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The 15 Self-Guided Games Worldwide That Earn Their Hour

124 tours  ·  from $4 a head

Every trip has one free evening. These 15 self-guided games justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part.

Hamburg: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour for Children - Starting at Kornhausbrücke in Speicherstadt
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Hamburg: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour for Children

1.Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour for Children

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 319 reviews · 2h 30m Our pick

You guide your children through Hamburg’s Speicherstadt and port using eight sealed puzzle envelopes. Follow clues from Kornhausbrücke past the Elbphilharmonie area, Magellan Terraces, museum ships, and Landungsbrücken. The box is mailed to you, with no guide on site and freedom to pause or continue another day.

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Dresden: Old Town Self-Guided Scavenger Hunt Tour - Semperoper, Augustusbrücke, and the first clues
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Dresden: Old Town Self-Guided Scavenger Hunt Tour

2.Dresden: Old Town Self-Guided Scavenger Hunt Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 151 reviews · 3h 30m

You’ll guide yourself through Dresden’s Old Town with 11 numbered envelopes containing riddles, directions, and background notes. Start near the Semperoper, then find the Frauenkirche, Dresden Castle, Zwinger, Brühl’s Terrace, and other sights at your own pace. No guide or fixed start time is required.

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Berlin: Self-Guided Family and School Class Scavenger Hunt - Alexanderplatz and the World Clock
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Berlin: Self-Guided Family and School Class Scavenger Hunt

3.Self-Guided Family and School Class Scavenger Hunt

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 128 reviews · 2 hours

Take your family or school class on a self-guided 4.5-kilometer hunt through central Berlin. Starting at Alexanderplatz, you solve eight puzzle envelopes as clues lead to the TV Tower, Cathedral, Museum Island, Brandenburg Gate, and Potsdamer Platz. The mailed box includes directions, facts, and solutions, with no guide or entry fees included.

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Düsseldorf: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour - From Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof into the Japanese Quarter
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Düsseldorf: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour

4.Düsseldorf: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 127 reviews · 3h 30m

You receive a German-language box with 11 numbered envelopes, riddles, directions, facts, and solutions. Start at Düsseldorf’s main train station and follow a self-guided route through the Japanese Quarter, Königsallee, Old Town, Rhine promenade, and Medienhafen. Pause whenever you like.

“Teilweise veraltet. Empfohlene Bäckerei gab es nicht mehr. Nicht so spannend, wie wir es uns erhofft hatten.”

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Leipzig City Centre: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour - Starting at Leipzig Hauptbahnhof
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Leipzig City Centre: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour

5.Leipzig City Centre: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 114 reviews · 3h 30m

You explore Leipzig on foot with 11 sealed puzzle envelopes, opening each one only after solving the previous clue. The route links Augustusplatz, Mädlerpassage, Auerbachs Keller, the Old Stock Exchange, Leipzig’s town hall, St. Thomas Church, and St. Nicholas Church. The game is in German, self-guided, and pause-friendly.

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Weimar: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Walking Tour - How the 11-envelope system works
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Weimar: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Walking Tour

6.Weimar: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 108 reviews

You’ll follow 11 sealed envelopes through Weimar’s historic center, solving easy-to-moderate riddles that reveal the next stop. The route includes the Bauhaus Museum, Goethe and Schiller’s former homes, Anna Amalia Library, the castle, and Ilm Park. The box can be mailed or collected locally, with no guide or fixed start time.

“Sehr gute Zusammenstellung der Schnitzeljagd-Box, um wichtige historische Plätze, Örtlichkeiten, Bauwerke und Personen - auch ohne professionelle Führung - gut kennenlernen zu können und dabei noch Rätselspaß zu haben. Kein besonders schwieriges Rätsel und daher gut zu lösen, auch mit Kindern. Gesuchte Punkte sind gut zu finden. Entfernungen zu den einzelnen Örtlichkeiten sind gut zu erlaufen. Tolle Erläuterungen auf der Rückseite mit viel Wissenswertem zu den erlaufenen Örtlichkeiten. Jederzeit gerne wieder !Read more”

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Romantic Montmartre: Paris Lost Lovers Exploration Game and Tour - From Famous Montmartre to Quieter Corners
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Romantic Montmartre: Paris Lost Lovers Exploration Game and Tour

7.Romantic Montmartre: Paris Lost Lovers Exploration Game and Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 107 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $7

Follow an English-language mobile quest from 57 Boulevard de Clichy to Sacré-Cœur. You’ll solve 11 clues tied to the love story of Q and M, find famous and lesser-known Montmartre spots, and pause for coffee or photos. There is no guide, so download the game before you start.

“It was fun to do with a family. You only need to buy 1 ticket though as you only use 1 phone. We saw things and places we would have not seen without this game.”

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Leipzig: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour for Children - Mädlerpassage, Thomaskirche, and the pleasure of pausing
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Leipzig: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour for Children

8.Leipzig: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour for Children

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 105 reviews · 3 hours

You lead your family through Leipzig with a mailed scavenger hunt box, solving child-friendly riddles at Augustusplatz, the Gewandhaus, Mädlerpassage, Thomaskirche, and Auerbachs Keller. Plan about three hours, pause whenever needed, and note that the game is self-guided, German-language, and does not include attraction tickets.

