30 Office Scavenger Hunt Ideas You Can Run This Week
Updated September 5, 2026 6 min read
An office scavenger hunt is the easiest team event to organize because everything you need is already in the building. The list below is built for a single office floor or a small campus and runs in about an hour with 20 clues.
The clues favor cross-department contact on purpose. The best moments in an office hunt are the ones where marketing has to go find someone in finance.
Run this list as a live hunt
One click loads every clue below into the hunt builder. Edit what you like, share one link, and every team competes on a real-time leaderboard. Free for up to 20 players.
Get-to-know-the-building clues
- 1.Text: how many meeting rooms are named after something other than a number?
- 2.Photo: the best view in the building
- 3.Text: what floor is the server room on? (No entering)
- 4.Photo: the oldest sign or plaque you can find
- 5.Text: how many plants are in the lobby?
- 6.Photo: a team member using the strangest chair in the office
- 7.Text: the model number of the main printer
- 8.Photo: the most cluttered desk (with the owner's permission and in the photo)
People clues
These clues need a person from another team in the shot, which is the whole point.
- 1.Photo: someone who has worked here more than ten years
- 2.Photo: a person from every department in one frame
- 3.Video: a coworker outside your team explaining what your team does
- 4.Photo: someone who started this month
- 5.Text: get a manager's favorite lunch spot, in their handwriting
- 6.Photo: a high five with someone whose name you had to ask
- 7.Photo: an executive doing a dance move of your choice
- 8.Text: the number of people in the office today wearing something green
Creative challenges
- 1.Photo: recreate the company logo with people
- 2.Photo: build the tallest freestanding tower of office supplies (measure it)
- 3.Video: a 20-second product pitch for a stapler
- 4.Photo: a fashion show outfit assembled from lost-and-found items
- 5.Photo: your team mirroring the pose of a picture on the wall
- 6.Photo: sticky-note pixel art on a window
- 7.Video: the entire team fitting under one desk
- 8.Photo: a fort made from moving boxes or chairs
- 9.Photo: your team's interpretation of the company's mission statement
- 10.Video: everyone on the team saying "good morning" in a different language
Trivia clues
- 1.What year did the company move into this building?
- 2.What is the name of the CEO's pet?
- 3.How many countries have customers?
- 4.What was the first product ever sold?
Tips for running it
- •Tell facilities and reception ahead of time. Nothing kills a hunt like a security guard.
- •Mark two or three clues "off limits after 4pm" if you have quiet zones.
- •Award a creativity bonus through the judge panel for photos that make you laugh.