# Beyond the Chiron Gate > Text-based space exploration game with crew management and ship upgrades. (iPhone/iPad app by Space Goblin Games.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beyond-the-chiron-gate/id1624155440 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Space Goblin Games](https://appshunter.io/developer/1340497639) - Category: Games, Role Playing, Strategy - Price: $9.99 - Rating: 4.70/5 from 66 App Store ratings · 35 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 13.0 · 93 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2022-05-20 - Data updated: 2026-09-08 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beyond-the-chiron-gate/id1624155440/reviews.md ## What is Beyond the Chiron Gate? Explore an endless universe filled with exotic planets, strange life forms, and ancient civilisations in this text-based space exploration game. Manage a crew of space explorers and upgrade their ship with new technology. Brave dangerous worlds to gather the data you need to reach the home system of the mysterious Gatebuilders. ## Key features - Text-based space exploration - Discover exotic planets - Manage a space crew - Upgrade ship technology - Gather data - Uncover ancient civilizations ## Recent user reviews (10 of 35) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beyond-the-chiron-gate/id1624155440/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Loved Seedship, Love This *2026-07-21, version 1.1.8* These text-based probability adventures scratch an itch for me. Even after I feel I’ve experienced it all, I still go back to stretch for a higher score. Love it, I will buy everything from this developer. ### 5/5 — Fantastic game *2026-07-19, version 1.1.8* Perfection, buy it. ### 5/5 — Perfect time killer *2026-05-17, version 1.1.7* Honestly shocked this game isn’t more popular. Was a big fan of Seedship so seeing that there was another game by the same dev was a delight. Just as good if not better than the previous game, highly recommend. ### 5/5 — Buy it *2025-12-19, version 1.1.6* Worth every penny, it’s a book you help write ### 3/5 — I think its a really good mobile game :) *2025-03-13, version 1.1.5* Its really pricey for a mobile game. Thats a major fact about this game. You could buy minecraft pocket edition with money to spare. However, i think this game is really fun, if a but artificially challenging and kinda RNG when it comes to winning. E.g. i had 8 runs left, and i had to get 500 alien research in that time and still have one run left. I found 3 alien sites in that time after clearing out 6/7 systems. I had 5 level four and five crew members and still couldnt make it. The joy you get from winning is amazing though and it will take a few hours to complete a game unless your trying to go fast. All that said, go play seedship (the devs previous game) before you try this as its free and is more or less the demo for this game. Edit: This game is very clearly unfinished to me. There are too many events that cause you to get shafted and they are too frequent. Example, dense radiaton hits the ship, you can prioritise the ship or the crew, if you fail rhe check on either then borh get damaged, if you win the check the other gets damaged. I had 2/3 ship hp. Get hit with this event and fail the check, I immediately set course back for home, and get hit with the same event. And fail. Not fun, really not fun. Also the fact enclusion of loss/loss check that when entering the gate on the way home is just cruel ### 4/5 — I think its a really good mobile game :) *2025-02-04, version 1.1.5* Its really pricey for a mobile game. Thats a major fact about this game. You could buy minecraft pocket edition with money to spare. However, i think this game is really fun, if a but artificially challenging and kinda RNG when it comes to winning. E.g. i had 8 runs left, and i had to get 500 alien research in that time and still have one run left. I found 3 alien sites in that time after clearing out 6/7 systems. I had 5 level four and five crew members and still couldnt make it. The joy you get from winning is amazing though and it will take a few hours to complete a game unless your trying to go fast. All that said, go play seedship (the devs previous game) before you try this as its free and is more or less the demo for this game. ### 5/5 — Excellent Sci-Fi Adventure *2025-01-28, version 1.1.5* Buckle up. Do read the "How to play" section. Remember, you can click on the highlighted words during your journey, which will take you to new scenarios. Looking forward to the next game. 5 Stars. ### 1/5 — It’s about crew injury/death… *2024-10-22, version 1.1.4* …and not exploration/discovery. Ship damage and crew injury/death is what the game revolves around. All else is secondary, and that’s just a little sad. It’s too unrealistic to think people would put up with that. They wouldn’t. Everything else is fantastic for the genre, almost perfect. But I get tired of not developing crew for they will end up in hospital! You constantly turn back for crew injury/ies. Sure you can take an MD, but there you go, back to the counter-productive doctor’s injury. Not you have 2 MDs in the hospital. The game focuses on the negative. That’s not fun and the fact that it’s popular, that’s scary. ### 5/5 — Ahh, yeah…just buy it! *2024-08-30* Update: A back button. It could use a back button. A bug where the music turns off when app is put in the background. I have to turn the music off/on to get it back. It would nice if it played in the background, as the music is both inspiring and relaxing. The ‘pop-up’ labels for icons and numbers is excellent! …ORIGINAL TEXT And I’m not a ‘text-based-game’ aficionado, per say (yet I read nonfiction incessantly, go figure). Smoothly moves between landscape and portrait orientations at any time! I found the instructions more challenging then just starting the game. :-) The UI is perfectly arranged and yet out of the way. Game play text accessible during the game. Everything about this production is intelligently