Stuck youth: from playing games to making games

How do you help young people who have reached a dead end to get a job again? Young people who sit at home all day playing games. Lonely, depressed, without self-confidence. What happens if you don't let these young people play games, but let them make games themselves? We believe in these young people and we believe that we can help them get back on their feet!


Our experience as youth workers: working together gives a boost!

We are Wouter and Esther and have organized large national games and events together with young people as youth workers for the past 10 years. We discovered that surprisingly many young people who participated as volunteers had a backpack and learned that participating gave them a boost. The foundation of Breakout Bandits was laid in this youth work.


Our goal: making social impact

​We are a social enterprise whose primary goal is to make a social impact. Making a profit is a secondary goal. We want to offer young people a life-changing experience: They work on new skills by creating games. They learn about their qualities and gain more self-confidence through personal guidance. They build a network of young people who look out for each other, which ensures less loneliness and better mental health. All of this contributes to our goal: We give young people a perspective to take the next step in their lives.


  • Problem: A growing number of young people experience psychological complaints, stress and loneliness. Some of them are stuck at home.
  • Approach: Together with young people we create impactful team building games, in a homely atmosphere, without stress.
  • Target group: Young people and young adults aged 18 to 35 with a creative mindset who have become stuck in society.
  • Guidance: We offer substantive guidance, personal guidance and build a community that looks after each other.


Our team building games

  1. Our games excite and connect . We love to excite people and are happy when players feel more connected to each other during our games. As far as we are concerned, this can go a layer deeper than you might normally be used to with team building.
  2. All games are personalized . We personalize all our games per customer. Players fill out a questionnaire in advance and we process those answers in the game. This way, each customer gets a unique, customized team building game.
  3. Playable anywhere in the world. The game concepts we develop can be characterized as location based team building games. The players have to go outside to play the game. With every step they take with their phone, a next step in the game is activated.


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Vote for Breakout Bandits: more impact for stuck young people by creating team building games together
November 20, 2024

We create our teambuilding games with stuck youngsters. They learn new skills, gain more self-confidence and get perspective again! Are you booking a team outing with us? Then you will make an impact on your team and on our youngsters.


We are currently participating in a social enterprise award, where we can win an audience award of 10,000 euros if we ...

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Breakout Bandits
Experience a hilarious Roadtrip Game with your team
May 27, 2024

Get in your car, complete the challenges and collect hints about the location of the flag. The team that finds the flag first wins the game!


We make the game super personal by asking players in advance to fill out a questionnaire. We incorporate the answers from the questionnaire into the challenges. It results in a unique, tailor-made game in which ...

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Discover the possibilities of a Location Based App for your location
February 29, 2024

What would you do if you could buy an abandoned Italian village? Not just one or two houses, but an entire village and the entire valley! 🏡🌄


Leonard got that opportunity more than 10 years ago and, together with his partners, seized it with both hands. They involved local residents from the valley to convert the old houses into beautiful apartments ...

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Bring on the rain! We are ready with Capture The Flag Indoor
December 11, 2023

Rainy days can seriously disrupt your plans for a team outing or family day and cause a lot of stress during the preparation. Now that autumn has fully started, we introduce Capture The Flag Indoor. The indoor version puts a unique twist on the classic game. No more rain ponchos or soaked shoes. You can enjoy the excitement indoors and ...

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Road trip Down Memory Lane (Frank and Myriam - married 25 years)
May 29, 2023

I lie on the lookout in a strategic, concealed position. My shelter is an old camper from which I wait for a sign of life on the other side. It's almost time, I see a blue ball slowly moving in my direction on my phone.


This morning Frank and Myriam left their home for a Roadtrip Down Memory Lane. They have ...

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Surprise road trip Esther (40 years old)
September 18, 2022

Esther was surprised for her 40th birthday with a 6-day surprise road trip! She drove through Europe in a camper for almost a week. Every day she met a new friend, with whom she had an adventure. It turned out to be a road trip full of surprises, with a romantic ending on her birthday. When she came home after ...

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Surprise road trips: Give an unexpected adventure as a gift!
February 23, 2023

Are you looking for a gift? Think outside the (gift) box. Surprise your friends, family or colleagues. Gift an unexpected adventure! Check out our surprise road trips and get inspired to give your loved ones an experience they will never forget.


More information can be found at https://www.breakoutbandits.com/nl/surprise-roadtrips/

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