Start with the category, because it decides everything else: this is a self-guided phone game, not a guided tour. Haunted Chicago: Lincoln Park Ghost Escape Game is played in the Questo app and booked as a private party, so there is no live guide, no scheduled departure and nobody to meet. You walk a seven-stop Lincoln Park loop at your own hour and solve puzzles as you go. It booked from $8.21 per person at our August 3, 2026 check, against $8.16 at our July 30, 2026 Chicago sweep, and the listing gives the length as about two hours. It carried six Viator reviews at the August check, too small a sample to publish as a rating, so we print no score for it and leave it out of every comparison on this site.
Three labels are attached to one product here. The live listing on August 3, 2026 reads Haunted Chicago: Lincoln Park Ghost Escape Game, which is the name above. The booking card below carries the search-surface name Chicago Private Smartphone Scavenger Hunt Game and Tour, and the affiliate address keeps a third, older wording. The product code is what we match on, and it has not changed.
| Detail | What the listing shows |
|---|---|
| From price | $8.21 per person (checked August 3, 2026), against $8.16 at our July 30, 2026 sweep, when it was the lowest from-price of the seventeen priced Chicago listings we tracked |
| Duration | About 2 hours (checked July 30, 2026) |
| Format | A self-guided game in the Questo app, booked as a private party. No live guide is included and no departure time is scheduled. |
| Stops named | Seven: the Chicago History Museum, the Lincoln Monument, the Ulysses S. Grant Monument, the Bridge Over South Pond, the Hans Christian Andersen Monument, Lincoln Park Zoo and the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool (checked July 30, 2026). The listing names them and nothing more, and the first is not a meeting point. |
| Reviews | Six Viator reviews (checked August 3, 2026). Six is too small a base to publish a score on, so we print none and keep this listing out of every table here. |
| Cancellation | Free cancellation flagged at our August 3, 2026 check. The window was not captured, so we print none. Confirm it on the booking page. |
| Availability | In stock at our August 3, 2026 check |
| Not captured | Age bands, accessibility, meeting point, end point, group size, weather policy, confirmation timing and any clock start time, at our July 30, 2026 sweep. We print none of them. |
| Operator | Questo. We do not run this experience. |
Who it suits
A self-directed walker on a small budget who wants a puzzle layer over a Lincoln Park loop and no storyteller. It was the lowest-priced of the seventeen priced Chicago listings we tracked at our July 30, 2026 sweep, and one of only two self-guided app products in that set.
- Skip it if you want a live guide. Nobody meets you, and nobody answers questions.
- Skip it if you came for the Loop crime and Outfit material the rest of the city's ghost listings sell.
- Skip it if you need a rating to book on. Six reviews is not one.
- Skip it if you cannot rely on a charged phone for two hours of walking.
Questions people ask
Is there a guide?
No. It is a self-guided game in the Questo app, booked as a private party, with no scheduled departure and no live guide at any point.
What does it cost and how long is it?
From $8.21 per person at our August 3, 2026 check, against $8.16 at our July 30, 2026 sweep, for about two hours. Free cancellation was flagged at the August check, but no window was captured, so confirm that on the booking page.
Which places does it visit?
Seven, in a Lincoln Park loop: the Chicago History Museum, the Lincoln Monument, the Ulysses S. Grant Monument, the Bridge Over South Pond, the Hans Christian Andersen Monument, Lincoln Park Zoo and the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool. The listing names them and says nothing else about them, and the first is not a meeting point. For the rest of the city, see haunted places in Chicago.
