StepHaven
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StepHavenpress kit

A cozy town builder for iPhone where your real steps build the town.

Facts

NameStepHaven
DeveloperBrody Richmond
ReleaseOctober 2026
PlatformiPhone, iOS 26.5 or later
GenreCozy town builder, step counter
PriceFree to play. Optional StepHaven+ membership and item packs. Points can't be bought; they're only earned by walking.
AdsNone
LanguagesEnglish, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese
App Storeapps.apple.com/app/id6817135263

Fact sheet (PDF)

About

StepHaven turns the steps you walk into a little town. Your iPhone already counts your steps; StepHaven reads them from Apple Health and turns each step into a point to spend on cottages, gardens, ponds, trees and villagers. A short walk buys a flower bed. A long weekend hike might buy a lighthouse.

Most step counters show you a number. StepHaven shows you a town that only exists because you went outside.

Features

  • Over 500 things to build, including more than 40 kinds of tree
  • A Workshop for designing your own houses, cottages and shops
  • Villagers who move in, wander, chat and visit each other
  • The real time of day and real seasons: dawn mist, lit windows at night, snow in winter
  • Shared havens: build one town with friends over iCloud
  • Wild animals that visit and leave presents
  • Wheelchair pushes count the same as steps
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and a Live Activity for workouts
  • Every building, tree and animal is drawn in code

At launch

  • Halloween Town, through October 31: haunted houses, jack-o'-lanterns and a candlelit fair.
  • The Pioneer Gnome: everyone who downloads StepHaven by November 8 gets a founders' statue that won't be offered again.

Privacy

Step data never leaves the phone. There are no accounts and no ads. Read the privacy policy.

Video

The App Store preview: 30 seconds of the game as players see it.

Download the preview (MP4)

Screenshots

The App Store screenshots. Tap one for the full size.

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Art

High-resolution captures with no interface, 3840 pixels wide. Tap one to download. Free to use in coverage of StepHaven.

A village of cottages beside a streamA village in the afternoon Thatched cottages and vegetable gardensCottage gardens Townhouses along a canal with cherry blossomA canal town in spring A Halloween town of purple houses and pumpkinsHalloween Town A garden square around a giant gnome statueA gnome garden The Pioneer Gnome statueThe Pioneer Gnome (transparent PNG)

Icon and events

App icon, 1024 px Pioneer Gnome event art Halloween Town event art

Contact

Brody Richmond
For press, review codes or interviews: bmrich12.github.io/stephaven-privacy/support