Walk your city.
Crack the clues.
Find the story.

Real-world AR Scavenger Hunts you play from your browser. No app to install — just a walk, a puzzle, an Augmented Reality compass, and a story at every stop.

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City Seekers is a browser-based AR Scavenger Hunt. You pick a city, follow a trail of written clues to real-world landmarks, and use GPS plus an Augmented Reality (AR) compass overlay to navigate — turn your phone toward the next stop and a guidance arrow floats over the live camera feed. Every hunt ends with history, trivia, or a photo challenge — the kind of thing locals walk past every day without ever knowing.

How it works

Pick a hunt

Browse hunts by city or neighborhood. Each one is a continuous walk of 3–15 stops.

Solve the clue

Every stop gives you a short puzzle pointing at a specific spot — a mural, a plaque, a particular stairwell.

Walk there

GPS confirms when you've arrived. Stuck? Text hints, an AR compass, and a map unlock in escalating order.

Unlock the story

Each arrival reveals history, trivia, or a photo challenge. Finish the hunt and your time lands on the live board.

Difficulty levels

Hunt difficulty controls how much navigation help is available while you solve clues. Click any Easy, Medium, or Hard tag around the site to come back here.

Easy

Relaxed exploring

Map and AR compass guidance are available whenever you want them. Best for families, visitors, and first-time players.

 Medium

A clue-first walk

The map remains available, but the AR compass only unlocks once you are within 2,000 ft of the next stop.

 Hard

Puzzle-first mode

No map shortcut appears during play, and the AR compass waits until you are within 1,000 ft of the target.

What's the AR part?

AR stands for Augmented Reality — digital guidance painted on top of the real world.

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Live camera view

When you tap a stop, the rear camera turns on and an Augmented Reality compass arrow overlays the live view, pointing you toward the next clue. A gentle "you're close" beep gets louder as you approach, and a treasure-chest animation pops out of the ground when you arrive — a Curiositter leaps out of the chest and joins your collection. The kind of thing you'll walk an extra block to see again.

Don't want to use the camera? AR is optional. Solve the clue with your eyes and GPS alone, and the hunt still works the same way.

Collect Curiositters

Every stop you crack releases a magical creature called a Curiositter. There are 50 to find.

Arrive at a stop and the chest pops out of the ground — a Curiositter leaps out and joins your Bestiary. Common, uncommon, rare, and legendary. Each one's lore stays locked until you've found it.

Browse the Bestiary →

50 Curiositters to find — some very rare.

Three flavors of hunt

Every hunt belongs to one of three formats. Pick the one that fits your day.

Pearl Street Mall in Boulder
Quick

Short hunt · 5 stops

A tight loop through one neighborhood. Three opening clues cluster together; solving any one unlocks the next, then the finale. About 30–60 minutes.

Denver Union Station at sunset
Classic

Standard hunt · 13 stops

A full city walk — twelve clues spread across a district, plus a finale that unlocks once you’ve completed any ten of them. Half a day, easy.

Phone camera pointed at a city building during an outdoor clue walk
Marathon

Anytown hunt · 30+ stops

Universal templates resolved per city: the chain coffee on Main Street, the park named for a president. First 3 stops free; the rest unlock with a city pack.

Stuck on a stop?

Help escalates from gentle nudge to full giveaway, in this order. The clue is always free; everything else costs you a bit of time.

  1. Clue Free A short, atmospheric puzzle pointing at the spot.
  2. Hint 1 +2 min A creative nudge — thematic or sensory, no street name yet.
  3. Hint 2 +2 min More grounded: a neighborhood, a landmark, cross-streets.
  4. AR compass After hints An on-screen arrow pointing at the target as you walk.
  5. Map Last resort The exact location pinned. The puzzle is over — just go.

Where you can play

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Treasure map, compass, and worn paper laid out on a wooden table

Ready to start walking?

Pick a city, grab a friend, leave the headphones at home.

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