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A game for iPhone and iPad

Evolve, die and be reborn.

You begin as a spark, a single cell in the primordial broth. Every encounter is a choice, every choice leaves an imprint, and when you die you begin again.

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The Wheel in Life Cycle, with the spokes of finished lives

How to play

A life lasts minutes. The cycle, forever.

There is no victory and no final screen: only choices, imprints and a world that changes with you.

  1. 1
    Be born as a spark
    On the Wheel, press and hold: you fall into the primordial broth as a single cell.
  2. 2
    Choose at every encounter
    Devour, repel, let it pass… or observe. What you choose stays in your imprint and shapes the world.
  3. 3
    Die and be reborn
    Your nucleus splits and you descend to a deeper stratum. When you die you begin again, and your life leaves its spoke on the Wheel.

A world that changes with you.

A bioluminescent broth that lights up wherever life gathers.

You begin as a spark
You begin as a spark
Every encounter is a choice
Every encounter is a choice
Choose what you become
Choose what you become
Your imprint shapes your world
Your imprint shapes your world
A bestiary that remembers
A bestiary that remembers
Six realms, one cycle
Six realms, one cycle
To die is to begin again
To die is to begin again

Inspired by the Bhavachakra

Six realms, three poisons.

The Tibetan Buddhist wheel of life. Attachment, aversion and ignorance turn the wheel, and your imprint decides which of six realms you are reborn into. And perhaps, if you learn to let go, the wheel will stop for a moment.

  • Attachment
  • Aversion
  • Ignorance

  • Devas

    Abundance: nothing pushes you to change.

  • Asuras

    Rivalry: every prey is contested.

  • Humans

    Balance: observing appears sooner.

  • Animals

    Instinct: if you hesitate, the game decides for you.

  • Pretas

    Hunger: what you absorb slips away.

  • Hells

    Hostility: everything repels you.

Features

Everything the cycle keeps.

Every encounter is a choice
Every being offers four paths: devour it, repel it, let it pass… or observe it.
Every form has a power
The Colony fuses, the Predator lunges, the Wanderer rides the currents… and your body grows new anatomy in every stratum.
To die is to begin again
You become the same particle again, but the ocean remembers: what you devour grows scarce, what you respect thrives, and your past life is waiting.
A living bestiary
18 beings to meet, taste and observe, plus the forms, traits and realms your lineage discovers, forever.
Music synthesized live
Every stratum and every realm sounds different, generated as you play.
Play your way
With gestures or with a joystick and an action button. Portrait or landscape, on iPhone and iPad.

You decide what you play for.

There is no ending to reach. Every life offers you an intention; you choose your path.

  • 01DescendReach deeper than ever, where what hunts you today will be food tomorrow.
  • 02DiscoverFill the bestiary with forms, traits, beings and realms.
  • 03Let goEnd a life with almost no imprint.

Privacy

Your cycle never leaves your device.

Life Cycle does not collect, send or share any personal data.

  • No internetThe game never connects to the internet. Play anywhere.
  • No accountsNo sign-up and no sign-in.
  • No ads or trackingNo advertising, no analytics and no third-party SDKs.
  • No permissionsIt does not access your location, contacts, photos, camera or microphone.
  • No in-app purchasesNothing to unlock by paying: the whole game is there.
  • All on your deviceYour lives and your bestiary are stored only there. Deleting the app erases everything.

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Frequently asked questions

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Begin as a spark.

Available on the App Store, for iPhone and iPad.

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Requires iOS 17 or later. In English and Spanish.