The 11 Ireland Escape Games Tours That Earn Their Hour

1.Dublin Ghost Hunt Exploration Game and Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 34 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $6Our pick

Explore Dublin with a self-guided Questo game that mixes ghost stories, local history, audio narration, and clue solving. Walk from the National Museum through St. Ann’s Church, Olympia Theatre, City Hall, and the Liffey. Start anytime, pause as needed, and play privately with your group.

“A friend and I decided on a whim to complete the challenges. Was challenging enough to keep our attention! We did the game at night so safety was a concern, but not an issue. As advice; after you're done, make sure you know how to get back to your place of stay, and take the main roads back.”

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2.Private Dublin Treasure Hunt Self Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 14 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $30

Use a mobile ticket and an ancient treasure map to solve puzzles around central Dublin. You’ll pass Kevin Street Garda station, inspect traditional pubs from outside, and return to The Clockwork Door in Temple Bar. It’s private, self-guided, and offered in English.

“Really great day as a team day out activity. Great to see different places in Dublin and was a nice challenge. The location before the activity was very relaxing to shelter from the rain, and very helpful staff”

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3.Murder Mystery at the National Wax Museum

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 11 reviews · from $26

Check in at National Wax Museum Plus for a one-hour, English-language murder mystery through the museum and Horror Hotel. Your ticket includes museum entry and an instruction pack, but you need a charged smartphone and internet access for clues. The experience runs Thursday to Saturday after 5pm for over-18s.

“The museum was good to walk round and see what there was and good for kids to see but the murder mystery was shameful there was not enough clues and the clues you did get were not enough it needed more information a few more hints and to make more sense as one of the main clues relevant to the solution was missing”

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4.Cupid’s Trail: Romantic Puzzle Quest in Dublin

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 11 reviews · 30 minutes to 1 hour (approx.) · from $7

You follow a self-guided English puzzle trail through central Dublin, solving clues at nine stops between St Stephen’s Green and Oscar Wilde House. Expect about 30 to 60 minutes, no guide or attraction tickets, and the freedom to start anytime during the listed hours.

“Not romantic. Story made no sense. One of the stops was a bubble tea location that had closed down. The story jumped around and if anything the main character came across as a schizophrenic stalker.”

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5.Dublin Old Town: Famous Pubs Exploration Game and Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 7 reviews · from $8

Follow a self-guided Questo game through Dublin’s Old Town, solving clues at 12 pubs while a family mystery unfolds. You set the pace, choose where to stop for drinks, and can share one ticket and phone with your group. Allow about two and a half hours.

“Fun way to see the pubs in Dublin. Enjoyed solving the puzzles at each pub and of course trying the drinks along the way.”

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6.Self-Guided Scavenger Hunt: Dublin Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 6 reviews · from $12

Use the Let’s Roam app to guide your private group from the Spire along central Dublin streets. Solve riddles, answer history questions, complete photo challenges, and visit Trinity College and Ha’Penny Bridge at your own pace. Bring a charged phone, comfortable shoes, and weather-ready clothing.

“No need to pay 40 euros for 3 people, nothing say that we have to pay one ticket to create a group. We were three and we received exactly the same question on our phone. One phone would have been enough.”

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7.The Dublin Incident: Alien, Whiskey & Clues Exploration Game

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 6 reviews · from $10

Use your phone to follow nine clue-led stops through Dublin’s Liberties, past St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Guinness Storehouse, Teeling Distillery, and IMMA. This self-guided game takes about one to two hours, works offline, allows breaks, and has no physical guide.

“How much time we wasted. The purchase was much more complicated than need be. Wasted so much time. I regret finding this activity”

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8.Galway City E-Bike Scavenger Hunt Game

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $70Top rated

Ride a comfortable e-bike around Galway with the WeWheel app as your guide, solving riddles at sights such as Salthill Promenade, the Spanish Arch, O’Connors Pub, UCG, and Galway Cathedral. Alex may also help arrange a guided ride if you prefer a human guide.

“While we signed up for the scavenger hunt, we ended up doing a guided tour, on our request. The centre of Galway has significant traffic at certain times of the day and there are no shoulders on the road to give a bike rider some sense of safety. Alex kindly offered to put us in with a tour going on an hour later. This tour was excellent and Alex ensured that all were as safe as could be. I would highly recommend taking a tour with this company. The scavenger hunt would be likely to be fun but I would only suggest that for people comfortable with biking with some…”

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9.Dublin Scavenger Hunt and Highlights Self Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $8

Use the World City Trail app to walk 4.7 km through central Dublin, solving puzzles and hearing stories at landmarks including Christ Church Cathedral, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Spire, and Fusilier’s Arch. Start anytime, pause freely, and finish where it suits you.

“Better than taking the Hop on/off bus tours! you can get your steps or workout in while travelling, learning about the city and solving puzzles! like killing 2 birds with 1 stone!”

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10.Interactive Treasure Hunt of Dublin’s Secrets

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 2 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $24

Use your phone and WhatsApp to solve clues on a roughly 4-kilometer trail through Dublin. CityDays gives route help if you get lost and hints when a clue proves tricky. Take about four hours, pause at optional pubs or cafés, and finish in Dublin Castle gardens.

“A super and fun way to see parts of Dublin you may otherwise not see!”

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11.Medieval Limerick Exploration Game and Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 2 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $6

Follow a 90-minute, self-guided Questo quest from the Terry Wogan Memorial to King John’s Castle and beyond. Use your phone, GPS map, and 13 puzzles to connect Limerick’s medieval landmarks with stories about music, politics, bridges, and the River Shannon. No live guide is included.

“Wasn’t really what I was expecting, I think the tour was trying to do too much at once that made it difficult to follow, history, a fictional Adventure and challenges that sometimes didn’t have anything to do with the story. A simple scavenger hunt would have been a bit better. Also, the GPS waypoints appeared to not match where the clues were.”

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