Utrecht Self-Guided City Exploration Game: Monster Chase

Explore Utrecht with a self-guided monster chase city game that lets you solve clues and unlock stories at your own pace.

Getting started

After booking, unlock your self-guided city exploration game in the Questo app using your booking number and email, then download the app and log in with the same address. Start the Monster Chase Through Utrecht at any hour you prefer, using your smartphone with mobile internet to begin the first clue and set off into the city.

What to expect

Dom Tower

The route of your Monster Chase city game leads you past Utrecht's Dom Tower, the city’s most iconic landmark. As you reach this area, the game folds the tower and its surroundings into the monster story through on-screen prompts.

Features

• Clue-solving challenges here help you unlock secret stories about the Dom Tower and nearby houses, churches, and museums, adding context to the cityscape around you.
• This segment is part of a fully self-guided game with no map or guide, so you navigate by following the clues instead of GPS or printed routes.
• Flexible start time and self-paced gameplay let you pause the quest near the Dom Tower and resume later, with no time limit controlling how long you stay in the area.
• The self-guided city exploration game is playable anytime after booking without rescheduling, and children have free access, making it easy to include them in this stop.

Mariaplaats

Your city route continues to Mariaplaats, a central square that appears as another location in the Monster Chase storyline. The game uses this setting to reveal more of Utrecht’s character as you progress from clue to clue.

Features

• Clue-solving challenges at Mariaplaats invite you to look closely at the square and its surroundings, helping you discover hidden gems without the need for a map, GPS, or guide.
• As you solve each task, you find out memorable stories of the city tied to this square, with each correct answer unlocking new pieces of the narrative.
• The experience remains entirely self-paced here, allowing you to take a break at any time in Mariaplaats and resume the quest when you are ready.
• Since Wi-Fi and a physical tour guide are not included, you rely on your smartphone’s mobile internet and the in-app instructions to continue through this part of the route.

Pandhof Domkerk

Another key stop on the route is Pandhof Domkerk, a historic cloister garden beside the cathedral. The Monster Chase game integrates this peaceful courtyard into its puzzle trail, turning its corners into checkpoints in your quest.

Features

• At Pandhof Domkerk, clue-solving challenges reveal secret stories connected to the cloister and surrounding churches, reinforcing the theme of discovering hidden sides of Utrecht.
• Visiting Pandhof Domkerk as part of the city route means you see one of Utrecht’s notable religious spaces while staying inside the playful framework of the Monster Chase.
• The self-guided city exploration game design lets you move through Pandhof Domkerk and the rest of the route at your own pace, with no fixed end time for completing the quest.
• Because the experience is free for kids and structured as a self-guided game, families can explore this stop together, using a single smartphone with sufficient battery and mobile internet.