GhostRunreal-world chase
Host-set play areas · Android-first

Your circle.
Your game board.

GhostRun is a real-world chase game for crews of up to 20. The host stands anywhere, sets a 100–2,000 m circle from their precise location, and players get a secret role. Run, hide and outsmart with no contact.

3 modes 20 players max 40 minutes 2 km max radius 0 contact
Play areaSet by the host
HOST LOCATION · ANYWHERE 100–2,000 m radius Play boundary Centered on the host’s precise location
Match window40 minutes
0live or open rooms
Host must be inside the circle to start Play area
The premise

Hide in plain sight.
Trust the map.
Don’t trust your friends.

Every hunt is played inside a circle the host sets from their current location. Roads, rail, water and private property are not automatically excluded — hosts and players are responsible for choosing lawful ground.

No costumes, no props, no physical contact. The chase is a virtual tag confirmed by proximity, and the server keeps the boundary honest.

1–3hunters, server-assigned
10 sradar refresh
5 ssonar ping
100–2,000 mhost radius
Three ways to play

Pick your kind of trouble.

Every mode uses the same host-set circle and the same secret-role start. What changes is who is chasing whom — and how the match can turn.

01 / Elimination30–45 min

Elimination

The classic. Shadows scatter, hunters work as a team, and every tag takes one more runner out of the match.

2–20 players · server-assigned huntersRules
02 / Infection30–40 min

Infection

One runner starts infected. Every tag grows the hunt. The last clean shadows have to survive until the whistle.

2–20 players · one patient zeroRules
03 / Capture & Rescue40 min

Capture & Rescue

Tagged shadows go to a jail beacon. Their crew can bring them back with a hold-to-rescue — if they dare cross the circle.

2–20 players · jail + rescueRules
How it works

Forty minutes.
One good story.

Arrive with a charged phone and shoes you can run in. We handle the roles, the map, the clock and the safety brief. You handle the betrayal.

01 / SET

Choose the ground

The host opens Create room, localizes their precise position, and sets the circle. Players join with the room code and check their own GPS accuracy before starting.

02 / REVEAL

Get your role

Your phone reveals Hunter or Shadow privately. Teams are balanced by the server, not by the loudest person in the group.

03 / HUNT

Read the radar

Hunters get a compass sector and distance band, never a live exact position. Sonar and abilities tighten the picture at the right moment.

04 / DEBRIEF

Compare stories

The whistle ends the match. Results, captures and the best escape land in the app before you leave the area.

Safety first, obviously

A game that knows where the game ends.

A public space is still a public space before it is a game board. The circle is the only enforced boundary. Hosts must choose safe, lawful ground and players must follow local rules.

  • 01

    No contact. Ever.

    A tag is a proximity check on both phones. You never need to touch another player.

    Virtual tag
  • 02

    The circle is the boundary.

    Leaving the play area for longer than the 5 or 10 second grace removes you from the match. Roads, rail, water and private property still require judgment.

    Boundary
  • 03

    Hosts choose the ground.

    Use open, familiar, well-lit areas and a radius appropriate for the number of players. Local rules and whoever manages the ground always take priority.

    Host
  • 04

    Leave whenever you need.

    The exit is always one tap away. No penalty, no questions, no pressure to keep playing.

    Exit
Host-set play areas

Your circle.
Any lawful ground.

The host stands where the game should happen, localizes their precise position and chooses a radius from 100 to 2,000 meters. The server uses that circle for warnings, eliminations and captures.

100 mminimum
500 mdefault
2 kmmaximum
5/10 soutside grace
Host-set circleCentered on the host’s current location
Play boundary · server-authoritative circle Illustration · not a live map
Club board

Names already on the board.

This is the live leaderboard from the GhostRun database. If it is empty, no one has finished onboarding yet — we will not invent a top five.

No ranked players yet.

The first completed hunt writes the first line. Join the waitlist to be there for it.

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Get the app · waitlist

The hunt fits in your pocket.

GhostRun is Android-first at launch. Join the waitlist for host-set hunts in your area. No spam, no fake countdown, no app-store promise we cannot keep.

Android app · waitlist open · 0 on the list

GhostRun app home screen in the approved Softplay design
Home · app design reference
GhostRun live hunt map screen in the approved Softplay design
Live hunt · app design reference