A walking RPG where your real steps are the combat

Step On It: Trail Quest turns walks into a fantasy trail adventure. The steps your phone or watch records through Health Connect become the attacks of your hero: one newly approved step = exactly one attack on the trail. Walk more, hit harder, earn gold, push deeper through biomes and bosses — no tapping, no timers, no idle damage, nothing to buy.

The one rule everything else obeys

Every newly approved step causes exactly one discrete attack in the main walking dungeon — visibly, from your very first step. Heroes and upgrades change what an attack does, never how many attacks exist. Nothing else in the game can create attacks: no tap-to-attack, no idle DPS, no auto-clickers, no timers, no waiting mechanics.

Five minutes of Step On It

1. Walk. Your phone/watch records steps via Health Connect — screen off, phone pocketed.
2. Open the app. New steps are credited once (never twice) and resolve as attacks on the current trail enemy.
3. Win gold. Each defeated enemy pays play-earned gold exactly once; bosses pay more and unlock the next area.
4. Spend on power or looks. Buy hero upgrades and levels, or cosmetics at the Outfitter — all with walk-earned gold.
5. Play the long game. Recruit three heroes, clear five rotating biomes, then optionally ascend for permanent renown.

Prefer active play? The separate Active Trial dungeon lets you tap deliberately for a small, capped bonus to your walking damage — it can never replace walking. Between fights, relax in the town hub and plan the next march.

The art

Every pixel is original and generated by the project’s own sprite pipeline — the same code that builds the game’s assets builds the images on this wiki. Outlined chibi pixel heroes, 26 walking foes, five biome bosses, town, items and badges.

More sheets: all 26 foes · badge art · cosmetics.

Wiki sections

• Getting started — install, connect Health Connect, your first launch, where everything is, accessibility.
• Strategy guide — what to buy, which hero to walk with, saving steps, when to ascend.
• Gameplay — the core loop, step accounting, auto-attack switch, rules versions.
• Heroes — Wanderer, Trail Ranger, Pathfinder Mage; traits, upgrade ladders, endless levels, the damage formula.
• World & enemies — areas, five rotating biomes, all 26 foes, bosses and elders, health and reward curves.
• Economy & ascension — gold rules, cosmetics, renown and the reset contract.
• Active Trial — the tap dungeon: depths, clears and the +5% walking bonus.
• Town — Switchback Hollow: tavern, quest board, outfitter, dungeon gate.
• Achievements — all 57 badges and how they are earned.
• Offline & sync — SQLite save, the operation outbox, optional cloud backup, privacy.
• Roadmap — what shipped, what’s in flight, what’s only proposed.
• FAQ & troubleshooting — steps not showing, backup statuses, moving phones.
• Glossary — the game’s vocabulary at a glance.
• What’s new — the alpha’s history, newest first.