Nightfall Salvage is a four-player co-op shooter about hauling cargo out of derelict ships, with cross-play matchmaking and no season pass to keep up with.
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About this app
Nightfall Salvage is a co-operative shooter for up to four players built around a simple loop: fly to a derelict, find the cargo, carry it back, and survive whatever is already living aboard. The tension comes from load management rather than reflexes — a full crate slows you down and occupies the hands you would otherwise shoot with, so every run turns into an argument about how much to take. Matchmaking is cross-play with the desktop version, and a full run takes about twenty-five minutes.
It is aimed at groups of friends who want something to play together for an hour without signing up for a live-service commitment. There is no battle pass, no season, and no cosmetic store; the one-time purchase is the whole game, and Anvilrun ships content updates rather than selling them. The trade-off is honest: the game needs other people, the player base is modest, and matchmaking with strangers outside peak hours can be slow. Solo play works but the difficulty is not scaled down for it.
Because the game checks entitlements at matchmaking time, Anvilrun keeps it on storefronts that can handle that check and authorizes no direct APK — this is the one Anvilrun title without a publisher-hosted download, and the studio is explicit that the difference is technical rather than philosophical. APKBrowse links to Google Play and the Samsung Galaxy Store. The community mirror below is unavailable and unauthorized; it is listed only so that people who encounter it elsewhere can identify what it is.
Before installing, weigh the permissions and the requirements. Voice chat is the reason for the microphone permission, and it is genuinely optional — the game ships a ping and marker system that most groups end up preferring, and the permission can be denied at install without any nagging. The foreground service keeps a run alive when you tab out to answer a message, which is why notifications are also requested. Version 1.9.2 requires Android 8.0 or newer and ships arm64-v8a only; the install is roughly 1.4 GB. Both listed builds carry the same signing fingerprint, so 1.8.0 installs cleanly after an uninstall, but 1.8.0 cannot join lobbies hosted by 1.9.2 clients, which in practice means rolling back removes you from matchmaking entirely.
What's New in v1.9.2
Galaxy Store listing added for cross-play parity; the mirror was marked unavailable after review.
- New derelict class with a collapsing cargo hold
- Ping and marker system reworked for silent crews
- Runs now survive tabbing out via a foreground service
- Fixed crate physics desync between cross-play clients
Version history
Jul 9, 2026 · 1412.7 MB · Android API 26–35 · code 192
Galaxy Store listing added for cross-play parity; the mirror was marked unavailable after review.
- New derelict class with a collapsing cargo hold
- Ping and marker system reworked for silent crews
- Runs now survive tabbing out via a foreground service
- Fixed crate physics desync between cross-play clients
SHA-256 852919e87de5e4ab18ba9d0c6e9d14e1e17358e7c617bcb45499a408ab6cf558
Apr 4, 2026 · 1338.2 MB · Android API 26–34 · code 180
Predates the current lobby protocol; 1.8.0 clients cannot join lobbies hosted by 1.9.2.
- Added cross-play matchmaking with the desktop version
- Rebalanced crate weight against movement speed
SHA-256 9a8fe47298a4dac654f4c2754fabe8427e795a002b58c94f5c4951b198c693e2
Will it run on your device?
86%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- ABI coverage is focused on newer 64-bit devices.
- Optimized for more than one screen class.
- Aligned with the latest Android target SDK expectations.
Nightfall Salvage questions, answered
Why is there no direct APK download for Nightfall Salvage?
The game checks entitlements when you matchmake, and that check needs a storefront behind it, so Anvilrun authorizes store delivery only for this title. It is the one Anvilrun game without a publisher-hosted build, and the studio is clear that the reason is technical rather than a change of position.
Is it safe to install Nightfall Salvage from a third-party APK site?
No direct build is authorized, so anything you find is unofficial and will not pass the entitlement check anyway. A repackaged multiplayer client is a particularly bad thing to run, since it has microphone access and a network connection by design.
Will Nightfall Salvage work on my Android version and my device?
Version 1.9.2 requires Android 8.0 (API 26) or newer and ships an arm64-v8a binary only, so 32-bit hardware cannot run it. The install is around 1.4 GB and the game is phone and tablet only — there is no Fire tablet listing because cross-play matchmaking is not available there.
Do I have to grant microphone access?
No. The microphone permission exists purely for voice chat and can be denied at install with no nagging and no feature gate. The built-in ping and marker system covers most co-ordination, and plenty of crews use it in preference to voice.
How do I roll back to 1.8.0?
Uninstall 1.9.2 first — the signing key is unchanged, so the older build installs without complaint. It is rarely worth doing: 1.8.0 clients cannot join lobbies hosted by 1.9.2, which effectively removes you from matchmaking.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
How to install this safely
How to verify the file you downloaded
Before you install anything, confirm the file is the one described here. On a computer, run shasum -a 256 your-download.apk (macOS or Linux) or certutil -hashfile your-download.apk SHA256 (Windows), then compare the output character-for-character with the SHA-256 on this page. If a single character differs, the file is not the build we recorded — delete it.
What the signing certificate proves
Every Android app is signed with a private key that only its developer holds. The fingerprint on this page is a hash of the matching public certificate, and it proves continuity rather than identity: it tells you a build came from whoever signed the earlier ones. Android enforces this at install time — if a package claiming to be com.anvilrun.nightfallsalvage is signed with a different key, the system will refuse to install it over your existing copy. A fingerprint that changes between releases is worth pausing on, because a repackaged app that has been modified by someone else cannot keep the original signature.
How to roll back to an earlier version
If the current release misbehaves, 1.8.0 is the last build before it. Android will not install an older version code over a newer one, so you must uninstall Nightfall Salvage first — which clears its local data unless you have a backup. Reinstall the older APK only if its signing fingerprint matches the build you already trust, and check the API range: an older release may target an Android version your device has moved past.
Why we list sources instead of hosting everything
The official store channel is almost always the right choice: it updates automatically and carries the publisher's own distribution guarantees. A direct APK is useful when a device has no store access, when a rollout has not reached your region, or when you need a specific version — and only when the publisher has authorized that copy. APKBrowse does not list pirated, cracked, or unauthorized rebuilds of Nightfall Salvage, and a listing is removed when the evidence for it stops holding up.
Get Nightfall Salvage
Every source we list for com.anvilrun.nightfallsalvage is legality-reviewed. Pirated or cracked builds are never offered.
Other sources
Samsung Galaxy Store
officialOfficial alternative storefront supporting the same cross-play matchmaking.
Community mirror page
community mirrorUnavailable and unauthorized; a mirrored build cannot pass the entitlement check regardless.
We check legality and signature continuity, but device behaviour still varies. Install at your own discretion.
App Information
Security Verification
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SHA-256 Hash
852919e87de5e4ab18ba9d0c6e9d14e1e17358e7c617bcb45499a408ab6cf558
Signing certificate
6F:CB:CC:9B:D9:91:4C:96:F5:FC:BC:E6:75:25:F9:68:8D:78:54:4B
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Previous Versions
The signing certificate fingerprint for this release is on record, so a build that does not match it did not come from this publisher.
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