Press kit
Manhunt IRL is a free iPhone app, with a browser version for everyone else, that referees the classic outdoor chase game Manhunt, built by a student developer. Everything you need to write about it is on this page.
Fact sheet
| Name | Manhunt IRL (App Store: “Manhunt IRL: Real-Life GPS Tag”) |
| What it is | An app that referees real-life Manhunt: GPS pings, runner heartbeat, jail and jailbreak, verified tags and a route replay after every game |
| Platforms | iPhone (iOS 18+); any phone via the web browser |
| Price | Free for the whole group. No ads during play. |
| Founder | Aryan, student developer |
| Launch | TODO |
| Website | https://manhuntgame.com |
| Contact | press@manhuntgame.com |
Story angles
- An app designed to get teenagers off their screens and outside. The phone stays in your pocket; the game happens in the park.
- A student builds the definitive app for a game every generation has played.
- The rules everyone argues about, settled by a referee in your pocket. Verified tags, fair boundaries and pings that end the “hid all game” stalemate.
- Nobody left out: friends on Android play from a link, with no download.
- Safety first: private games, no accounts, location shared only during a game and deleted within a day.
Assets
- Logo (SVG): /favicon.svg
- App icon (PNG, 512 px): /img/logo-512.png
- Social card: /og/default.png
- Screenshots: coming at launch
- Founder photo: coming at launch
Boilerplate
Manhunt IRL is the free app for playing real-life Manhunt, the outdoor chase game that mixes hide-and-seek and tag. It referees the game with fuzzy GPS pings, a heartbeat for runners, jail and jailbreaks, and confirmed tags, and it ends every round with a replay of everyone’s route. Friends without the app join from a link in their browser. Manhunt IRL is built by student developer Aryan. Learn more at manhuntgame.com.
Manhunt IRL is not affiliated with Rockstar Games’ Manhunt video games or the Minecraft Manhunt video series.