SPYSCAPE & SPYGAMES

“Was a good experience, staff were very helpful. We did not have tickets booked beforehand but were able to get them for a session for the spy games very easily. Would go back as the tasks were very interactive and fun especially with a team. There are very secure lockers for you to store items that you don’t want to lose while playing.”

“Had a great time at SPYSCAPE in NYC, and it was easily one of the coolest interactive experiences we’ve ever had. It’s not just a museum where you look at artifacts (though the Enigma machine and the Bond exhibits are awesome); it’s a full-on training ground that tests your brain and your physical skills.”

“I loved this place! It was like an iconic trip down memory lane with all the greatest spies in history right next to me. I got to play a couple of games on my own although I do recommend checking out the Spyscape all games experience which takes 2 or more to book. I spent about $40 on my museum tour which was self guided thanks to the glowing white illuminated arrows on the floor pointing to which direction we should head down. Seriously though it was pretty cool just taking in all the exhibits and learning about how the art of spying came to be. I got a free Spyscape souvenir hand band and pencil along with my $13 purchase of a 90’s retro pocket arcade gameboy which was mighty cool. I would have spent another $15 on a dossier of my own record as I played all the games in the museum experience and the ones on my phone when you scan the barcodes that are selected through out the building had i not already spent so much getting to the place beforehand. There are 9 games mostly personality related but a few chance and trivia related games you have to play to come with your complete profile. Alongside that, there is also the deception, surveillance, special ops, and encryption games you must play in order to come with your role. My role turned out to be hacker for apparently my work on intelligence services to protect the national interest. My 3 key qualities were that I am mathematical, Determined and Inquisitive. You can find all this and a video of each test you had done on the website link they send to your email when you first purchased the tickets online which I highly recommend because you will get a much more discounted rate then buying it last minute in person. The roles you can achieve are as follows: Special ops officer, Hacker, Intelligence operative, Surveillance officer, Spy-catcher, Technical ops officer, Agent handler, Spymaster, Intelligence analyst, and Cryptologist. It all depends on your score and what you had gotten based solely on performance. You only get videos of the laser special ops challenge where you have to press buttons and dodge lasers before a timer runs out, the encryption test which tests your ability on using key ciphers to analyze and create new messages in a given time to save someone from a scenario, the deception test which tests your ability to see if someone is lying based on their features and characteristics in a video and you press green for truth or red for lying and the surveillance video which gives you a 360 degree wall of monitors with live recording camera footage with you on the phone listening to a handler point out some unique signatures and you have to point at which camera is showing so. The artifacts are encased in solid glass so you can only view no touch and the exhibits mainly displayed projection and monitors of famous spies and their stories. The whole tour took about an hr maybe 2 at most and there wasn’t a lot of picturesque places to view but other than that I definitely recommend this place to anyone who is interested.”

“Went with two teens and another mom. One section was physical and mental challenges. Some didn't work right, but we enjoyed it nonetheless. Some physical challenges were a little difficult for the out of shape moms... The other section decided what typed of spy you are by asking you a series of questions and presenting you with challenges. We especially enjoyed the lie detection and surveillance (even though some of that didn't work either). We each ended up being a different type of spy and enjoyed spending time together doing something unique.”