Pittsburgh Cultural District Scavenger Hunt and Escape Game, Pittsburgh

About this activity

We've turned Pittsburgh Cultural District into an incredible outdoor digital adventure. Your PokemonGo style app will take you to 9 iconic places around Pittsburgh Cultural District . At each location, you will need to solve a puzzle before advancing. It is part Scavenger Hunt and part Escape Room! You can play solo or in a group. Besides completing fun puzzles, you will learn fascinating details about different places like the August Wilson Cultural Center, Heinz Hall and Heinz History Center. You will walk around 1.8 miles as you find clues, solve puzzles and get closer to completing the adventure. You can go at your own pace, but it should take around 60 minutes to complete the adventure. Over 200,000 players have used your app to explore the world. We can't wait for you to play as well!

Self-guided Tours Escape Rooms Fun & Games Scavenger Hunts Low Supplier Cancellation Rate Low Last Minute Supplier Cancellation Rate Short term availability Weather Dependent - Weather-Proof

At a glance

Duration: one hour
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Operated by: The Great Game

Ages: Youth (6–17 years) · Adults (18–64 years) · Seniors (65–100 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Learning more about Pittsburgh's traditions and history
Included: Self Guided so you can go at your own pace
Included: Solving Amazing Puzzles around the Pittsburgh Cultural District

Not included

Not included: Gratuities

Itinerary

We've turned Pittsburgh Cultural District into an incredible outdoor digital adventure. Your PokemonGo style app will take you to 9 iconic places around Pittsburgh Cultural District . At each location, you will need to solve a puzzle before advancing. It is part Scavenger Hunt and part Escape Room! You can play solo or in a group. Besides completing fun puzzles, you will learn fascinating details about different places like the August Wilson Cultural Center, Heinz Hall and Heinz History Center. You will walk around 1.8 miles as you find clues, solve puzzles and get closer to completing the adventure. You can go at your own pace, but it should take around 60 minutes to complete the adventure. Over 200,000 players have used your app to explore the world. We can't wait for you to play as well!

Stop 1

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

You can download the app anywhere, but you should start the game at Heinz Hall. This is a SELF GUIDED adventure so you won't meet anyone from our team.

End point

You can download the app anywhere, but you should start the game at Heinz Hall. This is a SELF GUIDED adventure so you won't meet anyone from our team.

Using your ticket

Here are the simple instructions on how to play The Great Game! It should take about 2 minutes to download the app, create a team and start to play. If you entered your phone number, you will also get texted these instructions.

1. Gather your team of anywhere between 1-8 players. If you have more than 8 players, you can form two teams and play simultaneously.

2. Have at least 1 player on your team download The Great Game App ( https://qr1.be/317M ). Not every player needs to download the app, but if you can, we encourage you to. You can click on the link above to download the app, or you can search TheGreatGame in the Apple app store/Google Play Store. We have a yellow and blue balloon icon.

3. When you download the app, each player should sign up with an email address. Note, you can use a made up email address if you wish and you will still be able to log in just fine. Have one team member click on the giant '+'' button in order to register for a game, and then click on Pittsburgh Cultural District.

4. Choose a team name and password. Your teammates will do the same, but instead click 'Join Team' and put in the same team name and password.

5. Once everyone has joined your team, and is near Heinz Hall click 'begin game' and start your epic adventure!