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.
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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
The Abandoned Cabin 2017 Advanced 12+
After your car breaks down, you are looking for shelter for the night. Luckily, you find an abandoned cabin in the woods near the road. But the next morning, the door is locked!
The Pharaoh's Tomb 2017 Expert 12+
The excursion to the Valley of the Kings is the highlight of your vacation to Egypt. As you crawl through the narrow passageways, you lose the rest of your tour group. You enter a mysterious burial chamber.
The Secret Lab 2017 Advanced 12+
As volunteers for a medical research study, you report to a lab as instructed. But no one is there except for you! Vapor rises from a test tube and you start feeling dizzy.
The Forbidden Castle 2017 Expert 12+
Finally, a vacation! This year, you’re going to an idyllic village in the mountains. Instead of driving, you decide to take the train this time.
The Forgotten Island 2017 Advanced 12+
The sea is calm. The sun is shining. You’re on the perfect sailing excursion. But then you spot something on the horizon. Dark clouds are rolling in unusually fast. Soon the sun has disappeared and darkness has surrounded you.
out of printno cover available
The Polar Station 2017 Advanced 12+ out of print
Dead Man on the Orient Express 2018 Expert 12+
A classic tale of murder on the Orient Express, reimagined. The culprit of a grisly crime is still on board your train. It’s a race against time to piece the clues together before the train reaches its destination.
The Sinister Mansion 2018 Advanced 12+
You are invited to be a guest at a palatial mansion, but upon arrival, you find yourselves forced to take part in a macabre game. The clock is ticking, and there is not much time left to solve the puzzles.
The Mysterious Museum 2018 Beginner 10+
You are on a trip to the Florence Natural History Museum, intent on visiting the sunken treasure of the Santa Maria. Your relaxing day at the museum is quickly derailed by an incredible adventure!
The Sunken Treasure 2018 Beginner 10+
Setting sail for dangerous waters, you embark on a treacherous quest for the legendary treasure of the Santa Maria. While investigating a mysterious shipwreck, something goes terribly wrong and you are trapped deep underwater!
The House of Riddles 2019 Beginner 10+
You and your fellow detectives are summoned to an abandoned house. Never wanting to turn down an unsolved mystery, you arrive at the house. Suddenly, you hear screams and see that the entrance has shut behind you. What’s happening here?
The Haunted Roller Coaster 2019 Beginner 10+
Dark corridors, terrifying shrieks, bone-chilling monsters — sounds like a lot of fun, right? At least that’s what you thought when you decided to take a ride on the haunted roller coaster at the amusement park.
out of printno cover available
The Catacombs of Horror 2019 Advanced 12+ XL · out of print
The Cemetery of the Knight 2020 Advanced 12+
According to an old legend, a priceless red ruby is said to be hidden in the tomb of Sir Reginald Wreston and it can only be found when the moon is at just the right angle in the night’s sky.
The Enchanted Forest 2020 Beginner 10+
What you had planned to be a relaxing walk in the woods suddenly takes a very different turn.
The Stormy Flight 2020 Beginner 10+
You are crew members on a passenger plane bound for Barbados. You have flown this route countless times already and have experienced everything possible (and impossible) on these flights: technical malfunctions, turbulence … even tour group…
Theft on the Mississippi 2020 Advanced 12+
Can you solve the robbery on the Mississippi River? You’re a team of investigators traveling the Mississippi on a paddle-wheel steamboat in 1872. Last night there was a robbery.
out of printno cover available
The Gate Between Worlds 2021 Advanced 12+ out of print
The Cursed Labyrinth 2021 Beginner 10+
Can you solve the riddles and escape the impenetrable labyrinth? During a tour of a historic castle, your attention is diverted to an intriguing labyrinth in the middle of the castle’s garden.
Kidnapped in Fortune City 2021 Advanced 12+
Can you solve the riddles and stop the kidnapping before it’s too late? Criminal activity is rampant in the frontier town of Fortune City, and now the sheriff has disappeared without a trace.
The Return to the Abandoned Cabin 2022 Advanced 12+ sequel
One ordinary morning, a police detective rings your doorbell. He asks you to come with him — to a cabin in the woods. You instantly know it’s the same cabin in which the sinister riddle master Dr.
The Lord of the Rings - Shadows Over Middle-earth 2022 Beginner 10+
Middle-earth is in grave danger. Frodo and the Fellowship are on their way to Mordor to destroy the One Ring. But they need your help! Make haste and carry out Gandalf’s secret assignments. Can you buy Frodo enough time to reach Mount Doom?
The Professor's Last Riddle 2023 Advanced 12+
Still reeling from the news of your favorite archaeology professor’s passing, you have been enlisted in a rather peculiar assignment. It seems that instead of a will, he’s left an envelope with some postcards and a series of clues.
