Amazing race team building in Singapore
An amazing race with a case at the centre of it.
Teams out on real Singapore ground, moving between checkpoints, solving a clue at each one and racing the clock and each other. The difference is the story. Instead of unrelated stations bolted together, every route is one case that runs from the first checkpoint to the last, with our facilitators posted along the way. Ten pax or a thousand.
- Format
- Outdoor race, checkpoints
- Where
- Four Singapore routes
- Scale
- 10 to 1,000+ pax
- Runs for
- 2 hours
Sort the words out first
Race, treasure hunt, scavenger hunt. They are not the same thing.
Three words get used for one booking, and the differences decide how the day feels. Here is how we use them.
- Scavenger hunt
A list of things to find or photograph, in any order you like. Easy to run, easy to fake, and it ends the moment the list does.
- Treasure hunt
A chain of clues where each answer points to the next place. Linear, so a stuck team stays stuck until someone helps them.
- Amazing race
Checkpoints with a task at each one, scored on time, with teams racing each other as well as the clock. More moving parts, more staff, more atmosphere.
Ours are races with a treasure-hunt spine: a clue chain that has to be solved in order, staffed checkpoints that score on time, and a story holding it together. We are an independent Singapore company and have no connection to the television series of a similar name. We use the phrase the way HR teams here use it, as the name of a format.
Four routes
Written for the ground they run on.
A route is not a map with tasks dropped on it. Each of these games was written for one place, so the clues only work there: a wartime scroll that has to be read against Chinatown's shophouses, a pirate cache hidden in the tunnels of a coastal fort.
What actually happens out there
Puzzle solving is the activity, not the debrief.
Most team building puts the skills in a slide at the end. In a race, they are the only way to finish.
Problem solving with a clock running
Each checkpoint is a puzzle the team has not seen before. There is no time to form a committee, so someone commits to an approach and the rest test it. That is the whole skill.
Talking to people you do not normally talk to
Teams are mixed across departments. By checkpoint three, the finance analyst is shouting a cipher across the street at someone from marketing whose name they learned an hour ago.
Splitting work without being told to
Two hours and a route that cannot be walked twice force delegation on the group. Nobody has to run a workshop on it.
Deciding on partial information
Clues arrive out of order and some are red herrings. Teams have to move before they are certain, then correct. Most work weeks look like this.
The part that breaks other races
A thousand people on one route, without a queue.
Scale is where outdoor races usually fall over. Fifty people is a walk in the park. Six hundred is a logistics problem: one checkpoint jams and the whole field stacks up behind it. We run large groups as small teams released in waves on staggered route orders, so every checkpoint sees a steady trickle rather than a crowd. Fort Siloso, Haw Par Villa and River Wonders each take up to 1,000 pax this way. It is the same method we have used since 2013.
On the record
What teams said afterwards.
★★★★★
We had a great experience with The Escape Artist. They offered a variety of well-planned packages for us to choose from and were very accommodating with advance bookings. Their briefing was clear and helpful, and everything went smoothly on the day of our event.
★★★★★
The puzzles were mostly logical and very interesting with a good mixture of keys, locks and mechanisms which we enjoyed. The space was also sufficient and clues largely clear enough to proceed. The staff was also very helpful and patient. We had a wonderful experience!
★★★★★
Had a great time with my friends... The team was very patient and walked us through the remaining puzzles that we did not manage to complete after our 1 hour was up. The room itself was great, a lot of details went into the decor and the clues were all in good condition.
Trusted across corporate, government and education
How it works
Five steps to race day.
- 01
Choose your game
Pick from 11 games and venues, or tell us your headcount and we will match one.
- 02
Add any extras
Catering, transport, prizes, extra activities. Build the day you want.
- 03
Receive a proposal
Our events team sends a tailored proposal with pricing and logistics.
- 04
Confirm the event
Lock the date and venue. We handle facilitators, props and set-up.
- 05
Game day
Turn up and play. Our hosts run everything, in costume.
Good questions
Amazing race team building, answered.
What is an amazing race team building event?
An amazing race is an outdoor team game where small teams move between checkpoints across a district or venue, solving a clue or completing a challenge at each one, racing a clock and each other. Ours are story-led: instead of generic stations, teams follow one case through the real streets of Chinatown, the ramparts of Fort Siloso or the paths of Haw Par Villa, with facilitators stationed along the route. Groups run from 10 to 1,000+ pax.
What is the difference between an amazing race, a treasure hunt and a scavenger hunt?
A scavenger hunt asks you to find or photograph a list of things, in any order. A treasure hunt gives you a chain of clues where each answer points to the next place. An amazing race adds checkpoints with tasks and a live race element, so teams compete on time as well as on solving. Our outdoor games sit in the middle of all three: a clue chain with staffed checkpoints, scored on time, wrapped in a story rather than a worksheet.
How large a group can an outdoor race in Singapore take?
Up to 1,000 pax at Fort Siloso, Haw Par Villa and River Wonders, and up to 200 through Chinatown. Large groups run as small teams released in waves on staggered routes, so the site never bottlenecks and nobody spends the morning queueing at one checkpoint.
Where can we run an amazing race in Singapore?
Chinatown for a heritage street route, Fort Siloso on Sentosa for a coastal fort with tunnels and ramparts, Haw Par Villa for the most atmospheric park in Singapore, and River Wonders for a wildlife-park setting. Each location has its own game written for it, so the route and the story belong to that place rather than being dropped onto it.
What happens if it rains?
Every outdoor route has sheltered hold points and the game pauses rather than ends, so teams wait out a passing shower and the clock stops for everyone. If the forecast is bad ahead of the day we will offer you an indoor game or a new date. We have been running these since 2013, and Singapore weather has not been a surprise yet.
How much does an amazing race cost in Singapore?
Total cost is the game fee plus SGD 20 per person, plus any venue admission or venue hire. The game fee is SGD 300 for Standard, which is self-guided on our MazeFox app with one staff host, or SGD 1,100 for Immersive, which adds cosplay facilitators along the route. That works out from about SGD 23 per person for larger groups. We are non-GST registered, so there is no GST on top. There is an instant estimate at /get-a-quote.
Prefer to stay indoors, or need a game that runs at your own venue? The same case format runs inside as escape game team building, and every route can be built around your brand as a custom escape game.
Request a proposal
Let's plot your route
Tell us your group size, a rough date and whether it is corporate, government or education. We reply within one business day with a tailored proposal, no obligation.