Take Smart Steps
Move, Think, and Breathe to Game Your Brain!
Stepwave delivers a fundamentally novel brain-body health model that empowers you with the knowledge, community, and structured support to strengthen your resilience.
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What makes Stepwave different
We don't just give you another workout app — or leave you to exercise alone.
Stepwave combines expert-guided brain-body exercise with personalized digital training in the comfort of your home — turning your brain-body health routine into a playful, daily habit.
Play with your heart, not just your feet
Pioneering games that blend moving, thinking, and breathing to strengthen your brain–heart connection and build lasting resilience.
Personalized to your potential
Our games don't just get harder, they adapt to your unique potential to help build your "cognitive reserve" — your brain's natural shield as you age.
Together we move mountains
The personal support in the Stepwave community turns evidence-based brain-body health training into a long-term social gameplay habit you won't want to skip.
Developed with you — for you
Built by world-leading researchers in partnership with users, clinicians, and game designers, so the science actually fits your real-world routine.
Early Action
Your opportunity to act
“We’ll monitor your symptoms and see how it goes.”
That’s still the default response most people who have concerns about their brain health hear.
Early changes in the brain often start 20+ years before they affect everyday life. That’s the moment experts globally recommend to become active.
While current healthcare pathways excel at treating diagnosed conditions, they only provide recommendations for brain health promotion with very limited structured support.
Structured support — not just recommendations.
Stay sharp!
Do you feel sharp today and want to stay that way for decades?
Memory slips?
Have you noticed memory slips or difficulties concentrating and want to keep your mind sharp?
Family history?
Are you concerned about your brain health because cognitive decline runs in your family and want to act early?
Concerned about a loved one?
Do you believe a loved one could benefit from strengthening their brain-body resilience — and are you looking for an option they would actually enjoy and keep doing?
Answered one or more of these questions with a “yes”?
Then you’re exactly who Stepwave is built for.
We take you by the hand and empower you with the knowledge, community, and structured support throughout all steps of your personalized brain-body health journey.
Your Brain-Body Health Journey.
From your first assessment to years of guided support, Stepwave takes you by the hand through all steps of your personalized brain-body health journey.
Your weekly rhythm
- Every Week: Stepwave Brain-Body Health Studio
Train with your group nearby, supervised by professionals.
- Most Days: Home training
Keep going in your home for a higher exercise frequency - important to induce lasting cognitive benefits (Manser et al. 2021, 2025)
- Every Session: Personalization
Our algorithms personalize your exercise routine. Not a prespecified one-size-fits all plan — Your tailored plan that helps you achieve your goals.
- Continuous: Your personal guidance
We provide you with regular progress reports to verify if you achieve your goals. Your personal brain-body health coach knows your goals, discussed your progress with you, and continuously adjusts as you progress.
Original picture – modified by AI
Original picture – modified by AI
Every Week: Stepwave Brain-Body Health Studio
Train with your group nearby, supervised by professionals.
Original picture – modified by AI
Most Days: Home training
Keep going in your home for a higher exercise frequency - important to induce lasting cognitive benefits (Manser et al. 2021, 2025)
Original picture – modified by AI
Every Session: Personalization
Our algorithms personalize your exercise routine. Not a prespecified one-size-fits all plan — Your tailored plan that helps you achieve your goals.
Continuous: Your personal guidance
We provide you with regular progress reports to verify if you achieve your goals. Your personal brain-body health coach knows your goals, discussed your progress with you, and continuously adjusts as you progress.
Built for the long run
Month 1
You settle into the rhythm.
Month 3
First measurable changes.
Month 6
It's simply part of your week.
Year 1+
Still training. Still supported.
Brain-body health isn't a 12-week program.
Most exercises or therapies stop after 9 – 18 sessions.
We don't.
Built on Science, not Promises.
Stepwave is based on the pioneering 'Brain-IT' concept. It was developed, tested and refined through six years of research with one goal: helping people build brain-body resilience to stay fit for longer.
Vontobel Award for Age(ing) Research 2024
Leading Brain-Body Exergame Researchers
Thought and Process Leaders — Exergame Design
6 years of research.
18 peer-reviewed publications.
And counting.
