Sherlock Holmes · Murder mystery

Seoul Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

4.4 on Google (24 reviews)

Photorealistic travel lifestyle scene of friends playing a self-guided city game at N Seoul Tower in Seoul, South Korea.

Seoul City Game – Dongdaemun Design Plaza

1.5–2 hours
1–4 players per team
In the free Loquiz app on your phone
Start any time within 12 months
Free cancellation until you start

Work a detective murder case on foot through Seoul, from the Metropolitan Library along the Cheonggyecheon to Insadong.

There is a body in Seoul. Balthasar is the name, and nobody is coming to work out who did it except you.

A self-guided murder mystery game for people who would rather walk than sit. Seoul holds the evidence, the app holds the file, and the puzzles, codes and photo tasks in between are what narrow a long suspect list down to one name.

The file sends you to Alive Museum, Ten-story Stone Pagoda of Wongaksa Temple Site and Cheonggyecheon Stream.

Where the Case Takes You in Seoul

South Korea and Ikseon-dong Hanok Village come into it too. Expect 3 to 4 km on foot, at whatever speed suits the slowest member of the group.

Playing the Detective Game in Seoul

The story arrives as you move. Every location holds something to work out, and the digital characters you meet each know one piece of what happened to Balthasar. Reckon on 1.5 to 2 hours and 3 to 4 km, but there is no clock: break for lunch and pick it up afterwards. The reasoning runs the way it does in a Sherlock Holmes story: small observations first, the accusation last.

Friends, Families and Colleagues in Seoul

With friends. Four people, one phone, one case. Somebody will back the wrong suspect early and refuse to let it go, and that is the part everyone remembers.

With your team. Buy a ticket per four, put every team on the same murder, compare the answers over lunch. Nothing to hire and nobody to brief, so a company outing in Seoul survives people turning up late.

With kids. Eight years old is about the floor. The distance is not the problem it sounds like, the photo tasks are where children beat adults outright, and the codes end up being solved by the whole family at once.

Before You Book

How does the murder mystery game work?

It runs in the Loquiz app on your own phone. Open it at the starting point in Seoul, and from there the case comes to you: someone to question at each location, something to solve before they talk, and a name to hand in at the end.

How long does it take?

Set aside an afternoon. The case itself takes 1.5 to 2 hours across 3 to 4 km, but nothing counts down and nothing shuts, so the breaks are free.

How many people can play on one ticket?

One ticket covers one to four players on a single device, €19.95 in total. Bigger groups buy one ticket per four and race each other through the same murder.

Do we need to book a time?

A date is all we need. The starting time is yours, because there is no host, no departure and nobody else's schedule involved.

Is it suitable for children?

From roughly age eight it works well. The puzzles are built to be solved, not to defeat anyone, and younger children happily walk along and help.

What happens if it rains?

Rain is an interruption, not a problem: you choose the moment to start and you can stop as long as you like. Plenty of groups split the case over a morning and an afternoon.

Is this a detective game or a walking tour of Seoul?

You get the walk either way. The difference is that you arrive at each place with a question, and a question makes people look at a building far harder than a plaque ever does.

What else is there to do in Seoul?

There are other city games in Seoul built on the same idea and a different story, and South Korea has plenty more where this came from.

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Alive Museum03162
Ten-story Stone Pagoda of Wongaksa Temple Site03140
Cheonggyecheon Stream110-110
South Korea03139
Ikseon-dong Hanok Village03133
Samsung Jong-Ro Tower03161
Insadong03163
Jongno District110-012

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How it works

BookYour ticket arrives by email.
Go to the startThe start point is in your email. Any day within 12 months.
PlayOpen the link on one phone per team and press start.

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