# Astra Vanguard: Riftfront — Portrait Space Shooter

> Portrait Space Shooter (iPhone/iPad app by 鹏宇 陈.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/astra-vanguard-riftfront/id6796514244 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [鹏宇 陈](https://appshunter.io/developer/1882169141)
- Category: Games, Action, Casual
- Price: Free (on sale, was $0.99)
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China)
- Released: 2026-08-18
- Data updated: 2026-09-18
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/astra-vanguard-riftfront/id6796514244/reviews.md

## What is Astra Vanguard?

Astra Vanguard is a portrait space shooter built for fast, one-finger play.

Drag your starfighter through hostile fire while its weapons fire automatically. Collect upgrades, choose tactical abilities, and challenge powerful bosses on every expedition.

Enter Interstellar Trade from the expedition route. Buy and sell cargo across three frontier ports, plan fuel and travel time on a navigable star map, weigh low-, medium-, and high-risk routes, respond to unexpected encounters, and complete transport, rescue, and bounty contracts. Some encounters lead directly into SpriteKit battles before you can reach port.

Sign in to Apple Game Center to submit your best standard-expedition score and compete on the global, all-time leaderboard.

Features:

- Four themed battlefronts: Rookie Sector, Frontier Outpost, Dune War, and Alien Base
- Interstellar Trade across New Boston, New Greenland, and New China
- Port markets for food, medical supplies, and electronics
- Route planning with fuel, travel time, cargo capacity, and encounter risk
- Six route encounters, including pirate ambushes, rescue calls, derelicts, inspections, meteor storms, and wandering traders
- Transport, rescue, and bounty contracts
- Auto-fire combat with simple one-finger movement
- Multiple starfighters, tactical abilities, and combat pickups
- Optional Apple Game Center leaderboard for expedition high scores
- Local journey recovery if the app closes during travel
- English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean interface support
- No ads; core gameplay remains available offline without a game account

Assemble your fleet, cross the star gate, and decide how much risk you will take for greater rewards.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-08-28

Game Center has arrived!

- Compete on the new global, all-time Best Score leaderboard
- Automatically submit scores after standard expeditions when signed in to Game Center
- Sync your existing local best score when Game Center connects
- Full Korean localization across combat, the hangar, expedition routes, and Interstellar Trade
- Continued support for English, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese
- Interface and stability improvements

Core gameplay remains fully playable offline. A network connection is only required for Game Center features.

### 1.1.1 — 2026-08-22

Added full Japanese language support across combat, the hangar, expedition routes, interstellar trade, route events, contracts, and settlement screens. Fixed the Interstellar Trade layout on iPad and extended the background through device safe areas.

### 1.1 — 2026-08-19

Version 1.1 introduces Interstellar Trade.

- Visit three frontier ports and buy or sell food, medical supplies, and electronics.
- Plan routes on a new star map using fuel, travel time, cargo capacity, and encounter risk.
- Face six route encounters, including pirates, rescue calls, derelicts, inspections, meteor storms, and wandering traders.
- Take transport, rescue, and bounty contracts.
- Continue into short route battles when an encounter turns hostile.
- Recover an unfinished journey safely after relaunching the app.
- Improved market layouts on iPhone XS Max and iPhone 13.
- Improved star map readability and destination selection.
- Added animated fighter exhaust, independent wingman positioning, and corrected Dune War sandworm movement.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-17

No release notes.

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