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes 2023 Advanced 12+
Sherlock Holmes needs your help! The famous journalist Ignatius Loyde was murdered shortly after an article he published portrayed Sherlock Holmes as an imposter.
The Magical Academy 2024 Beginner 10+
Spells, elixirs, magical powers: you thought your studies at the academy couldn’t get any more exciting. But when a gang of polterbolds — small, pointy-toothed creatures from the netherworld — shows up, chaos breaks out.
The Hunt Through Amsterdam 2024 Advanced 12+
A clue to a previously unknown masterpiece by Vincent van Gogh has been discovered in Amsterdam. You set about deciphering the riddles. But you soon realize that someone else is also looking for the missing work of art.
Prison Break 2024 Expert 12+ 2–4 players
For weeks you have all whiled away your existence in a dark cell, although you have committed no crime. One morning, you awake upon feeling something unusual in your mattresses. You find a letter from the infamous Jane Collins.
The Venice Conspiracy 2025 Advanced 12+
As an employee of the Italian secret service, you are no stranger to mysterious documents and tricky cases — though, thus far, you’ve only encountered them from behind your boring old desk.
Adventures on Catan 2025 Beginner 10+
Times are rough and life in your village is getting harder than you ever imagined it could be. One day, sailors tell you about the beautiful and fertile island of Catan.
The Circus Mystery 2026 Advanced 12+ newest
The circus is in town! But something's amiss under the big top. A series of high-profile burglaries have occurred in each of the cities where the circus performed. Coincidence? Or can you find a connection?
With jigsaw puzzles — 3
Solve a jigsaw first; the finished picture holds the puzzle. Longer, more relaxed.
The Sacred Temple 2021 Beginner 10+
In EXIT: The Sacred Temple, you are racing through the jungle on a small island in the Indian Ocean, trying to save the professor and find the Sacred Temple before the treasure hunters do.
The Deserted Lighthouse 2021 Advanced 12+
In EXIT The Game: The Deserted Lighthouse, you must work to solve the riddles and reach the lighthouse’s top to activate its beacon, saving the approaching ship before it smashes against the rocks and sinks to the bottom of the sea.
Nightfall Manor 2022 Beginner 10+ 4 puzzles
The old man was well-known for his eerie tales of the dark castle on the edge of the forest. Recently, he set out on his own to find the shadowy lord of the manor, but he hasn’t returned.
Kids — 4
Jungle of Riddles 2023 5+
You can hardly believe your luck! First, you discovered a previously unknown island. And now, deep in the jungle, you have found nine mysterious treasure chests!
Riddles in Monsterville 2024 5+
Watch out! The cookie monsters have stolen ten cookie jars from your neighborhood and are on the loose! Can you solve their monstrous riddles and earn the cookie jars back?
Midnight Spooktacular 2025 5+
There is a costume party at Castle Shudderstone – but only the scariest characters are allowed to take part in this monster of all parties.
The Great Bee-scape 2026 5+
It’s pollen collecting time in the hive! On her first flight, little Betty Bee is carried far away by a strong gust of wind to a distant flower meadow.
Family — 2 boxes, 4 adventures
Two linked adventures per box. Age 8+ — the bridge between the Kids line and the main series.
Family - 2 Escape Adventures 2025 8+
“Hip! Hip! Heroes!” rings through the town time and again — because that’s the motto of the Heroes. Five brave and valiant animals have formed a super secret heroes club.
Family - The Trophy Case, Night at the Carnival 2026 8+
“Where would we be without the EXIT Heroes?” echoes through the city! Brave as true superheroes, these five animals have already solved several mysterious riddles together — no secrets escape their keen senses.
Advent calendars — 4
24 doors, one puzzle a day through December. Single use.
Advent Calendar - The Silent Storm 2023 10+
The Christmas workshop has never been busier! For more than two months you’ve been working hard so that by the 24th, everything will be ready. As one of the chief toymakers in the workshop, you have your hands full.
The Game - Advent Calendar - The Missing Hollywood Star 2024 10+
Your part-time job as a pizza delivery driver was pretty boring — until today! You are about to deliver pizza to one of the most famous film studios in the world.
The Game - Advent Calendar - The Intergalactic Race 2025 10+
For months, the main topic of conversation in the cosmos has been the huge 24-day Le Mond race — and you get to be part of it! How lucky that quirky guy at the space bar hired you to join his team.
The Game - Advent Calendar - The Magic of Christmas 2026 10+
Peace, the scent of pine, not a soul in sight – a long hike through the unspoilt forest is just what you need. You’re happy to have escaped the hustle and bustle of the pre-Christmas season.
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.
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