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HomeWard Bound: Choose or Fall

LiveZap Trap Interactive1 app · 4.8K installsRole PlayingFreecom.pandemicmobile

Text-based RPG with survival, choices, & apocalypse wasteland. Decide your fate

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Total installs
4,828
exact · Play shows 1,000+
Installs / day
0
since last crawl
Rating
4.0★
58 ratings · 21 reviews
Released
30 Jul 2025
1.2y ago
Last update
14 Apr 2026
v0.4.8 · 6mo ago
Countries
—
not checked yet

Install history

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Change timeline

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Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • Shares data with third parties Device or other IDs
  • No data collected
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can ask for your data to be deleted

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

13 in 4 groups
4 Sensitive2 Notable7 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Wi-Fi connection informationRoutine1

Access to details about Wi-Fi networks your device sees or uses

  • See whether Wi-Fi is on and details of the network you are connected toview Wi-Fi connections · ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
OtherNotable8

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
  • Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
  • Read Google service settings stored on your deviceread Google service configuration · com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES
  • Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
A post-apocalyptic journey shaped by your every decision. HomeWard Bound is an immersive, choice-driven text RPG set in a hauntingly believable post-pandemic world. The virus didn’t just kill — it rewrote biology. Cities fell. Borders vanished. Now, the roads are stalked by the infected, twisted mutants, and those who’ll do anything to survive. You play as a lone survivor, separated from everything familiar, with one goal: get home — if it still exists. But survival won’t come easy. This world doesn’t hand out second chances. You’ll face starvation, betrayal, illness, ambushes… and the hardest part? Deciding what kind of person you’ll become to stay alive. Gameplay Highlights: Meaningful Choices, Real Consequences Everything you do — or don’t do — matters. Choose who to trust, when to speak, what to sacrifice. Will you lead or follow? Save or abandon? Fight or flee? Morality Is a Moving Target In HomeWard Bound, there are no perfect answers. Every decision you make comes with a cost — sometimes emotional, sometimes human. Will you steal medicine from a sick child to save yourself? Will you abandon a wounded stranger to avoid a trap? Can you live with the consequences of your mercy… or your cruelty? The game doesn’t judge you — but the world will. Your choices shape how others see you. Some will admire your compassion. Others will exploit your kindness… or fear your ruthlessness. Interactive Narrative Think of it as a game-shaped novel. A gritty, deeply personal story that adapts to your decisions in real time. No flashy graphics — just vivid, atmospheric storytelling that puts your imagination in overdrive. Multiple Endings Replay the story to explore alternate paths, new characters, hidden truths, and different fates. Each playthrough can end in survival, madness… or something far worse. High Stakes, No Mercy No “go back” button. No plot armor. Every choice you make sticks. Some characters won’t get a second chance. Neither will you. A World That Reacts to You People remember. Your reputation follows you. Whether you’re feared, respected, or hated depends on your past choices — and they’ll come back to haunt (or help) you. World Overview: This isn’t just a world overrun by zombies. The virus has warped nature. Infected humans act with terrifying speed and aggression, but that’s only the beginning. You’ll encounter: -Bio-mutated horrors in abandoned labs -Infected packs drawn to noise and blood -Survivors hiding darker secrets than the monsters -Psychological trauma, loss, and irreversible choices It’s not just about dodging danger — it’s about staying human in a world that’s forgotten what that means. Can you find your way home in a world that’s lost everything — including its conscience? The infected are many. Resources are few. Hope is dangerous. But the road is still open — if you’re willing to walk it.

What's new

A major new opening sequence for the first quest, giving the story a much stronger introduction Everything is now prepared for the upcoming quests, and their localization is nearly complete Added in-game mail Reworked daily rewards Added a referral system Added a recommendation system Many other minor improvements and fixes

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