# Monsarrat - Can You Come Out to Play?

> Monsarrat is a Los Angeles-based augmented reality game studio building what it calls the world's first Outdoor RPG. Founded by Johnny Monsarrat - who co-founded Turbine, one of the first MMO companies, later sold to Warner Bros. for $160M - the studio's demo game Landing Party spreads an entire fantasy world across any real-world park or open space instead of pinning one creature to a GPS point. Backed by seven-plus patents, a ~12-person team, and an advisory board of former PlayStation, Blizzard, Niantic, and Lucasfilm executives, Monsarrat pitches outdoor gaming as an antidote to a loneliness epidemic - a reason to walk outside and play.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Los Angeles, California, United States
- **Founders:** Johnny Monsarrat (Founder, CEO & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~12 employees (studio in Los Angeles; development team based in Warsaw, Poland)
- **Products:** Landing Party, Outdoor RPG platform / patented AR technology
- **Notable:** Founder co-founded Turbine (Asheron's Call, Lord of the Rings Online), acquired by Warner Bros. for $160 million, Forbes named it among the best of Augmented World Expo 2023 and covered it repeatedly (2023, 2024, 2026), Called 'best game at the show' at Game Developer Conference

## Products & services

- **Landing Party** — The studio's demo Outdoor RPG: a free augmented-reality walking game with 12 missions (mazes, shooter, puzzle, exploration) that lays an entire fantasy world across a real park or open space. Available in beta on the Apple App Store and Google Play, with support for phones and XREAL AR glasses.
- **Outdoor RPG platform / patented AR technology** — A set of seven-plus patented technologies that adapt a contiguous game world to real-world spaces of any shape or size, let players manually reposition around obstacles, and prevent collisions with 3D game content - intended to become a development platform for outdoor games across genres.

## Achievements

- Founder co-founded Turbine (Asheron's Call, Lord of the Rings Online), acquired by Warner Bros. for $160 million
- Forbes named it among the best of Augmented World Expo 2023 and covered it repeatedly (2023, 2024, 2026)
- Called 'best game at the show' at Game Developer Conference
- Seven-plus patented AR technologies for outdoor game worlds
- Advisory board including former PlayStation CEO Jack Tretton, former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra, former Niantic VP Jenna Seiden, and former Lucasfilm COO David Anderman

## Latest updates

- **2026** — Forbes and Game Developer Conference coverage; positioned by press and a former Pokemon Go VP as a potential successor to Pokemon Go.
- **2024** — Expanded Landing Party demo to 12 missions; AR glasses support via XREAL; Forbes called it a 'remarkable outdoor roleplaying video game.'
- **2023-06** — Latest funding of $900K (seed); featured by Forbes as one of the standouts of Augmented World Expo 2023.

## Links

- Website: https://monsarrat.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/monsarrat
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/monsarrat
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@monsarratgames
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monsarratgames
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OutdoorRPGs
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@monsarratgames

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Last updated: 2026-08-03