Frequently asked questions

An outdoor spy game you play on your phone in a real city or park. In Manhunt, one team goes dark as the Ghosts while the others hunt them as Trackers, with the help of abilities. In Field Ops, teams race to find real places and complete small challenges. Everything runs live on a map.

Create an account here on the website, then play from the mobile app: create a game or join one with a six character code, pick or create a team, and the host starts the game. You can play solo, which is a team of one.

Every team goes dark once. The Ghosts get some time to find a safehouse and pin it on the map, then the Trackers hunt. Trackers use abilities such as a sweep (is the safehouse within this circle?), signal strength (walk a bit, is the signal getting stronger or weaker?), triangulating against places like bridges or parks, and leaks, which force the Ghosts to send a photo. When a team believes it is standing at the safehouse, it makes an intercept. A hit catches the Ghosts, a miss gives the Ghosts bonus time. The longer the Ghosts survive, the more points they get. Stashes hidden in the field recharge the abilities of the Trackers if they find them first.

The Ghosts are not helpless. Every time the Trackers use an ability, the Ghosts earn intel points that they can spend on abilities of their own. A hack locks a Tracker team out of its tools until it completes a small challenge, for example push-ups or a song, and the Ghosts judge the proof. An EMP blacks a team out: it cannot use abilities or intercept until everybody has stood still for a few minutes, and the timer only runs while nobody moves.

Yes. The game needs your phone's location while a game is running and a data connection to send it. Allow location access in the app when it asks. A game uses little data, but keeping GPS on drains the battery, so bring a power bank for long games.

Only your own team sees your live position. Other teams only learn what the abilities tell them, such as a yes or no answer. The host can switch on options in which the Ghosts see the Trackers on the map with a delay, or in which the Tracker teams share their positions; the game tells you when that is on. See the privacy policy for details.

Play safely: watch the traffic, stay out of private property and restricted areas, and do not take risks for a challenge. Younger players should play with an adult. Our terms of use have the details. You can ask the host to pause the game at any time to rest.

Yes. A hiding phase can last up to two hours and a seeking phase up to three days. The host can pause the game, for example overnight, and nothing counts down while it is paused.

Yes. If you like it and want to help with the hosting costs, there is a Support us page.

Sign in on this website, open your profile and use "Delete account". Your name, email and password are removed. Finished matches stay in the other players' history without any personal details. You cannot delete an account while you are in a game that has not finished.

Sign in and use Feedback on the website, or the report option in the app. We answer there.

Write to us at legal@agentzerogame.com. Tell us what you did and which phone you use.

Places such as parks and bridges come from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.