Hoshikari: Star Hunter
Lock the swarm, loose light.
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Fly through an ink-wash sea of stars. Drag to lock the incoming swarm, release to loose a fan of homing light-arrows, and hunt a whole cluster in one breath.
Hoshikari is a first-person, on-rails space shooter with a Japanese ink-wash soul. You fly a craft of light through a painted sea of stars, lock the swarm that streams toward you, and loose a fan of homing light-arrows to hunt whole clusters in a single breath.
THE FEEL
No twin-stick, no auto-fire. You paint your lock-ons by dragging across the screen, then release to fire. The bigger the lock, the bigger the volley - and every chained hit climbs a half-step in pitch, so a good run sounds like a rising chord. Meteors break apart in strokes of ink. It is built to be the kind of shot you want to take again and again.
HOW IT PLAYS
- Drag your finger to paint lock-ons across the meteors and drones streaming toward you. Lock as many as you can before you fire.
- Release to loose a fan of homing light-arrows. They chain through every locked target at once.
- Dodge the debris you can't shoot - your craft weaves toward wherever you aim.
- Collect star-ore to spend on your craft, and grab shields to shrug off a hit.
- Ride the overdrive to surge faster. Clear each track before the star-sea swallows you.
A SEA OF STARS TO HUNT
- Fly through distinct sectors - launch, nebula, asteroid belt, comet field, aurora, and the deep - each with its own palette, hazards and rhythm.
- Short, punchy tracks bundled by constellation, with a rising difficulty curve.
- Chase your best on every track, and unlock an endless "meteor storm" run.
UPGRADE YOUR CRAFT
- Spend star-ore at the Dock on permanent upgrades: a wider lock range, more light-arrows, a longer shield, and a better overdrive economy.
MADE TO LOOK LIKE NOTHING ELSE
- A living ink-wash night sky lit by aurora - hand-tuned, not another neon starfield.
- Real-time first-person flight with a genuine sense of speed.
MORE TO ENJOY
- 12 languages supported
- Plays in portrait or landscape
- Sound and haptics on/off, anytime
- Plays offline after install
- Made by an independent studio (PixelRyu)
Free to play, supported by ads. Watch an optional ad to revive, double your star-ore, restock stars, or boost your next run.
Lock the swarm. Loose the light. Hunt the stars.
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The developer, Kenji Kobayashi, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
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Information
- Seller
- Kenji Kobayashi
- Size
- 227.8 MB
- Category
- Action
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later and a device with the A12 Bionic chip or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later and a device with the A12 Bionic chip or later.
• iPhone XS
• iPhone XS Max
• iPhone XR
• iPhone 11
• iPhone 11 Pro
• iPhone 11 Pro Max
• iPhone SE (2nd generation)
• iPhone 12 mini
• iPhone 12
• iPhone 12 Pro
• iPhone 12 Pro Max
• iPhone 13 Pro
• iPhone 13 Pro Max
• iPhone 13 mini
• iPhone 13
• iPhone SE (3rd generation)
• iPhone 14
• iPhone 14 Plus
• iPhone 14 Pro
• iPhone 14 Pro Max
• iPhone 15
• iPhone 15 Plus
• iPhone 15 Pro
• iPhone 15 Pro Max
• iPhone 16
• iPhone 16 Plus
• iPhone 16 Pro
• iPhone 16 Pro Max
• iPhone 16e
• iPhone 17 Pro
• iPhone 17 Pro Max
• iPhone 17
• iPhone Air
• iPhone 17e - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later and a device with the A12 Bionic chip or later.
• iPad Pro (11‑inch)
• iPad Pro (11‑inch) Wi‑Fi + Cellular
• iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (3rd generation)
• iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (3rd generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular
• iPad mini (5th generation)
• iPad mini (5th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular
• iPad Air (3rd generation)
• iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular
• iPad Pro (11‑inch) (2nd generation)
• iPad Pro (11‑inch) (2nd generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular
• iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (4th generation)
• iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (4th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular
• iPad Air (4th generation)
• iPad Air (4th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular
• iPad (8th generation)
• iPad (8th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular
• iPad Pro (11-inch) (3rd generation)
• iPad Pro (11-inch) (3rd generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular
• iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation)
• iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
• iPad mini (6th generation)
• iPad mini (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
• iPad (9th generation)
• iPad (9th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular
• iPad Air (5th generation)
• iPad Air (5th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular
• iPad (10th generation)
• iPad (10th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular
• iPad Pro (11‑inch) (4th generation)
• iPad Pro (11‑inch) (4th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular
• iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (6th generation)
• iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (6th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular
• iPad Air 11-inch (M2)
• iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular
• iPad Air 13-inch (M2)
• iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular
• iPad Pro 11-inch (M4)
• iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular
• iPad Pro 13-inch (M4)
• iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular
• iPad mini (A17 Pro)
• iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular
• iPad (A16)
• iPad (A16) Wi-Fi + Cellular
• iPad Air 11-inch (M3)
• iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular
• iPad Air 13-inch (M3)
• iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular
• iPad Pro 11-inch (M5)
• iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular
• iPad Pro 13-inch (M5)
• iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular
• iPad Air 11-inch (M4)
• iPad Air 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular
• iPad Air 13-inch (M4)
• iPad Air 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later and a device with the A12 Bionic chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 11 more
- English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Infrequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Contains
Advertising
- Copyright
- © 2026 PixelRyu