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Install on your phone
Add Galaxy to your phone's home screen: illustrated steps for iPhone (Safari) and Android (Chrome), a note on playing in landscape and fixes for common problems.
Vessarion Galaxy runs in your browser; there is nothing to download from a store. But on a phone the address bar takes up about a third of the screen. If you add the game to your home screen, that bar goes away and the game opens full screen like an app. It takes a minute.
iPhone and iPad (Safari)
You can only add to the home screen from Safari. If you are in Chrome or in a browser inside another app, copy the address and open it in Safari.
1Open it in SafariOpen galaxy.vessarion.com in Safari. 2Tap ShareTap the Share button, the square with an arrow pointing up. In some versions it is inside the ⋯ menu. 3Add to Home ScreenScroll the menu down and choose Add to Home Screen. 4AddChange the name if you like, then tap Add at the top right. 5Open it from the iconFrom now on, open the game from the Galaxy icon on your home screen: no address bar, full screen.
Android (Chrome)
1Open it in Chrome and tap the menuOpen galaxy.vessarion.com in Chrome and tap the ⋮ menu at the top right. 2Add to Home screenChoose Add to Home screen (on some phones Install app). 3AddIn the window that opens, tap Add or Install. 4Open it from the iconOpen the game from the Galaxy icon on your home screen. On Android the game opens in landscape by itself.
If you use another browser
| Browser | Where to find it |
|---|---|
| Samsung Internet | ≡ menu → Add page to → Home screen |
| Microsoft Edge | ⋯ menu → Add to phone |
| Firefox | ⋮ menu → Install |
| Opera | ⋮ menu → Add to Home screen |
| The browser inside Instagram, Facebook and similar apps | It cannot add to the home screen: choose “Open in browser” from the ⋯ or share menu, then follow the steps above. |
If you get stuck
The screen looks small or part of it is empty
Your phone's page zoom may be below 100%. iPhone: Settings → Apps → Safari → Page Zoom; choose 100% for galaxy.vessarion.com and as the general setting, then close the game and reopen it from the home screen icon. Android: in the browser's settings, under Accessibility, set the default zoom to 100%.
There is no “Add to Home Screen” in the Share menu
You are in a browser other than Safari. Copy the address and open it in Safari. If it is missing in Safari too, you can add it with “Edit Actions” at the very bottom of the menu.
The address bar still shows when I tap the icon
You opened the game from the browser, not from the icon. Close the browser and tap the Galaxy icon on your home screen. If you have an old shortcut, delete it and add it again.
Do I have to add it to the home screen?
No. The game also plays in a browser tab; the home screen only gives you a wider, full-screen view. The game shows you the setup card once; you can open it again at any time from Settings → Install the app.
For the touch controls see Playing on a phone, and for your first steps First 10 minutes.