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Modern scavenger hunts don’t use clipboards or printed clues. They use live maps, smartphones, and real-world locations to turn entire cities into playable game boards. Chicken Rush is a good example of how this works in practice.
A GPS scavenger hunt is a game played outdoors where teams move around a city using their phones. The game shows locations, challenges, and other players on a live map. Teams earn points by reaching locations, completing tasks, and submitting evidence.
In Chicken Rush specifically, one or two players act as the “Chicken” - hiding in public venues - while everyone else hunts them down, completes challenges, and competes on a live leaderboard.
Chicken Rush runs entirely in the browser, so players don’t need to download an app. Under the hood, it uses:
Join a team: Players are grouped into small teams (usually 4–6 people).
Move through the city: Use the map to navigate between locations and track the Chicken.
Unlock challenges: Get close enough to a location and tasks unlock automatically.
Submit evidence: Complete challenges by answering questions or uploading photos and videos.
Score points: The Chicken reviews submissions, awards points, and the leaderboard updates live.
Traditional paper scavenger hunts rely on trust and manual scoring. GPS scavenger hunts are more dynamic:
Locations are verified automatically, cheating is harder, and features like live scoring, time limits, and even in-game “weapons” (used to disrupt other teams) add strategy that paper hunts simply can’t support.
GPS scavenger hunts work particularly well for large groups, team-building events, socials, and public games where dozens - sometimes hundreds - of people can play at once. That’s why they’re often used as an alternative to escape rooms, especially when space, scale, or flexibility matter.