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ZRX: Zombies Run + Marvel Move
Epic Running Adventures
A fitness app, interactive story, and base-building game wrapped in one, Zombies, Run! brings considerable excitement (and some urgency) to your runs by crafting a custom, mission-driven audio story based on where you are (and where you’re racing to).
What we love: As you jog, a tale unfolds through “radio transmissions,” with characters guiding you on quests like finding medkits and tracking down missing persons. Completing these basically boils down to “Keep running!”—but the intrigue-filled dialogue makes you feel you’ve done much more.
Quick tip: If the zombie apocalypse isn’t your thing, you can head to wayward starships, dinosaur-infested forests, and Martian volcanoes. Or create your own story with the app’s Airdrop feature; pick a real-world drop point and the app will build a custom mission there and back.
Meet the creator: The idea to for Zombies, Run! came to cocreator Naomi Alderman when she heard about someone who was motivated to start running not to get fit or lose weight but to better survive a zombie apocalypse.