“Man konnte super seine eigene Zeit wählen und zwischendurch auch mal schnökern”

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Munich: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour for Children - Marienplatz and two town halls
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Munich: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour for Children

9.Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour for Children

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 101 reviews · 2h 30m

You receive a mailed box with eight envelopes of riddles, directions, historical notes, and child-friendly facts. Start at Stachus whenever you like, then solve clues through Munich’s old town, pausing for photos, snacks, or breaks. The route suits families with children ages 6 to 12.

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Vienna: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour - Starting at St. Stephen’s Cathedral
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Vienna: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour

10.Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 83 reviews · 4h 30m

This self-guided Vienna scavenger hunt sends you from St. Stephen’s Cathedral through Graben, Heldenplatz, the Hofburg, Votiv Church, and City Hall. Your mailed box contains 16 numbered envelopes with riddles, directions, facts, and backup solutions. Plan for about four hours, with breaks whenever you like.

“Im Zuge von einem Betriebsausflug haben wir diese Jagd gemacht. War lustig. Wir haben für 12 Stationen 1,5 Stunden gebraucht. Ich denke in 2 Stunden kann man fertig sein.”

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Sibiu Old Town Exploration Game and Self-Guided Tour - Medieval defenses at the fortress walls
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Sibiu Old Town Exploration Game and Self-Guided Tour

11.Sibiu Old Town Exploration Game and Self-Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 82 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.) · from $6Best value

Use the Questo app to solve clues and explore Sibiu’s old town at your own pace. The 90-minute to two-hour route links the Lutheran Cathedral, fortress walls, Bridge of Lies, Brukenthal Museum, Piata Mica, Big Square, and Council Tower. You can pause, wander, and resume without a guide.

“L'application est bien pour découvrir la ville et son histoire, par contre nous sommes restés bloqués sur une étape dont la réponse à la question était casimen introuvable, et pas moyen de continuer en passant à l'étape suivante. Dommage...”

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Berlin: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour - From Alexanderplatz to the TV Tower
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Berlin: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour

12.Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 79 reviews · 5 hours

You guide yourself through central Berlin with 16 envelopes of riddles, directions, facts, and solutions. Start at Alexanderplatz and follow the route to the TV Tower, Museum Island, Brandenburg Gate, Holocaust Memorial, Potsdamer Platz, and Checkpoint Charlie. No guide is included, so you set the pace.

“Die Tour hat uns als Familie einen roten Faden gegeben, um mit Spaß und informativ Berlin Mitte zu besichtigen. Man sollte sich ruhig die Tour auff 2-3 Tage aufteilen und sich Zeit nehmen. Insgesamt ist die Schnitzeljagd gut für Familien mit Jugendlichen geeignet, nicht mit kleineren Kindern.”

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Cologne: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour - Starting at Cologne Central Station
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Cologne: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour

13.Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 78 reviews · 5 hours

You guide yourself through central Cologne with a mailed box of 16 sealed envelopes. Follow clues from the main station to the Cathedral, Old Market, Great St. Martin, and the Rhine. The route takes about five hours, with no live guide or attraction entry included.

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Hamburg: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour around the port - Meeting Störtebeker and moving into HafenCity
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Hamburg: Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour around the port

14.Scavenger Hunt Self-Guided Tour around the port

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 77 reviews · 4h 30m

This self-guided Hamburg harbor hunt sends you from Kornhaus bridge through HafenCity, Speicherstadt, Sandtor port, and the Elbphilharmonie. You get 16 envelopes with riddles, directions, facts, and solutions. There is no guide, fixed start time, or required group size, so you set the pace.

“Absolut zu empfehlen! Wer keine Lust hat sich anderen Gruppen anzuschließen und im eigenen Tempo mit zwischenstopps nach seinen Wünschen zu einzulegen, sollte diese Schnitzeljagd machen. Am besten das Handy nicht mit auf Tour nehmen, es könnte sonst zum schummeln verleiten. Wir haben es ohne geschafft und waren mit 3 Zwischenstopps 6 Stunden unterwegs. Wir haben viel gesehen und erfahren und können sie zu 100% empfehlen 😊”

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Glasgow Ghost Hunt: The Soul That Got Away Exploration Game - House of Fraser and the first shopping detour
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Glasgow Ghost Hunt: The Soul That Got Away Exploration Game

15.Glasgow Ghost Hunt: The Soul That Got Away Exploration Game

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 71 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $6

Use the Questo app to follow a self-guided Glasgow mystery from Central Station through the Lighthouse, Merchant City, Buchanan Street, and George Square. Expect city history, ghost-themed clues, puzzles, and flexible timing, but no physical guide or attraction entry.

“This tour was a load of fun. It was really thought out and very informative about the history and also kept you intrigued with the ghost story. It took us around 2 hours to complete with a pub stop. And we truly had such a great time and revisited some of the shops and sights the following day.”

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