designed. The one thing that would put this product over the top, I don’t think I missed it, and that would be both font pitch and a selection of script types everything is ‘very easily’ read because of high font/background contrast. THANK YOU! :-) Sometimes my 72 year-old eyes get tired. I see Stargate, and several other classic science fiction ideas from movies and TV. Kind of well-rounded. Very cool. Oh, OH! Beautiful music, with a Music On/Off setting, BUT ALSO a music volume adjustment control too! intelligently designed.” ### 2/5 — Repetitive and shallow, far too pricey for content *2024-02-28, version 1.1.3* Seedship was great, but lacking in narrative depth. This game somehow manages to feel even more narratively sparse, probably because the expanded adventure highlights the repetitive gameplay even more. The systems play out like mad libs in space, you land on a [hot/dense/rocky/icy] [planet/asteroid] and then discover some [ruins/anomalies/microscopic life] that has been destroyed by a [cosmic ray/weather event/interstellar war], and on the way your [engineer/pilot/scientist] is imperiled by some [radiation/heat/cold/crushing atmosphere] and your other [engineer/pilot/scientist] has a [25/50/75%] chance of saving them from [injury/death]. All of these situations play out identically, with identical impacts from your pass/fail result. Get some biology points, or don't. Get some xeno points, or don't. Repeat for the entire game, like multiple times. In a single play-through your engineer is going to fix a space suit radiation leak like a dozen times, identical dialog, identical choices, maybe 5% bump to success because you gained a level. Every system description ends up reading the same. Once you've read the description for a gas giant, you've read every description for a gas giant. Completely soulless dialog, probably assembled on an excel spreadsheet. $10 is just a joke of a price for this game. It's a shame, the concept is there, but the execution completely misses the mark. 2/5 ## Frequently asked questions about Beyond the Chiron Gate ### What kind of game is Beyond the Chiron Gate? Beyond the Chiron Gate is a text-based space exploration game. It focuses on discovering new planets, managing a crew of explorers, and upgrading your spaceship's technology. The core gameplay involves navigating an endless universe and uncovering the mysteries of ancient civilizations. ### What are the main gameplay mechanics? The game involves exploring an endless universe, encountering exotic planets and life forms, and managing your crew. You will also need to upgrade your ship with new technology to aid in your journey. Gathering data is crucial to reaching the home system of the Gatebuilders. ### Is this game free to play? Yes, the application is free to download and play. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned, indicating a completely free experience for players. ### What platforms is Beyond the Chiron Gate available on? The provided information does not specify the platforms Beyond the Chiron Gate is available on. Typically, mobile applications are released on iOS and Android, but this cannot be confirmed from the description. ### What is the goal of the game? The ultimate goal of the game is to gather enough data to reach the home system of the mysterious Gatebuilders. This involves exploring the universe, managing your crew, and upgrading your ship to overcome the challenges you encounter. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.1.8 — 2026-06-16 * Added light mode colour scheme * Changed privacy policy email and URL to spacegoblingames.com ### 1.1.7 — 2026-01-15 * Layout should now adapt for phone screens with a camera inset at the top * Several typo fixes * Fixed a couple of discoveries with no tooltip ### 1.1.6 — 2025-08-07 1.1.6 PATCH NOTES * Fixed a couple of discoveries with no tooltip * Several typo fixes * Fixed bug where volcanic sulphur dusting could spawn on high gravity planets that were former gas giant cores * Fixed "ocean surface nanites" revealing alien "Planetary engineering" civ trait rather than "Nanotechnology" * Added my new games studio name to the credits page! ### 1.1.5 — 2024-12-06 1.1.5 PATCH NOTES * Revised Epic event text that didn't make sense if only one explorer was alive * Volcanic sulphur dusting can no longer spawn on high gravity worlds * If you continue in endless mode after losing your ship in the endgame, the "this is the ship's Nth trip" counter resets to reflect that it's a new ship * Fixed a couple of discoveries missing tooltips * Several typo fixes ### 1.1.4 — 2024-05-07 * Fixed bug where max-level explorers could keep getting XP and leveling up (only noticeable if you were deep into Endless Mode) * Fixed bug where the cave ambush predator event was triggering on planets with non-violent life * Several typo fixes ## Apps similar to Beyond the Chiron Gate | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Africa Empire 2027](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/africa-empire-2027/id1642138039) | 5.0 (4) | Free | Games | | [Uciana](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/uciana/id1659168505) | 4.7 (42) | $0.99 | Games | | [Artesnaut: Fantasy Idle RPG](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/artesnaut-fantasy-idle-rpg/id1542510060) | 4.8 (441) | Free | Games | | [Eldermyth](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eldermyth/id6743443107) | 4.4 (20) | $2.99 | Games | | [Sigma Theory](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sigma-theory/id1492483961) | 4.5 (8) | $6.99 | Games | | [Blast Waves](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/blast-waves/id1448678847) | 4.2 (42) | $3.99 | Games | ## More apps by Space Goblin Games - [Seedship](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/seedship/id1340497640) All apps by Space Goblin Games: https://appshunter.io/developer/1340497639 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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