# Iconic Escapist Board Games MacGyver: The Escape Room Game Requires Players to Use Their Cunning By Michael Hemsworth | Published 2018-08-21 | Life-Stages Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/macgyver-the-escape-room-game References: [coolthings](https://www.coolthings.com/macgyver-the-escape-room-game/) & [target](https://www.target.com/p/macgyver-the-escape-room-game/-/A-53263500) Escape rooms have become a wildly popular experience for consumers, so MacGyver: The Escape Room Game is a new board game that lets players partake in a pastime that is centered on the iconic television secret agent escapist. The board game puts players in one of five different scenarios that they need to escape by [completing a series of puzzles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/enigmas-of-dark-stories) including diffusing a bomb or other time-sensitive trials. Players are given a set time limit to escape the room in true MacGyver form by using a series of small nearby items and their intuitive skill. The MacGyver: The Escape Room Game is suitable for between two and four players and will take about 30 to 40 minutes to play one of the five integrated room scenarios. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.5/10 - Popularity: 50% | Activity: 47% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Life-Stages](https://www.trendhunter.com/life-stages) > [Toys](https://www.trendhunter.com/toys) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **In-home Escape Room Games:** There is an opportunity to create more in-home escape room games that bring the experience of escape rooms into the home. - **Intuitive Puzzles:** There is a potential trend toward intuitive puzzles that require players to use their situational awareness and creative problem-solving skills. - **Iconic Pop Culture Board Games:** There is a trend toward board games that are based on iconic pop culture phenomena, such as MacGyver. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Board Game Industry:** There is an opportunity for the board game industry to capitalize on the popularity of escape rooms and create more in-home escape room board games. - **Entertainment Industry:** The entertainment industry can leverage the trend toward iconic pop culture board games to create more products that appeal to fans of cult-classic TV shows like MacGyver. - **Toy Industry:** In addition to board games, there is an opportunity for the toy industry to create escape room-themed toys that allow children to engage in puzzles and problem-solving activities. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Escape Room-Inspired Puzzles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ohms-quest.md) - [Lego-Themed Escape Rooms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/legothemed-escape-rooms.md) - [Virtual Escape Room Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/masters-of-mysterys-help-save-christmas.md) - [Adventurous Story-Driven Board Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rpg-board-game.md) - [Point-and-Click Escape Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/escape-room-phantom-train.md) - [Adult-Oriented Classic Board Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/clue-conspiracy.md) - [Sci-Fi Space Station Puzzles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/maze-game.md) - [Interactive Puzzle Board Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/puzzle-board-game.md) - [Action Film-Inspired Tabletop Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tabletop-rpg.md)