# Orbital Holdfast — Defend the last of your town

> Defend the last of your town (iPhone/iPad app by Gordon Xue.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/orbital-holdfast/id6808354156 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Gordon Xue](https://appshunter.io/developer/6780249231)
- Category: Games, Action, Strategy
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-09
- Data updated: 2026-09-18

## What is Orbital Holdfast?

Nobody saw what did it. One night the sky went white without a sound, and when it faded, the world was gone. What's left of your town — the hall, a few streets, the hill behind the school — is floating in the dark with the wreckage of the planet turning slowly around it.

You are Ren. You fix things. People are looking at you.

ORBITAL HOLDFAST is a tower defence game where the threat is also the reward. Asteroids raining onto your island are pieces of home, and some carry a crystal nobody has seen before — the only thing that buys the weapons you'll need when the ships come to collect it.

• BUILD on a floating voxel island: cannons, lasers, missiles, and the crystal-powered Railgun and Beam.
• MINE ore and gas to fund it all — but the best mining spots are the most dangerous ones.
• KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE. Survivors arrive in escape pods and only stay if you've built them a home and a farm. Every mine and every gun needs hands.
• PLAY REN. Post her at a gun for +50%, run her to a pod before it drifts away, repair what's been hit, or point her at the rock that matters.
• TOWERS LEARN. Every kill makes a gun better. Veterans matter.
• SIX-MINUTE LEVELS. Ten waves, one pinch in the middle, a boss at the end. Fits a commute.
• A STORY that starts with a mystery. What ended the world? The Reclaimers know.

Two chapters, two bosses, and a neighbour across the bridge — all playable offline, with no ads, no accounts and nothing to buy.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-09-09

No release notes.

## More apps by Gordon Xue

- [InspectAI Bathroom and Balcony](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inspectai-bathroom-and-balcony/id6780249229)

All apps by Gordon Xue: https://appshunter.io/developer/6780249231

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