Press kit

A full RPG, powered by real focus

Focus Hero goes far beyond points and streaks. It builds deep RPG progression, combat, quests, equipment and social systems around time spent doing real work.

Fact sheet

The quick version

Product: Focus Hero
Developer: Focus Hero Ltd
Platforms: iPhone, iPad and Android
Category: Productivity · Pixel RPG
Business model: Free to try · Membership $69.99/year
Status: Available now

Descriptions

What Focus Hero is

One sentence

Focus Hero is a new kind of gamified productivity app: a practical focus system with a full pixel RPG inside it.

Short description

Focus Hero pushes gamified productivity into new territory. Instead of adding points or a mascot to a timer, it makes real focus the engine of a full pixel RPG. Work, study and everyday tasks earn XP, loot, equipment, skill progress and Focus Energy. Those rewards power a detailed game of live training, character builds, combat, quests, pets and shared camps.

Long description

Most gamified productivity apps stop at streaks, badges or a virtual companion. Focus Hero starts from a more ambitious idea: if the game is rich enough to matter on its own, its progression can make real work genuinely compelling. The result is a serious productivity system and a full RPG in the same app.

Players choose a task, habit or goal, then begin a timer or stopwatch session. The hero trains in a live interactive scene while the player works. Completing the session grants XP, loot, gold, skill progress and Focus Energy. The central progression loop comes from time spent focusing in the real world.

Those rewards feed an unusually deep game. Heroes develop across six skills, equip stat-changing gear and fight with rare weapons carrying eight different damage types. Adventure mode includes platforming, quests, combat, trials, allies, shops, a town square and an expanding world. Players can hatch pets, customise their hero and join five other players in Focus Camp. It is closer to a mobile RPG with a serious productivity layer than a timer with a few game mechanics attached.

Inside the app

The game behind the timer

Real productivity tools. Tasks, repeating tasks, quick-add, habits and goals tracked by time or activity.
Live focus sessions. The hero fights, cultivates or woodmines while the player focuses.
Character progression. XP, stats, equipment, outfits, loot and six trainable skills.
Full Adventure mode. Platforming, quests, allies, trials, combat and an expanding world.
Deep combat systems. Hero builds, enemies, rare weapons and eight distinct damage types.
A real game economy. Gold, crates, Focus Energy, shops, mined ores and equipment trading.
Pets and customisation. Hatch companions and shape how the hero looks and plays.
Focus Camp. Six players share focus activity, encouragement, replies and gifts around the fire.

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