The Chase - World Tour

Review by eFreeware

If you already shout answers at the television during quiz shows, The Chase - World Tour is built with you in mind. It is the official Android game of the hit TV format, published by Barnstorm Games, and it hands you the same basic challenge the contestants face: answer well enough to outrun a professional quizzer. The download is free, and the game has drawn a 4.6 average from 168 ratings on the Play Store.

What you get for that download is a quiz with a cast. Six Chasers are included, drawn from the US, UK and Australian versions of the show: The High Roller, The Beast, The Supernerd, The Queen, The Governess and The Smiling Assassin. Collecting them is part of the appeal.

This is a trivia game first and a show tie-in second, which is the right order for something you will return to in short sessions. The question count runs into the thousands.

A quiz show with a recognizable cast

The premise follows the television format closely. You play the contestant, and the Chasers stand in your way, described as top quiz minds. That framing matters because it shapes how the game feels: you are not just answering questions in a vacuum, you are answering them against a named opponent with a personality.

The roster spans three countries, which gives the game a bit of international flavor. The High Roller and The Queen represent the American side, The Beast and The Governess come from the British version, and The Supernerd and The Smiling Assassin round out the Australian contingent. If you have watched any of those broadcasts, the names will land immediately.

The developer also mentions authentic graphics built around global landmarks, along with sound and music that it describes as fantastic. Landmark imagery is a sensible choice for a game with a world tour in its title, and it gives the presentation a sense of place rather than a generic studio backdrop.

How a game unfolds

A session runs through the rounds familiar from the show, and the developer notes that the game includes all of them plus more.

The questions themselves are general knowledge trivia, the kind that rewards a broad reading habit more than specialist expertise. With thousands of them in the pool, there is plenty of material across categories.

Because the rounds mirror the show, the tension comes from the format as much as the difficulty. You are not simply accumulating points; you are trying to stay ahead of an opponent. That is a different feeling from a straightforward quiz app, and it is the main reason the show translates well to a phone.

Chasers, upgrades and weekly standings

Collecting Chasers is one of the game's longer-term hooks. You gather them from around the world, and the developer says you can power them up to get bigger offers. That gives the roster a second purpose beyond variety.

Weekly leaderboards add a competitive layer for players who like a reason to come back on a schedule. Climbing a leaderboard is a familiar structure, and it suits a quiz game well.

Between the collection element and the weekly standings, there is more here than a one-off quiz. The developer has also kept the game updated: a recent patch addressed a display problem with the Anniversary Case, corrected Red Star information pop-ups that were showing the wrong number of stars, and fixed League gems not appearing properly in Club Chat. Those are maintenance fixes rather than new content.

What it costs to play

The game is free to download, and it carries ads. It also offers in-app purchases.

I would treat the free download as the entry point and decide from there how much of the game you want to engage with. The presence of purchases alongside a collection-and-upgrade system is a common combination in free trivia games.

None of this changes the core proposition. You can download it at no cost, answer questions, and see how the format feels before deciding whether the extras matter to you.

A quiz game for people who watch quiz shows

The audience here is fairly clear. If you enjoy general knowledge quizzes and you have watched The Chase in any of its national versions, the appeal is immediate: familiar rounds, familiar opponents, and a structure that rewards the same skills the show tests. The 10,000+ installs and 4.6 average suggest the people who have found it are largely satisfied.

If you are looking for a quiz game without commercial elements, this one is not structured that way, and that is worth weighing before you commit time to a collection system. The free download makes it easy to find out whether the format holds your attention.

The game released in November 2023 and was still receiving fixes as of August 2026, which is a reasonable signal for anyone wary of abandoned apps. For a trivia fan who wants a show-accurate challenge with a cast of recognizable Chasers, this is an easy one to try.

What's new in version 1.14.1

FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS Including: - Fixed a display issue with the Anniversary Case - Fixed an issue with Red Star info pop-ups not displaying the correct number of stars - Fixed an issue with League gems not displaying correctly in Club Chat We hope you enjoy this update and consider leaving us a good review. If not, please send support a message to let us know what we can do better. Thank you!