Indoor skill games in the UAE: 10 to try

It’s hot out there, and if you’re the restless kind who’s always up for a good challenge, you’re in luck. The UAE is full of indoor games that test your mental and physical prowess. We’ve picked 10 to try:

Brain Game

There are four escape rooms in this game, including one where you are locked up in the basement of a killer and you have to plot your escape while he is asleep. Or, you can test yourself to see if you can steal the crown of Alexander the Great from a museum without setting off the security alarms.

Most games are suitable for two to six people. You will have 60 minutes to complete the test.

Where: Karama, Dubai.

Price: Dh110 per person. (Younger ones between 10 to 15 years get 50 per cent off).

Website: www.braingame.ae

Escape Hunt

You will have your pick of five escape rooms for this. The Deadly Prison game will test you to break out of your cell to prove you are not guilty, while The Bank Job wants you to steal a Pink Star Diamond from a Dubai bank and escape as fast as possible.

A minimum number of two people is required to play and the maximum number is five per room. Each game lasts 60 minutes.

Where: The Galleria Mall, Dubai.

Price: Starting at Dh135 per person depending on the number of people in the group; 20 per cent off on weekdays.

Website: www.dubai.escapehunt.com

Brainscape Games

Three ‘rooms’ are on offer here. Perhaps you would like to unravel the mystery of Da Vinci’s room and filch the Holy Grail? Or, be a hero and stop a plane from being hijacked? You decide.

Teams can consist of three to six people and only one hour will be given to finish the game.

Where: Business Bay, Dubai.

Price: Dh155 per person; 20 per cent off on weekdays.

Website: www.brainscapegames.com

Phobia

There are six games, starting from being at Wizard School, which will give you an opportunity to save the world using your magic power, or set free a small girl’s soul out of the Dark Room.

Groups of up to six people are allowed. All of the games last 60 minutes.

Where: JLT, Dubai.

Price: Starting at Dh115 person depending on the number of people in the group.

Website: www.phobia.ae

Challenge Chambers

You can find here six themes to pick. From a mini challenge at Trapped Room for only 30 minutes to maxi torture by The Trickster, the mysterious magician, for 60 minutes. Your goal is to hatch the ultimate escape plan to save your life.

Teams of two to six people are suitable for the games.

Where: Al Wahda Mall, Abu Dhabi and Sunset Mall, Dubai.

Price: Starting from Dh125 to Dh200 per person, depending on the number of people in the group

Website: www.challengechambers.com

Hungarian Games

Pick one of four games: the lost treasures of Atlantis, personality disorder, murder investigation and sweet escape from a haunted room.

Each game can be played by five to six people and for one hour.

Where: Al Quoz, Dubai.

Price: From Dh120 to Dh250 per person, depending on the number of people in the group

Website: www.hungariangames.com

Escape Reality

Are you up to go on a rescue mission at Apocalypse Room, find the rightful heir to the throne in the Iron Kingdom, or maybe understand the mistake of scientists at Machina Room? There are eight rooms to choose from to suit your mood.

A minimum of three people is required to play and the maximum is six per room. Each game lasts 60 minutes.

Where: Shaikh Zayed Road, Dubai.

Price: From Dh100 to Dh140 per person, depending on the number of people in the group

Website: www.escapereality.com

HintHunt

Solve a crime scene in the heart of Tokyo or detect a problem in a submarine in order to save yourself from drowning, or escape from a locked room. There are four themes to choose from here.

Each game is an hour long and you can take four to five friends with you.

Where: Times Square Center, Shaikh Zayed Road, Dubai.

Price: Starting at Dh115, depending on the number of people in the group.

Website: www.hinthunt.ae

No Way Out

This is one of the few games that also includes a Horror Escape Room with live actors. There are four rooms with different tasks, including rescuing the School of Magic with certain spells or going through the mysteries of the Renaissance era at Da Vinci house.

Quests are suitable for two to six people per room. You will have 60 minutes to complete it.

Where: JLT, Cluster M, Dubai.

Price: Starting at Dh125, depending on the number of people; 20 per cent off on Mondays.

Website: www.nowayout.ae

Jumble

This one is all about riddles. You will have to make quick decisions while you work as a team. Or else, you will be forced to repeat the steps again and again. Challenges are designed to not only exercise you mentally, but physically as well, as there are a lot of rooms to be found on two floors.

Teams of up to five can play this game.

Where: Al Barsha, Dubai.

Price: Dh155 for 2 hours and Dh199 for 4.

Website: www.jumble.ae

— Aseyat Pushchenko is an intern at Gulf News.