells you to use them. 
• There is no traditional game board. You begin with the book and decoder disk and reveal other materials as the game progresses.
• Riddles must be solved in the correct order before moving forward. 
• You will need something to write with, scissors, and potentially paper for notes.
• A watch or stopwatch is also useful, or you can use the timer in the KOSMOS Helper App. 

Game Contents

• 85 Cards
  • 30 Help Cards
  • 30 Answer Cards
  • 25 Riddle Cards
• 1 Book
• 1 Decoder Disk
• 9 Strange Items
  • 1 Gold Coin
  • 1 Flag
  • 6 Gemstones
  • 1 Mast