List of Puzzle Hunts
Puzzle hunts are events where teams compete to solve a series of puzzles with specific answers, often culminating in metapuzzles that utilize the answers of the previous puzzles. While scale may range from a single round with a few puzzles and a metapuzzle to the behemoth of over one hundred annual puzzles that is the MIT Mystery Hunt, the format tends to be somewhat similar regardless; solve puzzles, unlock more puzzles, solve more puzzles, unlock more puzzles..., finish hunt. Many hunts are serial in format; either occurring yearly or on another, often less consistent cycle. Others are one-offs, sometimes due to being created by first-time writers who haven't had time to write further iterations, but often for a range of other reasons.
The following is a list of puzzle hunts and franchises.
Puzzle Hunts
Hunt or Franchise Name | First Year of Occurrence | Number of Iterations | Notes |
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Caltech Puzzle Hunt | 2016 | 2 | 2016 iteration was for Caltech alumni
2018 was first public-access event |
CiSRA Puzzle Competition | 2007 | 7 | |
Daro & Caro's Pixar Puzzle Hunt | 2020 | 1 | |
DP Puzzle Hunt | 2020 | 1 | |
Galactic Puzzle Hunt | 2017 | 4 | |
Hunt20 | 2021 | 1 | |
Huntinality | 2021 | 1 | |
Inaudible Hunt | 2021 | 1 | |
Inexact Puzzlehunt | 2021 | 1 | |
Labor Day Extravaganza | 2006 | 14 | |
mezzacotta Puzzle Competition | 2016 | 1 | |
Microsoft Puzzle Hunt | 1999 | 17 | |
MIT Mystery Hunt | 1981 | 42 | First themed hunt in 1992
First hunt with puzzle titles in 1995 First (entirely) online hunt in 1999 |
MUMS Puzzle Hunt | 2004 | 14 | |
My Little Pony: Puzzles Are Magic | 2020 | 1 | |
Paradox Puzzle Hunt | 2021 | 1 | |
Puzzle Boat | 2005 | 8 | |
Puzzle Hunt CMU | 2007 | 31 | |
Puzzle Potluck | 2016 | 4.3 | |
Puzzle Rojak | 2021 | 1 | |
QoDE Puzzle Hunt | 2021 | 1 | |
REDDOThunt | 2017 | 3 | |
SILPH Puzzle Hunt | 2021 | 1 | Smogon Puzzle Hunt new site |
Smogon Puzzle Hunt | 2018 | 3 | |
SUMS Puzzle Hunt | 2009 | 9 | |
Teammate Hunt | 2020 | 2 | |
UMD Puzzlehunt | 2017 | 6 |