- 128 study participants*
- 1'939 individual training sessions
- 742 hours of training
- 446 measurement sessions
* 59 individuals with mild neurocognitive disorder, 59 healthy older adults, and 10 experts (therapists, neuropsychologists, other exergaming researchers, or representatives from the exergaming industry).
Our Evidence
100% of participants perceived the training as useful, and 55% showed measurable cognitive improvements that noticeably eased their daily lives already after 3 months — compared to only 23% in the control group continuing their usual routines.
(Manser et al. 2025 and 2023)
‘Brain-IT’ training showed early scientific indications of positive changes in the trained brain regions that are associated with memory and self-regulation.
Participants performed, on average, 21% more sessions than instructed — because they perceived the training as useful, fun, and effective.
(Manser et al. 2025 and 2023)
Most participants completed the 12-week program and wanted to continue afterwards because it naturally became part of their weekly routine.
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"We set an ambitious goal of 120 min of training, divided into five short sessions a week, knowing that such a high frequency drives cognitive benefits and helps people build their daily brain-body health routine. To our surprise, participants didn't just meet that target — they exceeded it. And, it was worth it! Over half showed cognitive improvements that noticeably eased their daily lives already after 3 months."
Patrick Manser, Researcher and Co-Founder of Stepwave
Common questions.
Stay sharp! Do you feel sharp today and want to stay that way for decades?
Memory slips? Have you noticed memory slips or difficulties concentrating and want to keep your mind sharp?
Family history? Are you concerned about your brain health because cognitive decline runs in your family and want to act early?
Concerned about a loved one? Do you believe a loved one could benefit from strengthening their brain-body resilience — and are you looking for an option they would actually enjoy and keep doing?
Answered one or more of these questions with a “yes”?
Then you’re exactly who Stepwave is built for.
We take you by the hand and empower you with the knowledge, community, and structured support throughout all steps of your personalized brain-body health journey.
No referral is required. However, if your doctor or therapist refers you, you may be eligible for a discounted subscription fee.
You need a TV or other large screen. Stepwave provides all the other technologies, instructions, and support you need as part of your subscription package. We install everything and give you a personal introduction and continued support.
Most people train 15 – 25 minutes at home on most weekdays, plus one weekly group session at a Stepwave Brain-Body Health Studio.
The home sessions can be done whenever they are convenient for you – whether early in the morning, over lunch, between meeting friends, or even late at night when you come home from visiting your loved ones. It's designed to flexibly fit into your routine, not replace it.
Do you prefer to train only at home, or feel you like would need more support?
Choose the plan that works best for you.
Yes. Stepwave's services are based on ‘Brain-IT’, a program developed and validated over six years through multiple clinical studies. Results have been published in leading scientific journals including Alzheimer's & Dementia and Alzheimer's Research & Therapy and have been covered by several major newsletters globally.
Stepwave is currently in development. The first Stepwave Brain-Body Health Studio is planned to open in 2027.
And we'll let you know when we're ready to get you started.
Subscription costs depend on the level of support. Neither our prices nor the plans are final. We are building Stepwave with the people who will use it — future users, the people who support them, and the clinicians who care for them. Before we decide, we want to hear from you.
- What ou need: which parts of the program would really matter in your everyday life — and what could we leave out?
- What gets in the way: what would stop you from starting — or from staying?
- What is fair: what would a program like this be worth to you, and how would you want to pay for it?
Whether you want to keep your mind sharp, support someone close to you, or work in healthcare — your view counts. It takes 10–20 minutes, and at the end you can sign up to help shape what comes next in our focus groups.
Let us know how much it is worth to you, so that we can refine our offerings before market launch! PLUS: With a doctor's or therapist's referral, you may be eligible for a discounted subscription fee.
Most important news.
Stay sharp. Stay independent. For longer.
StepWave opens its first Stepwave Brain-Body Health Studio soon. Leave your details and we'll let you know when we're ready to get you started.
Stepwave is currently intended for brain-body training engagement, education, wellness, and performance training following global expert consensus recommendations for brain-body health promotion. It is not yet certified as a medical device and we therefore make no claims that it is intended to diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate, monitor, or prevent any disease or medical condition.