Treasure hunts make great stories, so it’s no surprise they are all over popular culture. Since the first stories were created it has become a genre and there have been countless books, films, TV shows and video games about searching for treasure.
Treasure hunts are perfect vehicles to give a narrative mystery, intrigue, history and conflict. There are many lost treasures from legend that can provide inspiration for historical or other works of fiction.
Goodreads has a section that lists 764 treasure hunting books, the Internet Movie Database has 440 titles tagged with ‘Treasure Hunt’ and Wikipedia has a category for Treasure Hunt Films. Did you know the classic Treasure Island has been made into a film at least five times, in 1934, 1950, 1990, 1999 and 2012! Six times if you include Muppet Treasure Island (1996)!
Did you know the classic Treasure Island has been made into a film at least five times!
There are many, many video games where a treasure hunt is included, however the most prominent games that revolve around the hunt are the Tomb Raider and Uncharted series. Both games became massive franchises.
