Primordia vs ScummVM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Primordia
Explore a desolate, robot-inhabited world as an android searching for answers about humanity's disappearance. Embark on a journey to a glittering city to recover a stolen power core, uncovering truths that change your understanding of existence.
- Post-human narrative
- Robot characters
- Full voice acting
- Retro graphics
- Mystery-driven plot
- Dark humor
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What happened to the humans? In a desolate, ruined world inhabited only by robots, the taciturn android Horatio searches for answers. Where did he come from? Where have all the humans gone? And what, if any, was his role in it? Torn from his peaceful existence in the crashed airship, the UNIIC, Horatio and his sarcastic floating friend Crispin are forced to travel to Metropolis, City of Glass and Light, to retrieve their stolen power core. What they discover there changes their understanding of the world and their place in it, for better or worse. Full voice acting, featuring Logan Cunningham (the voice of Bastion) as Horatio. -- Reviews -- Adventure Gamers - "Beautiful, surrealistic retro graphics; likeable characters and a deceptively sprawling plot." 4/5 Eurogamer - "Primordia is delightful, smart and packed with personality." 7/10 Rock Paper Shotgun - "A cast of thoroughly insane-in-the-short-circuited-membrane side characters keeps the ride nice and lively as well, complimenting the oppressively dreary setting with a strong mix of mystery driven drama, Old West frontier charm, and dark humor." Gamezebo - "Primordia is a very good game, packed with enough secrets, surprises and twists to keep it interesting from start to finish." 4/5
ScummVM
Play classic graphical point-and-click adventure games and RPGs on your device. This application includes two playable demos and offers access to many more titles through its website. Enjoy a vast library of beloved retro games.
- Play classic adventure games
- Play classic RPGs
- Includes playable demos
- Access to more games online
- Open source software
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ScummVM provides a way to play many classic graphical point-and-click adventure games and RPGs. The application is bundled with two playable demos, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (DOS Demo) and The Secret of Monkey Island (DOS EGA Demo), both titles copyright of Lucasfilm Ltd. You can find more information, demos, and some free-to-download adventure games on our website. See also an up-to-date list here: https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Where_to_get_the_games Full documentation of ScummVM can be found at https://docs.scummvm.org/ Please visit our web forum where you can discuss the iOS version. https://forums.scummvm.org/viewforum.php?f=15 ScummVM is open source software available under the term of the GPL v3.0 license. The source code is available from https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ScummVM at Free against Primordia's $4.99. ScummVM also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 78%). Primordia's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
ScummVM is free to download; Primordia costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Primordia against 4.7 for ScummVM. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 122 and 106 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Primordia's written reviews are positive against 88% of ScummVM's.
| Parameter | Primordia | ScummVM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (122 ratings) | 4.7 (106 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews | 87.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 122 — better | 106 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.4 GB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Wadjet Eye Games LLC | Eugene Sandulenko |
Customer experience
Primordia
ScummVM
Bugs and requests
Primordia
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ScummVM
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes mid-game
- Save feature does not save
- Single-tap not registering as left click
- Two-finger tap not registering as right click
- Magic Keyboard touchpad not working
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- Trackpad from new iPads not working
- Cannot link OneDrive due to JSON response issue
- Recently added games graying out
- App crashes on second boot
- External keyboard not working
Requested features
12 requests- Easier game search
- Apple TV support
- Gamepad key mapping support
- Apple Pencil support
- Magic Keyboard touchpad support
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- Trackpad support
- Change icon color
- Support for Discworld Noir
- DOSBox and FUSE support
- NES interpreter support
- Better iOS support for Grim Fandango & Escape From Monkey Island
- More significant way to add games
In-app purchases
Primordia
No in-app purchases
ScummVM
No in-app purchases
Questions
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