Adventure City Games Inc.

What Adventure City Games Inc. does

Adventure City Games Inc. is a privately held, Montreal-based company founded in 2020 that designs and operates story-driven outdoor urban adventure games played via smartphone browser, with no app installation required. Its core product consists of 13+ distinct narrative-led missions across six Canadian cities (Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Quebec City, Ottawa, and Calgary), in which groups walk real city streets solving clues and puzzles tied to local landmarks and characters; games are delivered via emailed activation links, valid for 12 months, and available in both English and French. The platform supports team-based scoring, difficulty tiers (with completion rates ranging from 58% to 89%), and team sizes from 2 to over 100 through sub-team splits.

The company's business model is a direct-to-consumer, self-serve e-commerce model with per-player transaction pricing starting at $21.99 (taxes included) and volume discounts scaling to 20% off at 100 players. It also sells digital gift cards in 2-, 4-, and 6-player denominations. Go-to-market is product-led and content-led: customers purchase through the website without sales interaction, and the company drives demand via SEO-optimized city landing pages, a blog, organic social, TripAdvisor visibility (Travelers' Choice 2025 in three cities), and earned media in outlets such as BlogTO and Narcity. The customer base spans social/consumer groups (friends, families, tourists) and corporate team-building, with reference logos including Google, Accenture, L'Oréal, Suncor, and Red Cross, and 500+ Canadian corporate teams cited.

Adventure City Games is incorporated in Quebec and appears to be independently operated and bootstrapped: no funding rounds, institutional investors, M&A activity, or executive team information are disclosed. Its competitive positioning rests on a proprietary content library, bilingual delivery, a frictionless no-app browser experience, and a dominant footprint in the Canadian urban adventure category. The technology stack is intentionally lean, relying on Stripe for payments, OpenStreetMap for mapping, and Google Analytics for traffic measurement, with no AI/ML capabilities referenced in the available materials.

Name

Adventure City Games Inc.

Legal name

Adventure City Games Inc.

Website

https://adventurecitygames.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Adventure City Games Inc. is a Montreal-based company founded in 2020 that creates story-driven urban adventure games played via smartphone browser across 6 Canadian cities, serving both consumer groups and corporate team-building customers through a self-serve, direct-to-consumer platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Outdoor Urban Adventure Experiences

NAICS

Amusement Parks and Arcades (7131)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Adventure Sports & Activity Centers (Paragliding, Surf Schools, Guided Activities) (THAAAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Adventure & Outdoor Local Operators (Trekking/Safari/Diving) (THAKAEAF)

Keywords

• Urban adventure games
• Outdoor puzzle experiences
• Walking tour games
• City exploration activities
• Outdoor team building

Headquarters

HQ city

Montreal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Per-Player Adventure Bookings: Customers purchase individual adventure tickets priced per player. Group pricing includes volume discounts: 2 players get 10% off, 25 players get 15% off, and 100 players get 20% off. Each ticket grants a single play-through of one selected game, valid for 12 months from purchase. Gift cards in 2-player, 4-player, and 6-player denominations are also sold, functioning as prepaid bookings for any city.
2. Corporate Team Building Bookings: Corporate groups purchase group bookings for team-building activities. The platform supports large group splits (teams of 4–8), staggered starts, and provides invoice capabilities for enterprise HR and event planners. Pricing follows the same per-player model with volume discounts for larger groups.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Adventure City Games Inc. creates and sells story-driven outdoor urban adventure games played via smartphone browser. Players walk through real city neighborhoods in 6 Canadian cities, solving clues and puzzles tied to city landmarks, with no app download required. The company also offers corporate team-building packages and digital gift cards as ancillary paid offerings.

