Escape room in a box
Tesla Box
You are holding a puzzle box that powers itself. No batteries: it makes its own electricity from the movement of your hands. Five hours of puzzles lead to a hidden compartment, big enough for a voucher or cash. Watch it work in the video below.
What makes it special
- 5+Hours of puzzling
- 12Aha moments
- 51Challenging steps
- 256Parts inside
- 38Magnets
- 0Batteries needed
The Story
Nikola Tesla changed the world with alternating current. Yet among his yellowed photographs and sketches, a historian recently found something that was never meant to be seen: drawings of a strange box, decades ahead of its time.
The trail led back to Tesla's Long Island laboratory of the early 1900s, and finally to a private collection of antiques near New York. The box was real. And it was locked.
Tesla's notes promise something impossible: activate the box, and time itself begins to oscillate, as if the seconds around you no longer keep step.
To this day, nobody has managed to activate it. Nobody has even opened it. Are you ready to unveil Nikola Tesla's big secret?
What reviewers say
750k viewsI'm in love with this puzzle. It's phenomenal, the first of its kind, and I've never seen anything like it. This one was perfect.
Key facts
- Age
- 14+
- Players
- 1–4
- Play time
- 5+ hours
- Difficulty
- 5/5. Our hardest puzzle.
- Language
- Language independent.
- Replay
- Fully resettable. Pass it on and watch the next person try.
In the box
1× Tesla Box puzzle, 1× story booklet in several languages
Stuck later? Online hints, revealed one at a time, so nothing is spoiled before you want it. Open the hints
Ready to play the moment you open it.
Safety & compliance
- Not a toy. Not suitable for persons under 14 years.
- Contains small parts and strong N35 magnets. Keep away from young children and pets.
- Magnetic field: persons with pacemakers or insulin pumps should keep a safe distance; keep away from mechanical watches, credit cards and hard drives.
- Contains LEDs with flashing lights that may cause discomfort or seizures in photosensitive individuals.
- Charging: use only a CE-certified 5V USB-C power source.
- Solve by logic and hand only. Do not use tools (pliers, hammers, screwdrivers).
- Store dry (birch/MDF); clean with a dry cloth only.