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ADVENTURE · BIG GAME / MARATHON
Midnight on Hold
One minute to midnight, and the clock has stopped
70-90 min (Big Game) or 50-60 min play time across 1-5 days (Marathon) · 4-10,000 players (4-10 per team, 4-6 plays best)
Pay by card at booking · Confirmed in 2 hours
GETTING IN
Easy to join, no setup needed
Three things to know before your team plays.
Any device
Laptop, desktop, tablet, or phone — same experience across screens.
Recommended browsers
Chrome or Safari for stable performance. Disable VPN if you experience connectivity issues.
THE STORY
What awaits your team
New Year's Eve, 11:59 PM. The airship Aurelia is making the last gift run of the year when a blizzard forces it down on Clock Island. The Great Clock that rings in the new year has stopped, and the island's facilities manager, Inspector Snorri, a giant snow robot, won't sign off on the new year until every box is checked.
Your team is Santa's special squad. Cross the island, dig the holiday sparks out of the Ice Mines, thaw out the clock and get it ticking again, then catch Snorri and get that signature before midnight.
Rudi the reindeer, who flies the airship. Lola, keeper of the old year, and Zoya, the new year's intern. A patrol of snowman guards. And Inspector Snorri, who approves nothing without the right stamp.
Get the clock to strike twelve. Or ring in the new year filling out forms on a frozen island.
TEAM ROLES
Everyone plays a different part
Each player gets a role with an ability nobody else has, so the team only gets through when every role pulls its weight.
Engineer
Lantern. A string of holiday lights that brightens anything dark.
Patches up machinery with duct tape, lights up the cave, fixes the generator and gets the clock running.
Navigator
Reveal. Sees what stays hidden from everyone else.
Spots the torn-up map, secret symbols, weak ice and the sheet music for the chimes, then talks the team through them.
Guardian
Shield. A punch bowl that blocks and smashes.
Deflects snowballs, breaks up ice blocks and thaws out frozen teammates.
Courier
Dash. Moves at double speed.
Crosses thin ice first without falling through and rushes key items to wherever they are needed.
Roles switch every stage, so everyone gets a turn at each one. If a player drops out, a teammate picks up their role and the stage keeps going.
GAME STAGES
Inside the experience — 4 stages
Stage 1
Soft Landing
The Aurelia is down and the island is buried in snow. Piece the torn-up map back together from scraps only the Navigator can see, get through the turnstile, smash the ice blocks in the way, and send the Courier across the thin ice before anyone else steps on it. Get the generator running to light the way inland.
Stage 2
The Ice Mines
The holiday sparks are frozen in storage deep underground. Raise the elevator counterweight, build a bridge out of ice floes, talk a teammate through a maze they can't see, and call out the airlock code. Two players break the seals at the exact same second, then the team flips the track switches to bring the cart of sparks up.
Stage 3
Inside the Clock
The clockwork is frozen solid. Pump hot cocoa through the pipes, brake the runaway gears, steer the pendulum car with three players at the controls, and lock every spring at once. Then play the midnight chimes from the sheet music and face Snorri's review board, where the whole team votes on each answer.
Stage 4
Race to Midnight
Snorri makes a run for it, and the team chases him down in the Aurelia. Fly through the strings of lights, pass the spark down the line, knock his DENIED folders out of the air with double stamp shots, and close in around him. When the clock strikes twelve, Lola hands the keys to Zoya, Snorri shows up with an APPROVED cake, and your team sets off the fireworks.
TEAM CHALLENGES
What your team actually does
Every task in the game is built for a group. Puzzles, traps, interviews and boss fights are tuned so no one clears them alone — someone has to spot it, someone has to say it, and everyone has to act on it.
- Stage 1Torn-up mapby voice
- Stage 1Two-person liftin pairs
- Stage 1Thin icescouting
- Stage 1Dark caveco-op
- Stage 1Ice blocksco-op
- Stage 1Turnstile cableco-op
- Stage 2Elevator counterweightco-op
- Stage 2Ice-floe bridgein pairs
- Stage 2Blind mazeby voice
- Stage 2Airlock codeby voice
- Stage 2Break the seals togetherin sync
- Stage 2Track switchesco-op
- Stage 3Hot cocoa pipelineco-op
- Stage 3Gear brakein pairs
- Stage 3Pendulum car controlsthree at once
- Stage 3Tikki's springswhole team
- Stage 3Midnight chimesby voice
- Stage 3Snorri's review boardteam vote
- Stage 4Airship stationsco-op
- Stage 4Double stamp shotin sync
- Stage 4Spark relayrelay
- Stage 4Circle around Snorriwhole team
- Stage 4Happy New Year fireworkswhole team
Two ways to play Midnight on Hold
Pick how your team experiences the activity. Each format has its own flow.
LIVE FORMAT
Big Game
Pick this if your team has a single moment to gather.
- Length
- 70–90 minutes
- Players
- Up to 10,000 in one live session
- Setup
- Single Zoom + live host + in-game chat
- Best for
- Quarterly all-hands · Holiday parties · Kickoffs
How it unfolds
Connection
Schedule + custom landing page with join button.
Intro & teams
Host welcomes, divides into teams. ~5 min.
Gameplay
Players solve puzzles in the 2D world via in-game chat.
Wrap-up & analytics
Top teams celebrated. HR receives detailed analytics on team performance.
ASYNC FORMAT
Game Marathon
Pick this if your team is distributed across time zones.
- Length
- 1–5 days window
- Players
- Up to 10,000 — team or solo play
- Setup
- Self-onboarded via platform + in-game chat
- Best for
- Distributed teams · Onboarding cohorts · Multi-region offices
How it unfolds
Setup
Schedule window + custom landing page with join link.
Self-onboarding
Pick avatar, play solo or create a team room.
Async play
Progress at own pace. 20-40 min play time per player.
Final scoreboard & analytics
Scoreboard publishes rankings. HR receives detailed analytics.
MAKE IT YOURS
Customize Midnight on Hold for your team
Three add-ons: $1,000, $2,500 and $5,000. Take one, take all three for $7,500.
TYPE 1
Your company on the airship
Your company name goes on the Aurelia's hull, on the gift boxes and in the closing credits, and the holiday lights glow in your brand colors. Every team sees it from the first minute to the fireworks.
TYPE 2
Your departments on the presents
The gifts your team rescues carry your department names, each with its own tongue-in-cheek label. Finance gets a very carefully budgeted present. Sales gets one that overpromises.
TYPE 3
Your leader in the finale
A short video message from your CEO or team lead plays as the clock strikes twelve. It wraps up the year in your own words, while everyone is still smiling.
Most popular for: company anniversaries · Christmas corporate · major team celebrations
PLATFORM
Watch the event happen, while it happens
Big Game, tournament, trivia or a multi-day marathon — it all runs on one platform. You get a dashboard with every number on it; teams get their score and their place in the standings. Below is what that looks like on screen.
Organizer dashboard
Updates as the event runs, so nobody keeps a spreadsheet open on the side.
- How many participants and teams have joined
- How each stage or round is going
- Time and points for every team
- CSV export in one click
Live leaderboard
Teams watch their position move while they play, so the competition holds to the last stage.
- Points across all stages
- Time taken
- Who is leading right now
Moderation and live support
If a participant gets stuck, they ask in the chat on the platform and the host or a moderator answers there.
- Chat open for the whole event
- Hosts review answers and control the pace
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Questions about this game
What HR leads usually ask before booking Midnight on Hold.
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