Escape room in a box

Tesla Box

You are holding the first self-powered puzzle box. No batteries, no app, no instructions to read out loud. Watch it work, then decide.

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?

The Story

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?

Before you buy

Age: 14 and up. Not a toy.
Players: Solve it alone or as a group. It works well as a shared evening.
Play time: Around 5 hours, spread over as many sittings as you like.
Difficulty: Hard. This is our flagship, not a starter puzzle.
Language: Language independent. There is nothing to read to solve it.
Replay: Fully resettable, so you can pass it on and watch someone else try.

In the box

One Tesla Box puzzle, ready to play. It powers itself, so there is nothing to charge before you start and nothing to download.

Everything you need is in the box in your hands.

Safety & compliance

Not suitable for persons under 14. Contains small parts and strong magnets. Keep away from young children and pets, and from mechanical watches, credit cards and hard drives. People with a pacemaker or insulin pump should keep a safe distance. Contains flashing LEDs.