# AsciiLings Retro Rescue

> Strategy Puzzles. Tiny Heroes.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6756375642](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6756375642)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6756375642`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Vertolini
- **Category:** Casual
- **Version:** 1.7.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-28
- **First published:** 2025-12-28
- **Size:** 1.97 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/asciilings-retro-rescue/id6756375642)
- **Website:** [https://asciilings.vertolini.com](https://asciilings.vertolini.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://vertolini.com/privacy.html](https://vertolini.com/privacy.html)

## Description

Guide the AsciiLings home! Bridge gaps, block danger, and dig your way to victory in this retro ASCII rescue puzzler. Now with smoother, snag-free tutorials.

Save the AsciiLings!  ASCII art at its finest in this game that is a blast from the past in more than one way.  Inspired by classic rescue games, rendered in retro ASCII art. Build bridges and ladders, use blockers and bashers, all to save the AsciiLings.

Your mission: Guide the AsciiLings safely to the exit before time runs out. Without your help, they will walk automatically and stumble into danger!

  ASSIGN SKILLS TO SURVIVE
  - Blockers stop and redirect others
  - Bridgers span deadly gaps
  - Ladders help climb obstacles
  - Diggers, Bashers, and Miners carve new paths
  - Floaters survive long falls
  - Climbers scale walls

  FEATURES
  - 3-star rating system rewards perfect play
  - Game Center leaderboards for Total Stars and AsciiLings Saved
  - Multiple difficulty tiers: Sprite, Gnome, and Wizard
  - Interactive tutorial teaches the basics
  - Turbo mode for faster gameplay
  - Clean ASCII aesthetic with smooth animations

  Each level is a puzzle. Figure out which skills to use, where to use them, and in what order. Save the required number of AsciiLings to advance, or save them all for 3 stars!

  Simple to learn, challenging to master.

## Rankings

- #2,083,016 — Overall

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