9 Nantes Escape Games You Can Book Today

1.Outdoor escape game | Jules Verne – The extraordinary challenge

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 21 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $18Our pick

Help Professor Sherlock return Jules Verne to the 19th century in a two-hour outdoor escape game around Les Machines de l’Île. Use a chatbot, your smartphone, a notebook, and your team’s sharp eyes to find clues and solve puzzles on the streets of Nantes. The activity is private, self-guided, and mobile-based.

“Un bon esprit d'équipe dans la joie et la bonne humeur avec un soleil radieux et des égnimes affûtées qui demandent de la réactivité et perspicacité..merci”

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2.Escape Game Outdoor – The elixir of the alchemist

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 18 reviews · 100 days

Follow an 1882 alchemist through Nantes Botanical Garden as you search for a rare plant leaf needed for a youth elixir. Your smartphone guides you through riddles, virtual characters, greenhouses, the grotto, and unusual plants. Allow about two hours, bring a charged phone with mobile data, and note that the game is entirely in French.

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3.Outdoor Escape Game – Mousquetaires

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 8 reviews · 2 hours

Join d’Artagnan and the King’s musketeers on a two-hour outdoor escape game through Nantes. Starting at Château des Ducs de Bretagne, you’ll follow clues, solve riddles, and hear local anecdotes while trying to stop Nicolas Fouquet. The private game is in French, covers about 4 km, and requires a charged smartphone with internet access.

“Activité sympa, qui permet de se balader dans la ville de Nantes et de découvrir des anecdotes. Le tour fait environ 4 km donc c'est bien, ce n'est pas trop long entre chaque énigme. Nous avons eu le plaisir d'avoir le soleil en plus.”

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4.Outdoor escape game | Vikings – The Relic of Odin

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 7 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $17

Join Ragnar Lodbrok’s hunt for Odin’s relic in central Nantes. Starting at Place du Bouffay, you’ll follow clues, study buildings and details, decode runes, and outwit Moriarty through a chatbot-led outdoor escape game. Allow about two hours, bring a charged phone, notebook, pencil, water, and good walking shoes.

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5.Outdoor Escape Game – Le défi de Jules Verne

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 6 reviews · 2 hours

Meet outside Les Ateliers et Chantiers for a private, two-hour puzzle walk through Île de Nantes. You use a charged smartphone, follow a Jules Verne time-travel story, search for clues, and solve riddles with help from a French or English-speaking game master.

“Un super moment entre amis qui nous a permis de découvrir l'île de Nantes tout en s'amusant.”

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6.Discover Nantes while playing! Escape game – The alchemist

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 5 reviews

Play an alchemist investigating Josyne’s witchcraft accusation as Coddy’s mobile app leads your private group through Nantes. You’ll solve puzzles at city landmarks, including the château and cathedral, then decide whether to defend her or support the charge. Bring a charged smartphone and allow about two hours.

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7.Outdoor Escape Game – Vikings – La relique d’Odin

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 3 reviews · 2 hours

You’ll meet at Place du Bouffay for a two-hour outdoor escape game set in Nantes. Follow Ragnar Lodbrok’s Vikings, find Odin’s lost relic, and solve clues around the city with your private group. A game master is available in French or English, and you’ll need a charged smartphone.

“Très belle activité à faire en famille ! À partir de 10 ans je dirais. Avec ado ça fonctionne aussi! De bons souvenirs”

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8.Nantes Scavenger Hunt and Highlights Self-Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 3 reviews · from $6Best value

Start at the Musée d’arts de Nantes and follow the World City Trail app through more than 10 city attractions. Solve location-based riddles, learn local facts, and cover 2.9 kilometers in about two hours. You can pause for lunch, choose your language, and finish back at the museum without entering any attraction.

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9.Nantes Self-Guided Sherlock Holmes Murder Mystery Game

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 2 reviews

Explore central Nantes as Sherlock Holmes while solving Balthasar’s murder through phone-based clues, codes, digital characters, and photo tasks. Start at Basilique Saint-Nicolas and play at your chosen time for about two hours. One ticket covers up to four people, making this a flexible family, friends, or colleague activity.

“Les 4 ados se sont pris au jeu. Les énigmes étaient bien ficelées. On a passé un bon après midi tout en visant le centre ville.”

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