Markborne
A Real-World Social Game
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Open a Circle for up to 8 Markborne free. Play Classic or Phone Gun, solo or in teams. Accept the Code, receive your Mark, and pass it to win.
Enter the Circle. Accept the Code. Bear the Mark.
Markborne is a real-world social elimination game played with friends, campus groups, offices, weekend circles, and large events.
One person opens a Circle and becomes its Arbiter. Everyone accepts the Code. When the Circle is sealed, each Markborne secretly receives one other player as their Mark.
Find your Mark. Follow the Code. Submit your claim. When the Arbiter confirms it, the Mark passes and your next assignment is revealed.
The game continues until only one Markborne remains.
TWO WAYS TO PASS THE MARK
CLASSIC MODE
Play with the physical methods allowed by your Circle. Choose NERF, water guns, close-up photos, or other methods set by the Arbiter. The Code determines what counts and what evidence is required.
PHONE GUN MODE
Your iPhone becomes the method. Line up the in-app reticle and capture a single still. The reticle is burned into the image so the Arbiter can review the claim. Camera-roll images and Live Photos cannot be used.
SOLO OR TEAM PLAY
In Solo play, every Markborne receives one secret Mark while someone else receives them. When a claim is confirmed, the successful player inherits the next Mark in the chain.
In Team play, teams pursue opposing teams. A team remains active until all of its members have been eliminated. The last remaining team wins.
THE CODE
Before sealing the Circle, the Arbiter establishes:
- Allowed methods
- Circle rules
- Named Sanctuaries
- Evidence requirements
- Solo or team play
- The Circle’s visual theme
Paid Circles can also use custom methods, custom rules, Circle-hour windows, video evidence, and named-witness evidence.
CLAIMS WITH A FAIR ARBITER
Your Mark remains in play until the Arbiter confirms your claim.
The Arbiter’s Desk keeps pending claims and reports in one place. The Arbiter can approve a claim or reject it with a reason. Players can review waiting, confirmed, and rejected submissions under Your evidence.
Every decided claim becomes part of The Record, giving the Circle a shared timeline as the Mark passes.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
- You see Your Mark, not the complete assignment chain
- Sanctuaries are named places, not live geofences
- Markborne does not show the entire Circle on a live map
- Anyone can report a concern from Your Mark
- The Arbiter can pause or end the Circle
PLAY FREE
Open a free Circle for up to 8 Markborne. Classic, Phone Gun, Solo, and Team play are included.
A $6.99 Circle Pass opens one Circle for up to 30 Markborne with complete Code controls, custom methods and rules, Circle-hour windows, and extended evidence types.
A $14.99 Grand Circle Pass opens one Circle for up to 100 Markborne with large-event controls.
Circle Passes are one-time consumable purchases, not subscriptions. Optional sigils, photo frames, and Phone Gun reticles are cosmetic only. Themes are free. Cosmetics never change assignments, claims, or what counts as a valid shot.
Markborne is for iPhone. Every participant needs the app, Sign in with Apple, and an Apple ID with iCloud for multiplayer.
In the spirit of campus assassin and real-world tag, Markborne replaces paper assignments and scattered group chats with secret Marks, a shared Code, reviewed evidence, and a trusted Arbiter.
Enter the Circle. Accept the Code. Bear the Mark.
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Information
- Provider
- Jesse Hart
- Size
- 10.1 MB
- Category
- Role-Playing
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it is not open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Frequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Contests
Guns or Other Weapons
Infrequent
Realistic Violence
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Grand Circle Pass Consumable S$ 19.98
- Circle Pass Consumable S$ 9.98
- Unlock All Cosmetic Items S$ 14.98
- Arcade Reticle Unlock S$ 2.98
- Precision Reticle Unlock S$ 2.98
- Diamond Reticle Unlock S$ 2.98
- Cipher Reticle Unlock S$ 2.98
- Dot Reticle Unlock S$ 2.98
- Halo Frame Unlock S$ 2.98
- Iron Frame Unlock S$ 2.98
- Copyright
- © 2026 Jesse Hart
