SWORN TO THE MAP
A pixel-MMO that turns your real-world streets into a fantasy kingdom. Hunt monsters in your neighborhood. Plant flags on your block. Found cities. Conquer the world by walking it.
Mapsworn is a location-based pixel MMO. Your phone's GPS becomes your character's
position. Walk to play. Forests spawn in your park. Monsters wander your streets.
Cities are founded on your block. Kingdoms span real-world miles.
A spiritual successor to a beloved 2008 mobile location-based MMO — rebuilt for the modern web. No app store, no download, just open a link and play.
Powered by OpenStreetMap. Hunt in your park. Plant flags on your block. Found cities on your street.
From wolves and orcs to legendary dragons and liches. Plus weekly dungeons: Sewer, Cavern, Grove, Roc Nest, Dojo, Dragon Lair, Tower of the Golem.
Found cities with farms, mills, blacksmiths, taverns. Unite players into kingdoms. Build walls. Plant outposts. Declare war.
Eight tameable species — boar, wolf, bear cub, fox, eagle, more. Each evolves at level 5 and level 10 with unique forms.
Trade post listings. Player-to-player mail with gold attachments. Daily merchant rotations. Smithy upgrades. Element-infused weapons.
Boss Hours boost legendary spawns. Treasure Rush doubles gold. Plague Night brings undead. Globally synced — everyone plays the same event.
12 skills to rank. Pick a specialization at level 10 — Warrior, Ranger, Druid, Knight, Thief, Ninja. 14 achievements with titles.
Late-game: buy an airship, dock at city sky-platforms, harvest elemental clouds, conquer floating islands.
Plays in any modern browser — iOS Safari, Android Chrome, desktop. Bookmark play.mapsworn.com and you're in.
Pixel-art sprites overlaid on actual map tiles. World events, combat, menus — all from real play sessions.




Visit play.mapsworn.com in any browser. No app, no install.
Your phone's GPS drops your hero on the real map. Email-as-key signup — no password to remember.
Tap a tree to chop. Tap a monster to fight. Plant a flag where you stand. Found a city when you're ready.
Yes. Fully free to play, no microtransactions, no premium currency, no ads. The game runs on a self-hosted server funded out of pocket.
No. Mapsworn runs in any modern browser — iOS Safari, Android Chrome, desktop Firefox/Edge. Bookmark the URL and you're set. You can also "Add to Home Screen" from your browser for an app-like icon.
Wherever your GPS says you are. If GPS is unavailable, the game starts you in a demo location (San Francisco). You can teleport with a flag once you plant one.
No — tap anywhere within your movement circle (~600m radius) to move there. Walking is optional but rewards exploration. You can play sitting on the couch.
Yes — Mapsworn is multiplayer. You'll see other players' heroes on the map in real-time, can chat, trade, join kingdoms, and fight legendary raid bosses together (some require 2+ players).
Tap a monster to engage. Combat is auto-attack on a ~1.5-second tick. You and the monster trade hits until one dies or you walk away. Pets fight beside you. Equip swords, shields, armor for stat bonuses.
Your account is keyed to your email — re-enter the same email anywhere and you're logged back in. Tokens are kept in your browser's local storage and sync to the server.
Mapsworn is a spiritual successor to a beloved 2008 mobile location-based MMO. Every line of code is original and the art is hand-drawn pixel art. The gameplay style and "tap-to-play on a real map" feel will be familiar to veterans of that genre, but Mapsworn is its own thing.
Open the link. Walk outside. Or don't. Just play.
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