Milky Way: Cosmic Playground
Panatpong Jantarawattanawanich Reference iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Milky Way: Cosmic Playground is a free Reference app for iPhone and iPad by Panatpong Jantarawattanawanich. Rated 4.7/5 from 1,859 ratings.
- Rating
- 4.7
- 1.8K ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 1.8 GB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 25
- 2026 · v0.5.29
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About Milky Way: Cosmic Playground
+++ As Seen on Reddit +++ Smash planets. Build solar systems. Rule the Milky Way. Milky Way: Cosmic Playground is the space sim where real physics meets pure sandbox fun — rated 4.7 stars by 2,500+ players. Every star, planet, moon, and meteor obeys genuine Newtonian gravity, and every collision runs on SPH simulation (smoothed particle hydrodynamics), the same math astrophysicists use. Nothing is scripted. Everything is yours to cause. Ever wondered what really happens when an asteroid hits Earth? Stop wondering. Trigger a meteor shower and watch meteors streak across the sky. Send a single meteorite down in slow motion and zoom in as it carves a glowing crater. Then scale up to a full asteroid impact and rewrite geology. This is your cosmic playground: no fail states, no waiting — just gravity, matter, and imagination. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Run a planet collision simulation with real SPH physics — worlds splash, shatter, and re-form differently every time • Rain meteor showers and asteroid impacts on Earth or any world you build • Grow planets from a spinning protoplanetary disk, like a true solar system simulator • Give any planet a ring system worthy of Saturn • Merge entire galaxies in 3D — stage the far-future collision of the Milky Way galaxy and Andromeda tonight • Spawn black holes and watch them feed, bending orbits and swallowing suns • Launch spacecraft and satellite constellations into orbits you designed yourself • Send comets sunward and watch their tails bloom (new Comet Tails update) • Go head-to-head in Planet Rivals mode • Sandbox freely as a space crash simulator, a planet simulator, and a gravity toy in one REAL SCIENCE UNDERNEATH Milky Way is a space simulation toolkit disguised as a game. Orbits, slingshots, tidal forces, and accretion emerge from real physics — not animations — so you absorb genuine astronomy just by playing. Kids see wonder. Students see their textbook come alive. Space lovers finally get a laboratory that fits in a pocket. ENDLESS EXPERIMENTS Build a double planet and test its stability. Find the exact asteroid size where "crater" becomes "extinction." Comb a debris field into rings. Rescue a doomed solar system using only gentle nudges. Then zoom out from a single cratered moon to two colliding galaxies you set in motion — few things on a phone feel this enormous. ALWAYS GROWING Major free updates ship constantly — the latest BIG UPDATE rebuilt the 3D Galaxy Merger, Comet Tails, and Planet Rivals. Rated 4+ for all ages. Download free and start rearranging the universe. The Milky Way took 13 billion years to form. See what you can do with it before your coffee cools. Terms of Use (EULA) https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/milky-way-cosmic-playground-terms-of-use/787bb092-0754-4148-bd1d-e82b02a121f8/terms Privacy Policy https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/milky-way-cosmic-playground-privacy-policy/b8e8125a-da78-492b-8cc1-ce893dc83c5e/privacy
Ratings & reviews
4.7
1.8K ratings
What’s new
Version 0.5.29 · Updated September 25, 2026
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App privacy
The developer, Panatpong Jantarawattanawanich, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
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The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milky Way: Cosmic Playground | 4.7 / 5 (1,859 ratings) | Free | September 25, 2026 |
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| Stars and Planets - Astronomy | 4.7 / 5 (1,244) | Free | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Exoplanet | 4.7 / 5 (971) | Free | Apr 2, 2024 |
| Solar Walk 2 Ads+:The Universe | 4.7 / 5 (6,794) | Free | Dec 28, 2023 |
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