Strayward

Strayward is an endless vertical-descent arcade. One thumb. Endless floors.
A different face of abandonment every run.

In the Forgotten City, every stray has heard the same legend — at the very
bottom there is a Door, and beyond it, a place where every stray belongs. So
they descend. Through Neon Ruins, Flooded Metro, Forgotten Foundations. Floor
after floor. Faster than the chase that follows.

Each run picks one danger — the Flood, the Cold, Traffic, the Dark, Hunger,
Illness, Loneliness, or the Rogue Animal — and that danger drives both the
rising chase behind you and the obstacles on the floors. Floor types bias
with the threat: ice on cold nights, conveyor belts under traffic, crumbling
ledges when the ground itself is unwell.

Pick a stray:





Ash the orange cat — a Slink that freezes the chase in place.



Patch the Shiba Inu — a Guard invulnerability for the moments that matter (golden aura in-world).



Nix the raccoon — Scavenge turns nearby traps into coins (magnet included).



Pip the pigeon — +40% move speed and Plummet drops through the current floor to the one below.



Lai the yellow cow — heavy falls crack floors; Stamp makes the current ledge fragile.

One more run. Modes for every night: Normal descent, Daily with a pinned
threat, Living (survive on the clock), Boss (race the Door Boss for your
fastest kill), and Creative (author a challenge, share a code, or browse what
others published).
Personal-best toasts mid-descent. A leaderboard of strays who got further than
you last night.

Spend a Boss ticket in Boss mode (earn via Normal or buy for 100 coins in the
shop) and you drop straight into the Door Boss fight — bank shards on the way
down, then Strike to win. Your fastest kill tops the Boss board.

Free to play. Soft currency only — every character is unlockable through play.

Downward. Homeward.

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