Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
As a detective, you've tried to solve the deadly attack on your colleague and her son for the past four years. The main suspect, Maria, got away, but new information has finally emerged.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Deduction
Combine clues and exclusions to identify hidden information.
Cooperative Game
Players coordinate their actions toward a shared objective and win or lose together.
Solo / Solitaire Game
Provide rules and objectives designed for a single player.
Storytelling
Create or extend a narrative in response to prompts or game events.
Read the full game description
As a detective, you've tried to solve the deadly attack on your colleague and her son for the past four years. The main suspect, Maria, got away, but new information has finally emerged. The hunt for Maria can begin again. ”Dead or Alive” is the first part of the Hunt for Maria trilogy. 50 Clues® is an award-winning immersive puzzle game that offers the experience of an escape room, but in a format that can be played at home. You combine objects, solve puzzles and decipher codes to complete the story. A smartphone or tablet keeps track of the solutions and provides multistep hints if the need arises. —description from publisher