# Vastward — Rebuild a sleeping starship

> Rebuild a sleeping starship (iPhone/iPad app by Carl Samuelson.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vastward/id6797280327 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Carl Samuelson](https://appshunter.io/developer/6796876828)
- Category: Games, Simulation, Strategy
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 54 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-02
- Data updated: 2026-10-16

## What is Vastward?

You found her drifting dark between stars: a generation ship the size of a city, silent for centuries. One held breath on the reactor and her heartbeat returns. Everything after that is yours to rebuild.

Vastward is an idle game about restoration. Every purchase repairs a recognizable part of the vessel — water thaws and starts to move, gardens climb a dead district, homes light up and people return, and a star drive that hasn’t fired in living memory warms deck by deck. Progress is something you watch happen to a ship, not a number on a card.

THE SHIP COMES FIRST
• A hand-painted cutaway ark that visibly transforms with every restoration
• Widen the power grid, bank a reserve for the hours you’re away, and watch both on the hull itself
• Purpose-built hull classes with module bays — a build, not a checklist

PLAY YOUR WAY
• Honest idle: production continues while you’re away, capped and clearly reported — never a fee to collect it
• Hold-to-play Reactor Overdrive and Command Momentum reward focused sessions without punishing rest
• Four signal games — a drift, a puzzle, a lander, a loading dock — each a different skill, each paying real Power
• Ship dispatches with transparent, deterministic choices; no hidden odds anywhere

THE LONG GAME
• Ignite the star drive, chart routes to a shattered seed-vault and a dormant foundry
• Found a permanent fleet: archived ships terraform visible worlds with their own economies
• Game Center leaderboards for every signal game; progress backed up with iCloud

No advertisements. No purchases. No energy timers, streaks, or expiring offers. Vastward is free and complete.

## Is Vastward safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Vastward.

## Is Vastward legit?

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


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-09-03

No release notes.

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