An action game is an immersive course made of several challenge rooms, both physical and mental, that your team chains together to score as many points as possible. The clearest picture: an urban Fort Boyard. Unlike an escape game, you are not trying to get out of a single room, you move through a series of timed challenges where everyone finds a role, the agile and the brainy alike.
In practice
- Duration: from about one hour to two hours depending on the venue, briefing included.
- Team size: challenges are played in small teams, and large groups rotate as several teams in parallel with a final leaderboard, which makes it a great format for team building, bachelor and bachelorette parties.
- Physical effort: moderate and adjustable; most venues mix dexterity, logic and agility challenges so everyone takes part.
Where to play an action game in Paris?
The offer is narrow, which is what makes the question tricky. Venues fall into two categories.
- In central Paris, Bomb Squad runs this format on boulevard de Sébastopol in the 3rd.
- On the outskirts, large complexes such as Koezio (Cergy, Sénart) run it on bigger surfaces, with longer courses but a journey to plan.
Not to be confused with laser tag or indoor paintball, which are built on teams facing off rather than on a scored challenge course.
Action game or escape game, what is the difference?
The escape game works your brain in a single room; the action game adds body and movement across a course. For a group craving competition and energy, the action game wins.
Going further
- The Unusual activities hub
- The Team building & seminars hub for the corporate version
- Our practical guides to organise the outing