About
A browser-based AR Scavenger Hunt — pick a city, follow the clues, and meet the Curiositters along the way.
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 camera overlay to navigate. No app to install — just a walk, a puzzle, and a story at each stop.
How it works
Pick a hunt
Browse the hunts by city or neighborhood. Each one is a 3–15 stop continuous walk.
Solve the clue
Every stop is a short written puzzle pointing at a specific spot — a mural, a bronze plaque, a particular stairwell.
Walk there
GPS confirms when you've arrived. Stuck? Text hints add a small time penalty; the AR compass and map come after them, once the hunt is unlocked.
Finish & collect
Every stop you crack releases a Curiositter into your Bestiary. Finish a hunt and your time also lands on the public board.
What it costs
Preview 1–3 stops free (clue + hints) on every hunt. Unlocking adds the rest of the stops, the AR camera, the map, and Curiositter collecting. Short hunts $2.99, full 13-stop hunts $4.99, $11.99 city bundles, or $9.99/mo All Access unlocks everything. See pricing for the full breakdown.
50 to collect
Every stop releases a magical creature — common, uncommon, rare, or legendary — into your personal Bestiary. Each one's lore stays locked until you find it.
Who's behind it
A small group of people who like walking, puzzles, and weird bits of local history. Hunts are authored by volunteers and playtested before they go live.
Cities we cover
From Denver, Boulder, Golden, and Highlands Ranch up the Front Range to Boston and Cambridge in MA, the Wyoming and Yellowstone loop, plus hunts in Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia, DC, Orlando, and more. Full list on the hunts page.
Want a hunt in your city?
Two ways to help make that happen:
- Suggest a city. Email us and tell us where you'd play. Clusters of requests for the same place are usually where we go next.
- Author one yourself. Hunts are defined in plain YAML — one file per hunt, one block per stop. If you know your neighborhood and can write a decent clue, you can author a hunt. Email us and we'll walk you through it.
FAQ
Do I need an account?
To browse hunts and read about stops, no. To actually play (track progress, climb the leaderboard, submit photo challenges), yes — a basic email + password account is enough. We only store what's needed to run the game.
Does it work on iPhone / Android?
Yes. City Seekers runs in any modern browser and can be "installed" as a PWA from Safari or Chrome so it gets its own icon on your home screen. The install prompt appears on first visit once the site determines your browser supports it.
What if GPS doesn't work well at a stop?
Urban canyons and thick tree cover can throw GPS off by 10–50m. Each stop has a radius (typically 20–100m) to absorb that. If a stop is consistently unreachable, email us with the hunt slug and stop name — we'll re-tune the radius or the coordinates.
Can I play offline?
Partially. Once you've loaded a hunt page, the PWA caches the clue text and images. GPS still works offline (it's on your device), but posting a photo or syncing final score needs a network. Start each hunt online for the smoothest run.
Is it safe? Designed for families?
City Seekers is designed for families, but it's an outdoor activity in real public places — we don't and can't guarantee any specific route is safe. Most stops sit on public streets, parks, and plazas, but you're responsible for your own safety: watch for traffic, mind the weather, look up from your phone often, and back out of any stop that feels off. Hunts aren't racecourses — take the time you need. City Seekers is a 13+ game for people living in the United States, meant to be enjoyed by families together: players 13–17 should have a parent's permission, and no one under 13 plays on their own — a child under 13 only plays as a companion alongside a parent or guardian who is present and leading. Read the Assumption of Risk for the full picture, and report any safety concern with a stop via the "Issue with this stop?" link on the hunt page.
How do I report a bug or wrong answer?
Email strangelove@treasureamongus.com with the hunt slug (from the URL) and the stop name or number. A screenshot helps. See the contact page for other questions.