A workout disguised as an adventure game. You strap one controller to your thigh, hold a flexible plastic ring that comes in the box, and jog in place to move your character down a path. Fights are turn-based, but instead of pressing a button you actually do squats, press the ring, or hold a yoga pose, and the game tracks your heart rate and calories.
Gameplay video
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Screenshots & review notes
Why it lands
It's a rare fitness product that people actually keep using, largely because the RPG trappings give your workout an actual sense of progression.
How it plays
Squats and rows double as attacks, and the difficulty scaling is smart enough to keep you sweating without ever feeling punishing.
Style and score
The adventure's cheerful, slightly absurd tone, right down to its overenthusiastic dragon villain, keeps what is fundamentally exercise from feeling like a chore.
Who it's for
It demands real space and the Ring-Con accessory, which limits portability, but for anyone wanting motivation to move, it's one of the smartest wellness games made.
Frames captured from the gameplay video above; notes are our own take on the game.
What it's like to play
This is an exercise programme wearing the costume of a fantasy adventure, and it comes with a physical accessory in the box, a flexible plastic ring you hold with both hands. One controller slots into the ring and the other straps to your thigh with an included band. To move your character down a path you jog on the spot in your living room. To jump over a gap you actually jump. To glide across water you squeeze the ring, and to open a door you hold it over your head.
When you meet a monster the game switches to a turn-based fight, but your attacks are exercises. You pick a move, and the move is twenty squats, or a set of overhead presses, or holding a yoga warrior pose while the game counts down and checks your form using the leg strap. Stronger attacks are harder exercises. Beat the monster and you earn experience, level up, and unlock new exercises, which is a genuinely effective trick for getting you to do one more set.
It asks you how fit you are at the start and sets the intensity accordingly, and you can change it any time, so it works for someone who has not exercised in years as well as someone who already trains. It tracks your time, calories, and how many of each exercise you have done, and it will nag you gently if you skip days. Sessions are typically twenty to forty minutes. It is not a replacement for a gym, but as something that makes you move on a cold evening when you would not otherwise, it works far better than it sounds.