# IceShift — Naval tactics on arctic ice

> Naval tactics on arctic ice (iPhone/iPad app by DATOBO.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/iceshift/id6812937837 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [DATOBO](https://appshunter.io/developer/6806855067)
- Category: Games, Board, Strategy
- Price: $2.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.6 · 400 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-14
- Data updated: 2026-10-16

## What is IceShift?

The sea is your board. The ice is your weapon.

IceShift is a turn-based tactics game played on an arctic sea. No dice, no hidden cards — everything is on the board, and the only thing between you and the win is whether you saw one move further than your opponent.

FOUR SHIPS, FOUR ROLES
In Tactics mode, each side commands five ships with four distinct roles:
• Lancer — charges up to three squares straight ahead.
• Scout — slips one square forward or up to two diagonally.
• Breaker — covers two squares in any direction and smashes through ice.
• Envoy — moves just one square at a time, but it is your flagship. Get it to the far shore, or capture your opponent's, and the match is yours.

THE ICE CHANGES EVERYTHING
Every player holds a handful of icebergs and can drop them anywhere on the water — sealing a lane, forcing a detour, trapping a ship in open water. The one rule: you may never wall a flagship in completely. And a Breaker can clear what you set, so no blockade holds forever.

CLASSIC MODE
The roles fall away and it becomes a race: two, three or four ships per side across three board sizes. Whoever runs the gauntlet first wins.

PLAY YOUR WAY
• Solo against the bot, from Sailor to Admiral.
• Two players on one device — the view turns to whoever moves next (or stays put, your choice).
• Online against players worldwide through Game Center. Every move runs on a 20-second clock; let it run out twice and the match is lost. Turn-based, so a game can also stretch across the day.

TWO FLEETS
Command Steel — modern warships and carriers — or Sail — longships, schooners and galleons. Every ship carries a role marker above its hull, on a living 3D sea with drifting fog, low evening light and ice that never sits still.

No ads. No in-app purchases. No data collected.

## Is IceShift safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess IceShift.

## Is IceShift legit?

IceShift appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for IceShift is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-10-14

No release notes.

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