T-Minus Zero: Thrust

Precision Rocket Landing Game

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

Land softly, earn Space Stones and unlock perks and new rockets. Chase the lowest landing speed on Game Center. T-Minus Zero: Thrust (formerly Touch Down: Rocket Landing) Guide your rocket to a perfect landing. Hold to thrust, release to fall. The challenge is knowing exactly when to do each. HOW TO PLAY Your rocket descends from the top of the screen under gravity. Tap and hold anywhere to fire your thrusters and slow your descent. Release to free fall. Touch down on the pad below 5 m/s to survive, and below 3 m/s for a perfect landing. Come in too fast and it's a crash. That's it. No tutorial needed. THE CHALLENGE Every landing is a precision problem. Gravity pulls you down constantly and your fuel is limited, so every burn counts. Burn too early and you'll coast in too fast. Burn too late and you won't have enough fuel to stop in time. The sweet spot is razor thin, and finding it is deeply satisfying. Your speed turns yellow as you approach the limit and red when the impact is going to hurt. The HUD also shows your altitude and the fuel you have left. OPERATIONS Take on a campaign of 18 missions in LAND and HOVER. Each mission has set conditions, such as a narrow pad, a sliding pad, crosswinds, gusts, a smaller tank or low gravity. Drag while you thrust to lean the rocket sideways when a mission needs it. Every mission has three challenges worth 10, 20 and 40 XP. Earn XP to rank up, open new operations and climb the Mission XP leaderboard. Missions use a fixed loadout, so everyone flies the same mission. ARCADE Land as gently as you can, or try HOVER: climb to a band of sky and stay inside it for as long as your fuel lasts. Every successful landing earns a Space Stone. Collect them to unlock permanent perks, spend them on new rockets with their own flames and trade-offs, and upgrade your rocket in the lab. Build a landing streak and share your best landing as a card. COMPETE Your personal best is saved on your device, and your scores go to Game Center leaderboards for the softest landing, the most touchdowns, the most landings in a row, the longest weekly hover and the most Space Stones collected. See how you stack up against players worldwide. Game Center sign-in is optional. OPTIONAL PURCHASES The game is free to play. You can buy the Fuel Optimizer, a one-off upgrade that cuts your fuel use, and packs of Space Stones to spend on rockets and upgrades. Purchased stones never count towards perks or the touchdowns leaderboard. Free players get a few boosted attempts every day. TIPS Don't burn immediately. Let gravity do the work for a few seconds, then use short controlled bursts to bleed off speed as you approach the pad. A long slow descent followed by one firm burst at the bottom is often cleaner than constant small burns from the top. Watch the speed, not the altitude. If the readout is yellow or red with half the altitude left, start thrusting now. Good luck. Land soft.

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    1 Ratings

Touch Down: Rocket Landing is now T-Minus Zero: Thrust. Same game, same progress: your Space Stones, rockets, perks and scores carry over. Operations is here: a campaign of missions with set conditions, ranks to climb and a new leaderboard. NEW • Operations: open the board and pick the OPERATIONS tab for missions across LAND and HOVER, from First Pad to Blind Hover • Challenges: every mission has three, worth 10, 20 and 40 XP. Each pays out once, so replay a mission to finish the rest • Ranks: earn XP to rank up and open new operations. Your total XP goes to a new Mission XP leaderboard on Game Center • Mission briefings: see the hazards and how to handle them before you fly, such as wind, gusts, a sliding pad or a downdraft • Steering: in the wind and pad missions, drag while you thrust to lean the rocket sideways • Your gear counts: LAND missions use your perks, lab upgrades, rocket stats and the Fuel Optimizer if you own it. HOVER missions stay the same for everyone. Missions earn no Space Stones and leave your best landing, streak and Arcade leaderboards alone • Blind Burn and Blind Hover: operations with no fuel gauge, so you fly by feel • Career and Space Stones are now two screens, with a Talents tab in Career that unlocks by rank • A redesigned Space Stones screen, and lab upgrades ask you to confirm before spending • Stats now show your Longest Hover • New background music, with a switch in Settings IMPROVED • Arcade and Operations are now two tabs on one board, and the game remembers your pick • Redesigned mission briefings and results, which show only the XP from your latest flight • The wind direction shows before a mission starts • The rocket eases upright after a sideways landing • Mission results and briefings now work with VoiceOver Thanks for playing - happy landings!

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    Seller
    Cloud Science Studio PLT
    Size
    4.8 MB
    Category
    Casual
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    • Advanced Fuel System $1.99
    • 500 Space Stones $3.99
    • 100 Space Stones $0.99
    Copyright
    © 2026 Cloud Science Studio PLT