# Ironwave: Roguelike Survivor — Horde Waves, Pets & Boss Hunt

> Horde Waves, Pets & Boss Hunt (iPhone/iPad app by Emirhan TEMIZYUREK.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ironwave-roguelike-survivor/id6815134398 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Emirhan TEMIZYUREK](https://appshunter.io/developer/6815134400)
- Category: Games, Action, Role Playing
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 129 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), European Portuguese, Russian, European Spanish, Turkish
- Released: 2026-10-13
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is Ironwave?

Every death makes you stronger. Survive monster waves, upgrade gear that stays, hunt 18 bosses.
No energy timers. No loot boxes. Ads are never forced.
In the Daily Challenge everyone gets the same seed, hero and gear — only skill counts.

Ironwave Arena is a survival arena. Between waves you stop at the shop and make yourself stronger; when you die you don't lose everything — your permanent gear climbs a tier and the next run starts a little stronger.

EIGHT HEROES, EIGHT PLAYSTYLES
The Hunter wears you down from range, the Samurai cuts in one sweep, the Vampire heals on every kill, the Sorcerer detonates arrows. Each hero has its own weapon family, its own gear ladder and its own record.

PERMANENT PROGRESSION
Collect Essence, push your gear to +9, unlock the next tier. Five slots, ten tiers. The ceiling is the same for everyone.

SIX DANGER TIERS
It starts calm. Climb and enemies harden, the shop gets pricier, elites show up more often; at the top, bosses arrive every fourth wave already enraged. The next tier only unlocks when you reach wave 20 on the current one — no skipping.

EIGHTEEN BOSSES
They appear every fifth wave and each has its own pattern: one charges you, one rains a salvo, one calls a swarm around itself.

PETS
A fallen boss can leave a pet behind. Standard, rare or extraordinary, each one adds damage, health or a shield. Raise your pet to level 50 with Ember, open its book slots, push books to +20 and change its color.

WEATHER, CHESTS, SCROLLS
Rain, snow, fog, night and storms change how a wave plays out. Open the chests that appear in the arena, and lure the horde onto dynamite crates before you blow them. Fire, ice, rock, thunder and plant scrolls give you one big single-use move, and the wandering merchant between waves lets you take just one of three deals.

RUINS MODE
A separate walled arena. After every boss the walls and floor are rearranged, so you have to find your way out of the corners all over again.

BOSS LAIR AND SEALS
Downing bosses during a run earns keys. Spend keys in the boss lair to face any boss one on one, and every win earns a seal. You own all eighteen seals but only five are equipped at once — which five you carry is a real choice, every run.

HELPERS
Plant a turret, spin orbiting stones, scatter mines, take a companion. They all scale with you and still matter deep into a run.

DAILY CHALLENGE
One attempt per day. Same seed, same hero and the same ready-made gear for everyone. All that's left is how you play. It has its own leaderboard.

LEADERBOARDS
Claim a nickname and find your place on five boards: overall, daily, per hero, single run and boss lair. Ranking looks at the danger tier first — clearing a hard tier beats simply playing long.

LET'S BE HONEST
The game is free and every purchase is optional. The one-time Supporter pack gives you 300 Essence once and unlocks revives, rerolls, the fourth card and 2× Essence without watching ads; a run where you revive still counts on the leaderboards, and on a tie the run without a revive ranks higher. The one-time Starter pack contains 400 Essence, 10 Ember and 1 color credit, and if your first purchase is an Essence pack, you get double Essence. Essence packs speed up your permanent gear, Ember packs speed up your pet. A color credit recolors your pet. Hero skins are one-time purchases that only change the look and give no power. Ads are never forced.

It does not work offline; your progress is saved in the cloud.

Made by a solo developer.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Starter pack | $2.99 | one-time |
| Explorer skin | $0.99 | one-time |
| Golden Knight skin | $0.99 | one-time |
| Blue Samurai skin | $0.99 | one-time |
| Flame Ninja skin | $0.99 | one-time |
| Lion Shaman skin | $0.99 | one-time |
| Orange Sorcerer skin | $0.99 | one-time |
| Demon Skeleton skin | $0.99 | one-time |
| Count skin | $0.99 | one-time |
| Ad-Free Pack | $2.99 | one-time |
| Hoard of Essence | $14.99 | one-time |
| Hearth | $11.99 | one-time |
| Handful of Essence | $1.99 | one-time |
| Pouch of Essence | $2.99 | one-time |
| Spark | $2.99 | one-time |
| Chest of Essence | $6.99 | one-time |
| Ember | $5.99 | one-time |
| Volcano | $29.99 | one-time |
| Color Change | $0.99 | one-time |


## Is Ironwave safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Ironwave.

## Is Ironwave legit?

Ironwave: Roguelike Survivor has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Ironwave is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.1.9 — 2026-10-23

Update 1.1.9
• Boss loot is easy to spot: a celebration for new pets, a loot strip on the reward screen and a NEW badge in the menu
• Pets now lunge at enemies and claw them; they circle apart from companions and hit harder each wave
• Heroes are more distinct, and the lobby shows a stat card for each one
• Supporter pack: a 4th card at every boss and 2× Essence at the end of each run, automatically
• Balance: gear and pet upgrades take longer, and Ember is rarer
• Bug fixes

### 1.1.8 — 2026-10-18

A big update is here!
• Menus, shop and end-of-run screens fully redesigned
• Step-by-step tutorial for new players
• New skins for your heroes and a Starter pack
• A gift every day: 7-day login streak
• Changing phones? Move your account with a recovery code
• Japanese, Korean and Chinese added
• Runs with a revive now count on the leaderboard; on equal waves, revive-free runs rank higher
• The store opens on the Offers tab, and shop cards are bigger
• The Supporter pack now also gives 2× Essence without ads
• Balance: helpers no longer grow endlessly after wave 20; at most 1 random pet per run
• Much smaller download size
• Bug fixes and smoother gameplay

### 1.1.6 — 2026-10-13

No release notes.

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