Scavaro for families

Scavaro is an indoor scavenger hunt game for kids that you play on your TV with one remote. Here's how to use it for rainy days, playdates, birthday parties and "I'm bored" afternoons.

At a glance

  • Everyone plays on one screen. A challenge appears on the TV and is read aloud. Everyone searches the house and races back with something that matches.
  • Race or team up. Keep score for a friendly competition, or turn scoring off and hunt together.
  • Little ones to grown-ups. Picture challenges for preschoolers, tricky thinking challenges for older kids and adults.
  • Private by design. No accounts, ads or tracking. Player names and saved games stay on your device.

What you need

Set up a game

From the home screen, choose New Game, then set each option with the arrow buttons on the remote (or tap it on a tablet):

  1. Where: Home. Scavaro picks challenges that make sense around the house.
  2. Difficulty. Pick the level that suits your players (see Choosing a difficulty). Playing with a mix of ages? Choose Mixed.
  3. Packs. Choose one or more packs to play with. See the packs below.
  4. Keep score. Turn it on for a race, or leave it off to play as a team (see Two ways to play).
  5. Game length. Choose 5, 10 or 20 rounds, or Endless to keep going until everyone's worn out.
  6. Start. If you're keeping score, you'll name your players first. The How to Play screen comes up next. Go over the rules together, then choose Start Hunt.

Two ways to play

Race each other

Turn Keep score on and choose 2 to 8 players. Each player picks an animal character, like a fox, panda or unicorn, and can add a name if they like. When someone gets back with a match, press OK and choose who found it. The scoreboard keeps track, and the player with the most finds wins. If the wrong person got the point, choose Correct round to fix it.

Lots of kids at a party? Make teams and give each team one player.

Hunt as a team

Leave Keep score off and everyone works together. It's great for little ones, siblings who are far apart in age, or anyone who'd rather not have a winner and a loser. At the end, Scavaro shows how many things you found together.

Playing the hunt

Before you start

During the game

OKSomeone found a match! Celebrate, then go to the next round. Right buttonSkip to a new challenge (Scavaro asks you to confirm). Skip anything that doesn't suit your home. Left buttonHear the challenge again. BackPause the game. From the pause menu, Change challenges switches the difficulty, and you can turn narration off.

Some challenges come with a safety note, like "Ask a grown-up before opening the fridge." If you need to stop, Scavaro saves your game, scores included. Choose Resume Game next time to carry on.

Ideas for playing at home

Choosing a difficulty

EasyAbout ages 3–5. A picture shows exactly what to find. MediumAbout ages 5–8. Colors, shapes and kinds of things. HardAges 8 and up. Thinking and creative challenges, often with no single right answer. MixedAll ages. Easy, Medium and Hard in turn.

The packs

Scavaro has more than 500 challenges for playing at home, in packs you can mix and match. What's inside each one? That's for you to find out.

Everyday is free. Every other pack comes with Full Access, a single one-time purchase. There's also a Classroom Hunt pack for schools; see our guide for teachers.

Your family's privacy

Scavaro has no accounts, ads or tracking. Player names and saved games stay on your device, and you can erase them any time with Settings → Clear local data. See our Privacy Policy for details.

Questions or ideas?

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Questions, problems or ideas for new challenges

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