# Strayward — Endless descent arcade

> Endless descent arcade (iPhone/iPad app by Yiu Tung LAM.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/strayward/id6804200870 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Yiu Tung LAM](https://appshunter.io/developer/1751955740)
- Category: Games, Action, Role Playing
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 77 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-27
- Data updated: 2026-09-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/strayward/id6804200870/reviews.md

## What is Strayward?

Strayward is an endless vertical-descent arcade. One thumb. Endless floors.
A different face of abandonment every run.

In the Forgotten City, every stray has heard the same legend — at the very
bottom there is a Door, and beyond it, a place where every stray belongs. So
they descend. Through Neon Ruins, Flooded Metro, Forgotten Foundations. Floor
after floor. Faster than the chase that follows.

Each run picks one danger — the Flood, the Cold, Traffic, the Dark, Hunger,
Illness, Loneliness, or the Rogue Animal — and that danger drives both the
rising chase behind you and the obstacles on the floors. Floor types bias
with the threat: ice on cold nights, conveyor belts under traffic, crumbling
ledges when the ground itself is unwell.

Pick a stray:





Ash the orange cat — a Slink that makes the chase lose ground.



Patch the Shiba Inu — a Guard invulnerability for the moments that matter.



Nix the raccoon — Scavenge pulls coins out of the bins (magnet included).



Pip the pigeon — Preen shakes off sickness, vertigo, and frostbite.

One more run. Modes for every night: Normal descent, Daily with a pinned
threat, Living (survive on the clock), Boss (race the Door Boss for your
fastest kill), and Creative (author a challenge, share a code, or browse what
others published).
Personal-best toasts mid-descent. A leaderboard of strays who got further than
you last night.

Spend a Boss ticket in Boss mode (earn via Normal or buy for 100 coins in the
shop) and you drop straight into the Door Boss fight — bank shards on the way
down, then Strike to win. Your fastest kill tops the Boss board.

Free to play. Soft currency only — every character is unlockable through play.
Optional Remove Ads purchase.

Downward. Homeward.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.1.1 — 2026-09-02

iOS menu banner now renders above the home indicator. Leaderboard shows the Normal board with clearer offline messaging. Score sync is more reliable; display-name entry no longer races Restart.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-01

Lai joins the roster — heavy falls and Stamp to crack floors. Nix Scavenge cashes traps into coins. Pip moves faster with Plummet drop-through. Heroes detail sheet, gold Guard aura, Normal Restart rolls a new threat. Game over Home works reliably; no interstitial on Home or Restart.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-08-29

Active skill updates: Ash's Slink now freezes the rising chase for 4 seconds; Pip's new Plummet dives one floor down with a safe landing. Production ad IDs wired. Remove Ads purchase deferred for a future update.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-27

No release notes.

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All apps by Yiu Tung LAM: https://appshunter.io/developer/1751955740

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