Crater Hoard
Crater Hoard
An arcade game for iPhone and iPad. The crater fires volleys of glowing coins and lava bombs down its slope. Roll your mine cart along two rails, catch the coins, dodge the bombs, smash the obsidian they leave behind and bank your hot haul before the cart overheats.
Coming soon on the App StoreiPhone & iPad · iOS 18 or later
About
The crater is the star: it glows before every volley, fills the sky with ash and throws more, faster, the longer you last.
The vault is your menu: brew upgrades on the assay shelf, hire keepers from the lantern row, and read every shift in the core sample.
Gold comes only from play. No ads, no purchases, no accounts — Crater Hoard works completely offline.
How it works
Roll the cart under the shadows of falling coins and away from the red shadows of lava bombs.
Jump between the lower and upper rail. Tap to dash through obsidian boulders.
Roll into the mine entrance at the end of the rail to cool the cart and bank its coins. Spend gold on upgrades and new keepers.
Signature mechanics
The crater glows gold for coins, red for bombs and both for a mix. Growing shadows mark where everything lands.
Caught coins heat the cart. Carry more for a bigger multiplier, but bank them at the mine before a bomb or the heat takes them.
Bombs you dodge harden into boulders that block the rail. Dash through them for shards of gold.
The upper rail is richer and hides volcanic cores, but it's hotter and more dangerous. Jumping between rails leaves you exposed.
Big volleys darken the sky and fade the shadows — but the thick cloud sparks lightning that pays to catch.
The lantern row
PipBanks from further away
CinderHeats up slower
BasaltRolls through boulders
AshSees through the ash
EmberDouble lightning
HermitKeeps half the cargoScreens
Platforms
Support
Write to [email protected] — we usually answer within two working days.
Drag to roll along the rail, swipe up or down to jump to the other rail, and tap to dash. The on-screen UP/DOWN and DASH levers do the same.
A lava bomb knocks the cargo out of the cart, and an overheated cart melts it. Bank often at the mine entrance at the end of your rail.
The cart has wooden planks. Each bomb hit or overheat cracks one. When the last plank breaks, the shift ends and the gold you banked is yours.
Yes, on your device. Gold, upgrades, keepers and your last 24 shifts survive restarts. You can reset everything in the Valve Room.
No. There are no ads and no purchases. Gold can only be earned by playing.
Yes. Sound and haptics can each be switched off in the Valve Room, and the game respects the silent switch.
Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 3, 2026
Crater Hoard does not collect, store or share any personal information. The game has no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no third-party SDKs.
Your gold, upgrades, keepers, settings and shift history are stored only on your device, using Apple's on-device storage. They are never sent to us or to anyone else. Deleting the app removes this data.
Because no personal data is collected, the game is suitable for players of all ages.
Questions about privacy: [email protected].
Terms of Use
Last updated: November 3, 2026
By downloading or playing Crater Hoard you agree to these terms. The app is licensed to you for personal, non-commercial use under the Apple Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement.
Gold, cores and keepers are fictional game items with no monetary value. They cannot be bought, sold, exchanged or redeemed for anything outside the game.
All artwork, sounds and code are owned by the developers of Crater Hoard. You may not copy, modify or redistribute them.
The game is provided "as is". We do our best to keep it free of bugs but cannot guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation.
We may update these terms; the date above shows the latest revision. Contact: [email protected].