Ghosts of Sydney Self-Guided City Exploration Game

Explore Sydney's darkest corners in a self-guided city exploration game that blends a tour, outdoor escape game, and treasure hunt.

Getting started

Download the Questo app on your phone and access your self-guided city exploration game using the details in your booking confirmation. Start the experience in central Sydney when it suits you, then follow the in-app directions and clues at your own pace. You can pause the game at any time and rely on 24/7 customer support if you need technical help.

What to expect

Hyde Park Barracks

Hyde Park Barracks is one of the key stops on your Ghosts of Sydney route, tied to the city’s darker chapters. You will reach it by following story-driven clues that guide you through nearby streets and open spaces.

Features

• Follow the hybrid tour, escape game, and treasure hunt format on your phone as you arrive here, using location-based tasks in the Questo app instead of a tour guide. The game prompts you to observe details around Hyde Park Barracks to unlock the next part of the route.
• Engage with a uniquely crafted story about Sydney's gruesome unsolved murders that is anchored to this site, revealing how real events and eerie urban legends intersect in this part of the city.
• Reach out through the app for 24/7 customer support if you run into any issues progressing to the next challenge or solving a clue at this stop.

Angel Place

Angel Place features on your route as a contrasting, tucked-away corner of the city connected to the narrative. The story leads you here from previous locations as you piece together clues about unexplained murders.

Features

• Use the city exploration game on your phone using the Questo app to navigate into Angel Place, solving puzzle-like prompts that make you look closely at this laneway and its lesser-known features.
• Continue the story about Sydney's gruesome unsolved murders as new chapters unlock here, deepening the mystery and pushing you to connect what you have learned from earlier locations.
• Benefit from the self-guided city exploration game format, which lets you linger or move on whenever you are ready, with no fixed schedule and no need for entry tickets to attractions.

Robert Brough Memorial Fountain

The Robert Brough Memorial Fountain is another highlighted waypoint that ties directly into the ghostly storyline. You will arrive after completing earlier challenges, watching the narrative evolve with each correct answer.

Features

• Interact with the hybrid tour, escape game, and treasure hunt mechanics as you explore the Robert Brough Memorial Fountain area, using environmental clues and on-screen hints to unlock your next objective.
• Learn how this memorial connects to the broader tale of Sydney’s most gruesome and unexplained murders, with atmospheric text prompts that frame the fountain and surrounding streets as part of the mystery.
• Play entirely on your own using the city exploration game on your phone, without a tour guide, while knowing that 24/7 customer support is available in the background if you need assistance at any point in the route.