Code Break
Code Break is a puzzle solving team building activity that puts your team's collective brainpower to the test. Working against the clock, teams crack codes, decode riddles, and race through trivia to come out on top.
What Is Code Break
Code Break is a critical thinking team activity that turns your group into a squad of codebreakers. Participants will work together to decode a series of challenging puzzles, riddles, and cryptic clues, all under the pressure of a ticking clock.
Success requires sharp communication, creative thinking, and strategic teamwork as each solved puzzle unlocks the next stage. Whether deciphering hidden messages or cracking complex codes, every step builds excitement and pushes your team to think outside the box.
Why Teams Love This Brainpower Team Challenge
- It’s a real mental workout. More than 80 trivia questions, riddles, and puzzles keep every brain in the room engaged from start to finish.
- It uncovers hidden strengths. Some puzzles call for logic, others for lateral thinking, so a mix of strengths on your team pays off.
- It’s easy to run anywhere. Low activity and fully indoor, it works in a conference room, a hotel ballroom, or over video call.
- The competition stays friendly. A shared leaderboard and medal ceremony add just enough stakes to keep energy high without the pressure.
This makes Code Break a strong fit for a wide range of corporate events, from lunch and learns and sales kickoffs to virtual team days and annual conferences. It works just as well for teams who’ve worked together for years as it does for newly formed groups, giving anyone a fun reason to sharpen their critical thinking together.
Code Break Agenda
Intro And Team Formation
The event will begin with a welcome from your event host, who will assist in organizing the group into teams at the specified location. Following this, participants will receive a detailed briefing on the activity. Teams will then be guided on accessing challenges via our Outback web app, using one mobile device per team.
Code Break
Teams will collaborate to complete over 80 trivia questions, brain teasers and puzzles. Answers are submitted using the app and can be in the form of text-based responses and multiple-choice answers. Team members will work together to think creatively, discover hidden strengths, and problem solve as a group.
Wrap Up, Recognition, and Photo Op
Teams will reconvene to exchange experiences and review their submissions. The host will facilitate discussions on key takeaways and lessons learned, culminating in the announcement of the winning team. Winning teams will be awarded Outback Team Building medals. The event will wrap up with congratulations all around to commemorate a successful event.
Ready to Put Your Team's Brainpower to the Test?
Give your team a challenge worth cracking. Our team building experts will help you plan a custom Code Break event that fits your group size, format, and goals.
What's Included With Your Code Break
Included
Professional Event Host
Web App
Unique Game Design
Team Photos
Medals For The Winning Team
Dedicated Event Planner
Required From You
Venue For Your Activity
Reliable Data To Operate Phones (One Per Team)
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Code Break Frequently Asked Questions
Our events can take place anywhere. We have event coordinators located across North America who can come directly to you—whether it’s your office, a venue of your choice, a meeting space, or a unique location that best suits your needs. We’re flexible and ready to make your event seamless, no matter the location!
We understand that plans can change, so please reach out as early as possible, and we’ll do our best to accommodate your needs. Date changes may incur a change fee, please reach out to your Sales Engagement Consultant to discuss further.
Depending on what the change is, we recommend discussing all changes with your dedicated Event Manager to see if we can accommodate the change.
Code Break is a puzzle solving team building activity where teams use critical thinking and collaboration to work through a series of intricate brain teasers and puzzles.
Code Break includes a variety of puzzles and brain teasers that require logic, pattern recognition, and teamwork to solve within the event’s time limit.
Code Break differs from a traditional escape room by focusing on standalone puzzle-solving stations rather than a single connected room-escape narrative and physical lock-and-key mechanics.
Code Break works well for small to mid-size teams, giving each group enough puzzle stations to work through collaboratively within the event’s time frame.
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