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updated 2026-08-03

EXIT: The Game — Complete Checklist

Every Kosmos EXIT game available in English. Tap a card to tick it — it saves automatically.

0 of 43 played

Years are the English release, from Thames & Kosmos’s own catalogue, so they match the box on your shelf — the German original came out about a year earlier. Age is the publisher’s recommendation, which is the column that tells you what Ellis or Wren could join in on.

The main line — 30 games

With jigsaw puzzles — 3

Solve a jigsaw first; the finished picture holds the puzzle. Longer, more relaxed.

Kids — 4

Family — 2 boxes, 4 adventures

Two linked adventures per box. Age 8+ — the bridge between the Kids line and the main series.

Advent calendars — 4

24 doors, one puzzle a day through December. Single use.


How often do new ones come out?

About four boxed games a year, in two waves — steady since launch, mean 4.1.

Oct  ███████████████  15 releases
May  ████████████     12
Jun  ████              4
Aug  ████              4
Mar  ████              4

October is Essen SPIEL, May is the Nuremberg spring wave. Nearly two-thirds of every boxed EXIT landed in one of those two months. With books, puzzles, advent calendars and kids’ editions the whole catalogue runs 8–12 a year. English editions lag German by about a year.

Worth checking in February–March and August–September — announcements land just ahead of each wave. Everything else is noise.

Coming, not in English yet

Expected around 2027: Der perfekte Einbruch (Advanced) · Fourth Wing – Das erste Jahr (Rebecca Yarros licence) · Rätselspaß im Meer (Kids).

Never in English: Die Känguru-Eskapaden (2019), built on Marc-Uwe Kling’s books.


Covers, descriptions, English release years and ages from Thames & Kosmos’s own catalogue. Difficulty ratings and cadence analysis from the Kosmos German catalogue. Compiled 2026-08-03; new releases checked automatically every Monday.