diff --git a/src/client/Main.ts b/src/client/Main.ts
index 8a4ce179f..2c53eaf83 100644
--- a/src/client/Main.ts
+++ b/src/client/Main.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import {
   isInIframe,
   translateText,
 } from "./Utils";
+import { installSafariPinchZoomBlocker } from "./utilities/DisableSafariPinchZoom";
 
 import "./components/DesktopNavBar";
 import "./components/Footer";
@@ -1008,6 +1009,10 @@ const hideCrazyGamesElements = () => {
 
 // Initialize the client when the DOM is loaded
 const bootstrap = () => {
+  // Prevent Safari's page-level pinch-zoom, which ignores `user-scalable=no`
+  // on iOS and can softlock the HUD. See issue #2330.
+  installSafariPinchZoomBlocker();
+
   initLayout();
   new Client().initialize();
   initNavigation();
diff --git a/src/client/utilities/DisableSafariPinchZoom.ts b/src/client/utilities/DisableSafariPinchZoom.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca3c96139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/utilities/DisableSafariPinchZoom.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ * Blocks the page-level pinch-to-zoom gesture on Safari / WebKit.
+ *
+ * iOS Safari has ignored the `user-scalable=no` viewport hint since iOS 10,
+ * so setting it on the viewport meta tag is not enough to stop two-finger
+ * pinch zoom. The only reliable way to prevent the page from zooming is to
+ * listen for WebKit's non-standard `gesturestart`, `gesturechange` and
+ * `gestureend` events and call `preventDefault()` on them.
+ *
+ * The game's own pinch-to-zoom on the map canvas is driven by pointer
+ * events (see {@link ../InputHandler}), which are unaffected by blocking
+ * these WebKit-only events. Browsers that do not fire `GestureEvent`
+ * (Chrome, Firefox, every Android browser) treat the listeners as a no-op,
+ * so it is safe to install them unconditionally.
+ *
+ * @param target - The EventTarget to attach the listeners to. Defaults to
+ *   `document`, which is the scope Safari uses to decide whether to zoom
+ *   the page.
+ * @returns A function that removes the installed listeners.
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/openfrontio/OpenFrontIO/issues/2330
+ */
+export function installSafariPinchZoomBlocker(
+  target: EventTarget = document,
+): () => void {
+  const block = (e: Event) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+  };
+
+  const events = ["gesturestart", "gesturechange", "gestureend"] as const;
+  for (const type of events) {
+    target.addEventListener(type, block);
+  }
+
+  return () => {
+    for (const type of events) {
+      target.removeEventListener(type, block);
+    }
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/client/DisableSafariPinchZoom.test.ts b/tests/client/DisableSafariPinchZoom.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f588703a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/client/DisableSafariPinchZoom.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { installSafariPinchZoomBlocker } from "../../src/client/utilities/DisableSafariPinchZoom";
+
+const GESTURE_EVENTS = ["gesturestart", "gesturechange", "gestureend"] as const;
+
+function dispatchCancelableGestureEvent(
+  target: EventTarget,
+  type: string,
+): Event {
+  // Safari's GestureEvent is not available in jsdom. Dispatch a plain
+  // cancelable Event of the same name so preventDefault() is observable via
+  // defaultPrevented.
+  const event = new Event(type, { bubbles: true, cancelable: true });
+  target.dispatchEvent(event);
+  return event;
+}
+
+describe("installSafariPinchZoomBlocker", () => {
+  it("prevents the default action of each Safari gesture event on document", () => {
+    const uninstall = installSafariPinchZoomBlocker();
+
+    try {
+      for (const type of GESTURE_EVENTS) {
+        const event = dispatchCancelableGestureEvent(document, type);
+        expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      uninstall();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("attaches listeners to the provided target", () => {
+    const target = document.createElement("div");
+    const uninstall = installSafariPinchZoomBlocker(target);
+
+    try {
+      for (const type of GESTURE_EVENTS) {
+        const event = dispatchCancelableGestureEvent(target, type);
+        expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      uninstall();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("removes the listeners when the returned disposer is called", () => {
+    const target = document.createElement("div");
+    const uninstall = installSafariPinchZoomBlocker(target);
+    uninstall();
+
+    for (const type of GESTURE_EVENTS) {
+      const event = dispatchCancelableGestureEvent(target, type);
+      expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("does not affect events on unrelated targets", () => {
+    const scope = document.createElement("div");
+    const other = document.createElement("div");
+    const uninstall = installSafariPinchZoomBlocker(scope);
+
+    try {
+      const event = dispatchCancelableGestureEvent(other, "gesturestart");
+      expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      uninstall();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("leaves unrelated event types alone", () => {
+    const uninstall = installSafariPinchZoomBlocker();
+
+    try {
+      const event = new Event("touchstart", {
+        bubbles: true,
+        cancelable: true,
+      });
+      document.dispatchEvent(event);
+      expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      uninstall();
+    }
+  });
+});