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Key Enigma: Hack Forward

A narrative escape-box game has investigators solve physical and digital puzzles to uncover a worldwide cyberattack. Codes and clues reveal a conspiracy that grows more dangerous beyond the initial data leaks.

Murder/Mystery Puzzle Deduction Solo / Solitaire Game

Players

1-6

Play time

480-960 min

Age

14+

Complexity

3/5

Rating

8.13

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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Key Enigma: Hack Forward - There has been a worldwide cyberattack. Massive data filtration has affected from Nuclear power plants to ordinary citizens.

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Key Enigma: Hack Forward - There has been a worldwide cyberattack. Massive data filtration has affected from Nuclear power plants to ordinary citizens. Anyone with a smart device can be a target. You will put yourself in the shoes of an investigator whose predecessor has disappeared under strange circumstances. You must continue with the investigation and find those responsible for the massive leaks that threaten the security of the world. But soon you’ll discover that those leaks are a smokescreen for something much more dangerous. Who is behind all this? What could be so important? We can’t tell you any more without spoilers, but if you like conspiracy theories, science fiction and plot twists you will love this one. Key Enigma is an escape box that mixes puzzles, narrative, and technology to immerse you in a challenging experience so carefully designed that it may be impossible for you to distinguish reality from fiction. A box full of mysteries and enigmas will reach your hands. With the materials, codes, and clues hidden inside, you must use your ingenuity and match the objects to solve the case. With this model, we want to expand the possibilities of traditional Escape Rooms. By not being dependent on a physical space we have greater freedom to: create complex, different and surprising puzzles, a more sophisticated story and we can make the game reach all over the world. The box is the heart of the project where you will find the material that serves as a bridge to connect the physical and digital world to live an immersive experience. You'll get a mix of: Traditional puzzles, Immersive / Digital puzzles, Codes, Advanced Puzzles

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Players
1–6
Best with
1–3
Play time
480–960 min
Age
14+
Complexity
3.0/5
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(Self-Published) Key Enigma

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