Product overview

Adventure City Games Inc. offers a portfolio of story-driven outdoor urban adventure games played via smartphone browser across six Canadian cities: Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Quebec City, Ottawa, and Calgary. The core product consists of timed urban adventures where teams of 2-100+ players walk through real city neighborhoods solving puzzles and following narrative clues. Each city offers 2-3 distinct themed adventures ranging from beginner-friendly to most challenging difficulty levels. The company also sells digital gift cards (available in 2, 4, and 6-player tiers) and provides team-building packages for corporate groups. All games are accessible via email link without app installation, valid for 12 months after purchase, and support both English and French languages.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Urban Adventures Story-driven outdoor urban adventure games played via smartphone browser. Players walk through Canadian city neighborhoods following clues and solving puzzles to complete missions. No app download required; games are accessible via email link for 12 months after purchase and available in both English and French.
• Team Building Activities Outdoor team-building adventures designed for corporate groups. Features include flexible team sizes of 4-8 players, competitive team modes, no-facilitator required format, and invoicing for corporate planners. Used by HR teams, event planners, and team leads at enterprises such as Google, Accenture, L'Oréal, Suncor, and the Red Cross.
• Gift Cards Digital gift cards available in three tiers: 2-player ($43.99), 4-player ($87.98), and 6-player ($131.97). Gift cards are delivered as a PDF via email within minutes of purchase, valid for 12 months, and allow recipients to choose their city and adventure.
• Bloody Mystery in Calgary Story-driven adventure in Calgary where players investigate a web of family secrets through downtown following the clues of a murdered oil magnate.
• Panic in Old Toronto Beginner-friendly adventure in Old Toronto where players thwart a cyber heist threatening the Toronto Stock Exchange with the help of a reformed hacker. 81% completion rate.
• Abductions at the Distillery District Most challenging Toronto adventure (58% completion rate) in which players investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in the iconic Distillery District alongside detective Barbara La Chance. Available in English and French versions.
• Terror in Old Montreal Beginner-friendly adventure (77% completion rate) in Montreal's historic streets where players decode ancient secrets.
• Desolation in Gastown Beginner-friendly adventure (85% completion rate) in historic Gastown, Vancouver, where players help rookie cop Sam Crofty track down a criminal threatening to burn down the city.
• Mystery Tulips in Ottawa Moderate mystery adventure in Ottawa's Centretown where players investigate a wave of mysterious disappearances linked to tulip placements.
• Diabolical Plots in Old Quebec Moderate Hitchcock-inspired mystery in Old Quebec where players help detective Malden prevent a murder by decoding cryptic clues from a priest's anonymous confession. Available in English and French.

Quantifiable outcome

• Games are designed to be completable: completion rates range from 58% (most challenging) to 89% (beginner-friendly)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationStripe is used as the payment processing platform for all transactions on the Adventure City Games website. Secure payment processing handles credit card transactions (Visa, MasterCard, American Express) with encrypted data transmission. Stripe is described as powering secure payments for Amazon, Uber, and millions of businesses globally.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• CityHunt: CityHunt runs smartphone-based urban scavenger hunts for corporate team-building and private groups in select U.S. cities. It is a smaller, more regionally focused competitor with significant product and target-customer overlap with Adventure City Games.

Broad incumbents

• Viator (Tripadvisor): Viator is Tripadvisor's tours-and-activities marketplace. Given Adventure City Games' TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice recognition, Viator represents both an adjacent distribution channel and a competitive marketplace for urban activity bookings.
• GetYourGuide: GetYourGuide is a global OTA for tours, attractions, and activities. It overlaps with Adventure City Games on urban-activity discovery and booking for travelers, and could either compete directly or serve as a future distribution partner for self-guided city adventures.
• Airbnb Experiences: Airbnb Experiences is a global marketplace for bookable, host-led local activities and tours. It competes with Adventure City Games for tourist and group activity demand, and represents both a competitive channel and a potential distribution surface for similar self-guided urban adventures.
• The Escape Game: The Escape Game is a U.S.-based chain of physical escape-room venues offering team-based puzzle experiences. It competes with Adventure City Games for the same group/corporate team-building customer spend, though delivery is indoor facility-based rather than mobile urban.

Direct peers

• GooseChase: GooseChase is a scavenger-hunt and team-building platform that lets organizations run mobile-based location-based games for groups and corporate teams. It is the closest direct competitor to Adventure City Games, sharing the same browser/app-based scavenger-hunt format, team-scoring mechanics, and corporate team-building target customer.
• Action Tour Guide: Action Tour Guide offers self-guided audio driving and walking tours via smartphone. Its self-guided, location-based urban exploration model is directly comparable to Adventure City Games' browser-based missions, even though its content leans toward historical/narrative tours rather than puzzle-solving.
• Strayboots: Strayboots operates self-guided scavenger hunts and team-building activities in multiple cities, targeting both consumer groups and corporate clients. Its product overlap with Adventure City Games — location-based urban puzzles for groups and team-building — is direct, and it competes for the same corporate accounts in North America.
• Urban Adventures: Urban Adventures is a tour operator specializing in small-group, locally-led urban experiences and themed walks across many global cities. It overlaps with Adventure City Games on the city-exploration activity format and the tourist/local-resident target market, though it is guide-led rather than self-guided.
• Watson Adventures: Watson Adventures runs scavenger hunts for corporate team-building, private groups, and tourists in multiple U.S. cities. It overlaps with Adventure City Games on the urban hunt format, the corporate and tourist customer segments, and the in-person, facilitator-free model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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