# Walk on Thin Ice — A frozen ice-melting puzzle

> A frozen ice-melting puzzle (iPhone/iPad app by yury chebiryak.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/walk-on-thin-ice/id6806560309 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [yury chebiryak](https://appshunter.io/developer/6806560311)
- Category: Games, Puzzle, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 237 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-11
- Data updated: 2026-10-03
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/walk-on-thin-ice/id6806560309/reviews.md

## What is Walk on Thin Ice?

You're an explorer stranded on a frozen lake, and the only way home is a ship somewhere ahead of you. There's just one problem: every tile you step on starts to crack, and after enough cracks it melts into open water. Walk somewhere once, and you might be walking there for the last time.

Walk on Thin Ice is a minimalist puzzle game about planning your own escape route before you seal it off yourself. Every level is a small grid, a handful of moves, and one goal — but the ice remembers everywhere you've been, and a path that looks safe on your first step can strand you three moves later.

DAILY PUZZLE
A new puzzle every day of the year, 365 in all. Open the calendar, pick a day, and get an optional reminder that takes you straight to that day's puzzle.

HOW TO PLAY
- Move one tile at a time — up, down, left, or right — by swiping or tapping an adjacent tile. Tap a farther tile instead and you'll walk the whole path there in one go.
- Every tile cracks a little more each time you step onto it. After a few cracks, it turns to water — stand on it when that happens, and you're done.
- Reach the ship to complete the level. Fewer moves earns more stars.
- Made a mistake? Undo up to 5 moves, or restart the level from scratch.

HAZARDS
- Rock — blocks your path outright, unless you're carrying a pickaxe to mine through it.
- Fire — cracks every tile around it, every single turn, whether you're nearby or not.
- Wind — sweeps you one or more extra tiles in the direction it's blowing, cracking everything it carries you across. Ride it right and it's a shortcut; misjudge it and it's how you strand yourself.

GEAR
- Pickaxe — a one-time use that breaks through a single rock.
- Snowshoes — four charges that stop badly-cracked ice from cracking any further while you cross it.
- Compass — once you've found it, a needle on your HUD always points the way to the ship, even across ice you haven't explored yet.
- SOS flare — some crossings hide the ship until you signal for it; find the flare and it appears.
- CO2 canister — freezes a crumbling tile rock-solid right before it would've dropped you into the water, three uses per canister.
- Wooden scraps — build a permanent bridge across open water, one plank at a time.
- Ski poles — plant them once and the wind can crack the ice under you, but it can't push you around anymore.

Expeditions bundle levels into themed sets with their own painted landscape, difficulty curve, star ratings, and achievements to unlock as you go. Later expeditions branch — choose a path, discover a dead end or two along the way, and every branch you've found stays open for next time. No timers, no penalties for thinking — just you, the ice, and the choices you can't take back.

Play your way: on iPad in landscape, the level list and the live puzzle sit side by side. Prefer a different look? Switch to the Anime tile theme in Settings.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medium Tip | $4.99 | one-time |
| Small Tip | $1.99 | one-time |
| Large Tip | $9.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.1.331 — 2026-10-02

- New Daily Puzzle: a fresh puzzle every day, 365 in all. Browse a calendar one month at a time and get a reminder that opens that day's puzzle.
- iPad landscape: level list and live puzzle side by side.
- New Anime tile theme, selectable in Settings, with its own icons.
- Main Menu realigned to its painted artwork.
- Smaller download and a cleaner soundtrack.

### 3.0.280 — 2026-09-20

- Three brand-new expeditions (Windswept Tundra, Fossiled Reach, Journey to the Crystal Void) with branching paths and dead-end detours to explore.
- Three new tools to master: a CO2 canister that freezes thin ice solid, wooden scraps that build bridges over water, and ski poles that stop wind from pushing you.
- 87 levels now, across all 6 expeditions.
- Every expedition's own painted trail art now changes as you play it: one look before you start, another once you finish it, and a third once you finish it with all 3 stars.
- The Tutorial now walks you through every mechanic one at a time, including the new CO2 canister, wooden-scraps bridge, and ski poles, alongside short intro levels for each one.
- Every level now carries a bit of real polar-exploration history or trivia -- read it before you set off.
- Added Polish, Dutch, and Swedish, bringing the game to 22 supported languages.
- The compass now remembers ground you've already crossed.
- Level select is now a scrollable trail you follow from level to level.
- Redesigned puzzle board fills the screen edge to edge.
- Added native share sheet for sending friends your donation link.
- New painted background art on the settings, language, and donation screens.
- General polish across the campaign's level-select art and navigation.

### 1.0.228 — 2026-09-15

- Added a short tutorial expedition that eases new players into each mechanic.
- The compass now remembers ground you've already crossed.
- Level select is now a scrollable trail you follow from level to level.
- Redesigned puzzle board fills the screen edge to edge.
- Added native share sheet for sending friends your donation link.
- New painted background art on the donation screen.
- General polish across the campaign's level-select art and navigation.

### 1.0.199 — 2026-09-12

New game mechanics:
- Snowshoes — four charges that stop badly-cracked ice from cracking any further while you cross it.
- Compass — once you've found it, a needle on your HUD always points the way to the ship, even across ice you haven't explored yet.

Improved looks and feel of the expeditions

### 1.0.158 — 2026-09-11

No release notes.

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