Stellar Horizon vs DepthDrift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stellar Horizon
Embark on an interstellar journey in a vast, procedurally generated universe. Explore planets, discover alien life, build space stations, and engage in trade or combat. Your choices shape your path to skill, knowledge, wealth, and power.
- Explore procedurally generated universe
- Discover planets and alien species
- Build and manage space stations
- Engage in trading and combat
- Complete missions and analyze samples
- Discover wormholes and ancient secrets
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Travel among the stars, explore planets, discover new animal species and ancient monoliths, build your own space station, encounter aliens, trade and combat in an infinite procedurally generated universe ! Stellar Horizon is a game about exploration and survival. Starting with only a small starship and a few credits, do whatever it takes to earn skill, knowledge, wealth and power. Trading, hunting, mining, exploration : how you play Stellar Horizon is up to you. A TRULY OPEN UNIVERSE You can fly seamlessly from the surface of a planet to another, and every star in the sky is a sun that you can visit. Where you’ll go and how fast you’ll make your way through this universe is up to you. BUILD FOR AN EPIC JOURNEY Whether you want to explore and see things never before discovered, or directly find the best trade routes, how you play Stellar Horizon is up to you. Explore and map new star systems, earning yourself recognition and credits. Help rebels overthrow an oppressive regime or a government put down a rebellion, working as a gun-for-hire or assassin. Trade and influence the commodity market prices. Buy your own spatial stations and become an entrepreneur! Complete geographic missions, or analyse vegetal/water samples from different systems to become a renowned scientist! Discover new animal species, or learn alien language to communicate with local inhabitants! Build your own base on a beach, on your favorite planet! Discover wormholes that allow you to reach thousands light years distant systems! Discover new planets and enjoy gorgeous landscapes : every planet is different from the next. Find ancient monoliths that could reveal the secrets behind the universe... Explore giant bunkers, and find legendary items 4 BILLION STAR SYSTEMS. INFINITE FREEDOM. BLAZE YOUR OWN TRAIL. *************************************************************** *************************************************************** What is procedural generation ? Core to Stellar Horizon is that its virtual galaxy, including the stars and planets, are all created through random procedural generation using deterministic algorithms. A single seed number is used to create these features via mathematical computation thus eliminating the need to create each of these features by hand. This enables the game to have a massively open nature: it is estimated that with the 32-bit seed number, Stellar Horizon virtual galaxy will include over 4 billion planets. Any player will be able to visit a specific planet once they know its galactic coordinates, given their spacecraft has the capability to do so, and find the same features as any other player, as these coordinates serve as the seed for the planet's topography and environment.
DepthDrift
Explore mysterious caves and build a team of unique characters in this idle RPG. Your team battles and collects treasure even while you're offline. Craft gear, research technology, and upgrade your base for permanent progression.
- Idle exploration and combat
- Six unique character classes
- Base building and facility upgrades
- Equipment crafting and enhancement
- Research for permanent bonuses
- No ads or pay-to-win mechanics
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Dive deep into mysterious underground caves in DepthDrift — the idle RPG where your team explores, battles, and collects treasure even while you sleep. Recruit 6 unique character classes. Craft powerful gear. Research ancient technology. How deep can you go? EXPLORE THE DEPTHS Send your team of explorers on expeditions into forgotten caverns. They'll fight monsters, find rare loot, and push deeper — all on their own. Come back to discover what they've uncovered. 6 CHARACTER CLASSES Build the perfect team from six distinct classes: - Warrior: Tanky front-line defender - Mage: Elemental magic damage dealer - Scout: Fast explorer with treasure-finding bonuses - Healer: Keep your team alive in the deep - Engineer: Crafting specialist with equipment bonuses - Summoner: Command mystical creatures IDLE PROGRESSION THAT NEVER STOPS Your expedition continues while you're away. Close the app, go to sleep, live your life — and return to find treasure, experience, and surprises waiting for you. Real progress with zero pressure. BUILD & UPGRADE YOUR BASE Invest resources into 6 upgradeable facilities: - Laboratory for permanent research bonuses - Forge for crafting and enhancing equipment - Warehouse for expanded storage - Trading Post to buy, sell, and exchange - And more to discover as you go deeper CRAFT POWERFUL EQUIPMENT Gather rare ores and materials from cave expeditions. Forge weapons, armor, and accessories. Enhance your gear to push past previously impossible depths. RESEARCH & PERMANENT UPGRADES Unlock permanent bonuses through the research system. Every discovery makes your team stronger — not just for one run, but forever. NO ADS. NO PRESSURE. DepthDrift is designed to respect your time. No forced ads, no energy timers, no pay-to-win walls. Just a calm, rewarding idle RPG that fits into your life. Start your expedition today. The caves are waiting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stellar Horizon at 64% against DepthDrift's 0%. Stellar Horizon also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.0) and monetization model (free vs paid). DepthDrift's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Stellar Horizon costs $3.99 and DepthDrift $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stellar Horizon holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stellar Horizon has 57 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Stellar Horizon's written reviews are positive against 0% of DepthDrift's.
Stellar Horizon ships an update every 3 weeks, DepthDrift every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stellar Horizon | DepthDrift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $3.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (57 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | S.MARSAULT | Takumi Kanzaki |
Customer experience
Stellar Horizon
DepthDrift
Bugs and requests
Stellar Horizon
Reported bugs
11 issues- Game crashes on launch for some devices (iPhone 5, iPad Mini)
- Launch button disappears during gameplay
- Cannot launch from flat surfaces
- Game hangs when not skipping animations
- Planetary exploration gets stuck and prevents takeoff
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- Discovery scanning not working (version 1.0.105)
- Manual docking at orbital stations is impossible
- Slow frame-by-frame movement causing 10+ second delays per action
- Navigation pointer doesn't correctly point to mission targets
- Crashes when approaching stations
- Interface bugs with skip function
Requested features
20 requests- Free-flowing joystick movement on planets instead of grid-based
- Improved star map with zoom and selection capabilities
- Tutorial or guided onboarding system
- Larger, scalable text options
- Multiple planets per star system
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- Moons and orbital mechanics
- Real-time smooth planetary exploration
- Direct mission navigation with auto-pilot
- Multiplayer or PvP functionality
- Better ship and station graphics
- More interactive content on planets (aliens, combat, NPCs)
- Difficulty settings
- Faster planetary movement animations
- Asteroid mining and resource gathering in space
- Story-driven campaign or narrative elements
- MFi controller support
- Motion/tilt controls for flight
- Variable speed control during flight
- Automatic docking computer
- Strategy guide or in-game hints
DepthDrift
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stellar Horizon
No in-app purchases
DepthDrift
No in-app purchases
Questions
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