A murder mystery game you play by walking
Lore is a murder mystery you play by walking. Every step reveals clues on a real map of your city. You have 7 nights to catch the killer.
Free every week · iPhone
Why Lore
You’ll walk thousands of extra steps a week, because you want to know who did it. Lore is a game first. The walking just happens.
Each night, the map of your city is covered in fog. Walk, and it clears street by street. Walk far enough and the next clue appears.
How the week works
Each case lasts a week. About two new clues appear every night on the streets around you. On night 7, you name the killer.
The case opens.
Monday. A body, a case file, the suspects.
First clues.
Walk, and the first clues appear on your map.
Meet the suspects.
Read the suspects’ files.
Question suspects.
Interrogate suspects by voice. They answer.
Gather evidence.
Every clue goes into your case file.
Final clues.
The last clues. Walk a little further.
Name the killer.
Accusations open. Case closed, or wrong suspect.
Walking, for your health
Walking is one of the simplest things you can do for your health. Lore just gives you a reason to do it tonight, and again tomorrow.
Miss a night and the case waits for you. No streak shaming, no red badges, no disappointed mascot.
No confetti, no emoji, nobody telling you you’re crushing it. A narrator tells you what you found. That’s enough.
The dog walk, the commute, the long way home. Lore counts steps, not speed, so a slow walk moves the story as much as a fast one.
From Apple Health, Lore reads one thing: your step count.
The map
Lore uses a real map of your city. Streets you haven’t walked are hidden in fog. Walk them and they light up for good. Walk far enough and a new clue appears.
Clue 3 of 15 · Stockton St
Walk to it. Hold to collect.
Your case file
Every clue you find goes into your case file (the Dossier), along with the victim and the suspects. Got questions? Ask the suspects out loud. They answer.
Case file · Example
Night 3 of 7The crime
Dr. Arjun Rao, Meridian Quantum’s lead physicist, found dead in the Annex’s B4 cryostat vault.
Persons of interest
Evidence by night
Stuck? The Chief gives you a nudge. Two per case, so make them count.
The case is narrated. Put the phone in your pocket and listen while you walk.
Leagues & friends
Join a weekly league ranked by steps, starting in Copper. See how far your friends are in the same case, and who solved it.
Leagues and leaderboardsThis week’s league
Copper
Friends on Four Kelvin
Four Kelvin · Night 7
Case
closed.
Night seven
On the last night, you make your accusation. Right, and the case is closed. Wrong, and you’ll know. Either way you get a poster to share that never gives the answer away.
Your step count syncs from Apple Health. Nothing else is read.
Not in the case, not on the map, not between nights.
Your next clue on the lock screen. Coming soon.
The case on your wrist. Coming soon.
Download Lore, go for a walk, and find your first clue tonight.
iPhone · Free · Bureau membership optional