# Seedship — Text-based colony ship game

> Text-based strategy game about colonizing a new planet. (iPhone/iPad app by Space Goblin Games.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/seedship/id1340497640 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Space Goblin Games](https://appshunter.io/developer/1340497639)
- Category: Games, Role Playing, Strategy
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 701 App Store ratings · 154 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2018-01-31
- Data updated: 2026-08-31
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/seedship/id1340497640/reviews.md

## What is Seedship?

An AI ship full of frozen colonists must find the best planet to be the new home of the human race. A randomly-generated text-based strategy game.

Push your luck: do you settle here, on this not-quite-ideal planet, or keep searching and risk your ship being damaged in the journey? The planets you encounter are randomly generated, and as you travel you encounter random events, so each playthrough is different. See the stories of the colonies you found, and keep trying for a higher score.

## Key features

- Text-based strategy gameplay
- Randomly generated planets
- Random in-game events
- Push-your-luck mechanics
- Colony survival simulation
- High score tracking

## What do users think of Seedship?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Simple and fun gameplay
- 🚀 Extremely replayable
- 👍 Charming and engaging
- 👍 Thought-provoking decisions
- 👍 Great for short bursts of gameplay
- 👍 No ads or in-app purchases

**Cons**

- 🐛 Some small bugs that don't spoil the experience
- 🐛 Occasional UI issues on iOS
- 🔋 Lack of updates in recent years

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Compatibility issues with newer devices

**Most requested features**

- More random events and planet types
- Ability to continue managing the colony after landing
- Soundtrack or sound effects
- Expanded post-landing gameplay

## Recent user reviews (10 of 154)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/seedship/id1340497640/reviews.md

### 5/5 — I Keep Coming Back

*2026-07-08*

One of the simplest games on my phone is also my most beloved. I keep coming back, year after year, trying to beat my high scores. The writing is excellent; somehow even after having read the scenarios dozens of times, they still resonate. I wish there were more games that captured my imagination like Seedship.

### 5/5 — Genuinely Great

*2026-07-08, version 1.4.0*

Play this right before bed to help me unwind, and it’s brilliant! Thanks for the recent update and for the many years of fun and adventure!

### 5/5 — Sehr gutes Spiel

*2026-06-21*

Schön zu spielen. Besonders gut gefällt mir, dass jede Entscheidung Konsequenzen hat, die nicht rückgängig zu machen sind. Kein  zurück oder ein Backup: Triff Entscheidungen und „lebe“ damit.

### 5/5 — Solid Twine Game

*2026-03-30*

An inspired and enjoyable game, and a great example of what can be done with Twine! You are looking at about 60 minutes of play, but I’d prefer that over something that goes on and on. It’s a light and short narrative experience. I’m grabbing Chiron Gate next!

### 3/5 — The stats menu is messed up

*2026-03-18*

Good game but the menu moves and blocks the text during gamplay pls fix

### 5/5 — Smart simple fun

*2026-01-05*

The gameplay is simple & the same every time, yet it’s extremely replayable. I love uncovering all the imaginative events that John designed, and finding the best (or worst hehe) possible endings for my colony.
Not updated in ages, has some small bugs but they don’t spoil it.

### 5/5 — Charming push-your-luck game

*2025-09-26, version 1.3.3*

This game seems simple, but it has many hidden depths and surprising turns, and is a really fun diversion when I’ve got a few minutes to kill. I love the way it forces you to trade off the destruction of your ship with your desire to just get to a planet where your colonists will thrive! Worth a download to check out.

### 5/5 — Its good

*2025-09-19*

Unfortunately very little content when it comes down to it but what is there is very good

### 1/5 — Bugs, slow load up, gets stuck

*2025-08-02, version 1.3.3*

I love this game always have with they would update it more

### 5/5 — Fantastic, only problems come from iOS

*2025-05-07, version 1.3.3*

The UI has had some odd issues on the current versions of iOS that have been a little discouraging to play 3:

But for many moons I played nonstop for hours trying to find the best places to land, the best combination of variables, ETC. It fascinates me to no end the possibilities (I did get annoyed a handful of times by the random chance for damages in certain events).

## Frequently asked questions about Seedship

### What is Seedship?

Seedship is a randomly generated, text-based strategy game. You manage a colony ship carrying frozen colonists, tasked with finding the best planet to establish a new home for humanity.

### How does the gameplay work?

The game involves making strategic decisions about whether to settle on a planet or continue searching for a better one, risking damage to your ship. You will encounter randomly generated planets and random events during your journey.

### Is Seedship free to play?

Yes, Seedship is a free game. It does not have in-app purchases or advertisements.

### What makes each playthrough unique?

Each playthrough is different due to the randomly generated planets and the random events you encounter during your travels. This ensures a unique experience every time you play.

### What is the goal of the game?

The primary goal is to find a suitable planet for your colonists and ensure their survival. You can also aim for a higher score by making successful colonization decisions and completing journeys.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4.0 — 2026-07-07

Version 1.4.0:
* Changed layout code to hopefully fix the bug where the status bar was sometimes appearing in the wrong place.
* Layout now adapts to phone screens with inset cameras.
* Changed sharer page URL to spacegoblingames.com.

### 1.3.3 — 2019-05-11

v1.3.3:
* Fixed several typos.
* Alien Mining Drones no longer destroy 2 surface probes when the text says they destroy 1.
* Planet-spanning civilisations now correctly reduce Construction phase deaths based on their tech level.
* The dictator from the Dictator event will no longer vanish without a mention if you settle a planet with a planet-spanning civ, instead they will slightly damage initial human-alien relations.
* When settling a planet with a planet-spanning civ, it will no longer say parts of the cultural database are missing when you have exactly 100%.

### 1.3.2 — 2019-01-06

1.3.2:
Bug fixes

### 1.3.0 — 2018-12-19

Native civilisations expansion:
* Native civilisations have their own culture, from the same range as possible human cultures. Native relations are now based on the average of your cultural database and the aliens' culture score, rather than just your culture database. (The result is still modified by the difference in human and native tech level.)
* Neolithic and higher native civilisations can be planet-spanning, which leads to a modified colony founding sequence in which the humans become immigrants in alien society rather than set up their own settlements.

Other changes:
* 5 new rare travel events
* Many new random planet names
* New red-yellow-cyan colour scheme option
* The Black Hole event now kills fewer colonists

Bug fixes:
* Removed extra 'that' from end-game summary description of high-gravity ocean planets.
* Number of deaths on colonist memorial now takes into account extra colonists from the stowaways event.
* Revised construction phase to avoid ungrammatical text for toxic/corrosive atmosphere and moderate temperature.
* Added missing word to Comet event.
* Loading an old save after changing the colour scheme should no longer cause problems.

### 1.2.9 — 2018-04-26

* Fixed bug where Edible Plants weren't correctly offsetting lack of water in the Construction phase.
* Fixed "nth moon of gas giant" typo.
* Corrected text when a construction failure kills exactly 1 colonist.

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