About this Event
Brave a spooky ghost hunt through the streets of Seattle in this interactive, suspense-filled multi-team event.
Start anytime from 3PM to 7PM, follow eerie clues, and make choices that change your route and ending.
Immense fun for couples, families, or multiplayer teams.
Dress up, snap paranormal photos, and compete for prizes.
⭐ Join 30,000+ Story City Adventurers worldwide
IMPORTANT: This is a free event, but ticket registration is required to receive your starting location and gameplay details.
What's Included
- Hunt ghosts at real locations - uncover eerie stories at multiple locales.
- Team-friendly paranormal adventure experience
- Access to the Frightnight Ghost Tours experience
- Story City app gameplay access
- Multiple branching story outcomes
- Unlimited replay access post-event
- Digital event materials and instructions
- Multiple costumed teams playing at same time
- Monthly cash prizes up for grabs, how will your team compare?
Meeting and Pickup
Your secret starting location will be emailed to you one week before the event.
This is a self-guided experience played through the Story City app. You will not meet a guide or staff member on the ground during gameplay, but there will be other teams exploring the supernatural side of the city throughout the day.
The experience unfolds entirely through your phone as you investigate on-the-ground haunted locations through the city, uncover clues, and progress at your own pace.
Ticket Information
🎟 Team Ticket: Free
📍 Location: Seattle
📲 App download instructions arrive in your pre-game email.
🎧 Headphones or a Bluetooth speaker are optional, but recommended for spooky immersion.
All tickets are digitally delivered.
What To Expect
This outdoor paranormal adventure sends you across real city streets investigating supernatural activity, solving mysteries, and making choices that shape your ending.
Each stop happens in a new location. One start location, multiple potential paths, 4 endings. Which will you choose?
- Grab your ticket - play solo or as a team (no ghost-hunting alone required).
- Get your secret start location - revealed by email 1 week before
- Show up & start - anytime on event day between 12PM to 7PM, dress to impress!
- Introduce yourself to other costumed teams - compare notes!
- Play the adventure - The experience unfolds via our custom built app - guiding you from location to location, keeping track of your points, and making the ghosts visible.
- Take your time - most teams finish in 45–75 mins
- Make your choices - stick together or split up to unlock up to 4 different endings
- Share the moment - share your photos of ghost encounters & costumes to win prizes
- (BONUS) Play again - unlock every haunting, badge and ending with unlimited replays
- Pets are welcome, particularly in costume
How Scary is it & Other FAQs
Scare rating ★★☆☆☆
- “Is it scary?” It’s atmospheric and thrilling, designed for mystery lovers. There are no live scare actors present to jump out or grab you.
- “Do I dress up?” You can! Dress up to win prizes - gothic glam or investigator chic
- “Can I bring pets?” Yes! Your furry sidekick is welcome.
- "What if it rains?" The hunt continues! If the weather is severe, we’ll automatically credit your account for a future date of your choice.
- “Are there age restrictions?” Children and strollers are welcome, content rating is PG-13+, we recommend 13+ mostly due to experience length and walking distance for children.
Additional Information
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking & ticket coupon link one day before the event
- Please dress appropriately for weather conditions
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation where applicable
- This is a self-guided experience
- Your location is only tracked while actively using the app
- Privacy matters to us
- Flexible - pause anytime, continue at your pace
- Designed to be stroller and wheelchair friendly where possible
- Phone OS: You need at minimum iOS 16 or Android 7
- You will need to have access to cellphone data
Prizes
We LOVE when teams dress up and bring their ghost-hunting alter-egos to life. Share photos using #StoryCityFrightnight to enter:
🏆 Best Dressed Team
✨ Best Dressed Individual
⚡ Best Day of Ghost Story TikTok
📝 Best Team Name
📸 Best Photo Moment
🐾 Best Themed Pet
Winners receive cash prizes (up to $500 depending on the category), exclusive enamel pins, creator-signed art, and more, plus a feature on our socials.
You'll be battling events in other cities for the top spots so bring your A-game and city pride!
About Story City
Story City is a small independent 10-person creative-tech studio on a mission to empower people to share and step into the world's stories.
Using Story City’s no-code platform, creators around the world have transformed real streets into playable storyworlds that players can physically explore and influence through their choices.
Story City has partnered with festivals, museums, cities including Atlanta, Calgary, and Melbourne UNESCO City, non-profits including the Human Rights Foundation, and creators around the world.
By purchasing a ticket, you directly support independently created interactive stories and experiences in communities like yours. Thank you for co-creating with us to make the world more fun and connected.
Created by:
- Domini Gee (Writer)
- Emily Craven (Writer/Producer)
- Matt Mihilewicz (Editor/VO Director)
- Victoria Ilnystka (Artist)
- Lauren Hughes (Actor)
- Toast + Jam / Jeremy Volts / Aaron Jensen (Music & Sound)
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Gum Wall at Unexpected Productions Improv, 1428 Post Alley, Seattle, United States
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