The Long Descent
Shai Ankori Games iPhoneiPadiPod touch
The Long Descent is a free Games app for iPhone and iPad by Shai Ankori. Rated 4.6/5 from 27 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated October 13, 2026.
- Rating
- 4.6
- 27 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 42 MB
- Age 9+
- Updated
- Oct 13
- 2026 · v1.3.4
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About The Long Descent
The ocean went silent. You're being sent down to find out why. The Long Descent is an idle deep-sea odyssey: pilot the last exploration probe, harvest energy from the dark, and descend through 31 hand-written zones — from the sunlit shallows to places the sea itself doesn't talk about, and past them into a deep with no floor. DESCEND — Every zone multiplies your output and deepens the story. Your pressure hull must be re-certified at each boundary: reinforce the ship, watch it visibly armor up, and push past the wall. DISCOVER — Catalogue 93 painted deep-sea species, each with its own lore and passive bonus. Rare editions (Shiny → Abyssal) make every sighting a roll of the dice. DIVE — A skippable reflex minigame: steer by headlamp through painted mines and jellyfish for an energy burst. The deeper you go, the dimmer your light. REFIT — Surface, trade your depth for Cores, and descend again — permanently stronger. ◆ Fully painted world: ship, creatures, machines, story vistas ◆ Offline progress — your drones keep working while you're away ◆ Plays in minutes-a-day sips or long hauls; no energy timers on gameplay ◆ No forced ads, ever — every ad is a button you choose to press, and it pays you for pressing it ◆ No account, no server — your save lives on your device ◆ Analytics are opt-in, anonymous, and off until you say otherwise ◆ Optional Pearl bundles support development — the weekly featured bundle carries real bonus Pearls, and there are no fake sales here The road on the seabed is paved, straight, and older than the coastlines above. Who built a road down here? Descend and find out.
Ratings & reviews
4.6
27 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.3.4 · Updated October 13, 2026
Your Bestiary keeps your best catch. Selling a rare fish could quietly lower that species' record to a lesser edition you still held. It never does now — the record only goes up — and selling your last copy of your best edition asks first. Hull upgrades you can see. Every reinforce now lands on the hull itself, and each new hull mark gets its own reveal. Pearls, explained. Tap the Pearl counter any time to see what Pearls are, where they come from and what they buy. The Salt Choir and Black Bloom season hulls are now fully painted. Also fixes how anonymous play data is reported on iPhone and iPad, for players who opted in.
App privacy
The developer, Shai Ankori, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Advertising Data, Other Usage Data, Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
- Purchases: Purchase History
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Analytics, App Functionality
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