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iOS · Android · Apple Watch — Cardio Games

Your heart rate is the controller.

Games that run on your BPM. Hold your training zone and the game rewards you. Drop out of it and the game bites back. No tapping, no steering — just work.

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Nine games

One controller. Every screenshot is a real session.

You vs You

You vs You

Pick 1 mi, 2 mi or 5K. Your ghost runs your personal-best pace. Beat it.

Zone Runner 2.0

Zone Runner 2.0

First-person neon tunnel. Higher zones accelerate the track and keep your pacer in sight.

Nova Outpost

Nova Outpost

Heart rate is the ammunition. Faster BPM, faster turrets. Out of zone, the shields starve.

Big Air BMX

Big Air BMX

Every jump is an interval. Hold your zone down the runway, then physics decides how many cars you clear.

Zone Swarm

Zone Swarm

You don't steer him, you fuel him. In zone he's quick and heavy-armed. Below it he gets cornered.

Zone Defender

Zone Defender

Earn firepower with every heartbeat. Higher treadmill incline, tougher waves, bigger rewards.

Zone Chaser

Zone Chaser

Hold your zone. Drop below it and the creatures chasing you uphill close in fast.

Tabata

Tabata

20 on, 10 off, eight rounds. Jump rope, assault bike, kettlebells, anything all-out.

Just Data

Just Data

No game dressing. Big live BPM, a rolling zone graph, and BUILD / HOLD / EASE cues.

The Floor

A heart-rate source. That's it.

Apple Watch, a chest strap, or a gym machine that broadcasts heart rate. Most people arrive already able to play. Without one, you can still demo any game, and the app tells you plainly that the session won't count.

Machines Make It Richer

Treadmill, bike, stair mill, elliptical

Connect a Bluetooth FTMS machine and speed, incline and power feed the game. Each machine type shows only the numbers it actually measures. A stair mill never gets a fake pace.

Hands-Free

The game reacts to effort, not taps

Phone on the console, watch on your wrist. Every game is driven by where your heart rate sits against your target zone. Your hands are for the handrails.

Honest Progress

Time in zone. Rate the effort. Test the mile.

Progress is measured by time at or above your zone, your own effort rating taken before you see the numbers, and routine mile assessments that calibrate both. No vanity metric that changes with the machine.

Why a game

“Cardio isn't boring. Staring at a number for thirty minutes is.” Every game here is a training-zone workout wearing a costume. The costume is what gets you to minute thirty.