Deep Town vs Idle Mastermind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deep Town
Manage idle mines, automate resource collection with bots, and build a thriving factory town. Craft valuable items, upgrade buildings, and expand your production line to earn cash and discover new crafting opportunities.
- Automate workflow for idle income
- Mine resources offline
- Upgrade trading portal for earnings
- Assign bots for increased motivation
- Smart bot and material management
- Manage mines, chemistry, and oil stations
- Mine over 15 different resources
- Crafting and production buildings
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Dig deep and dive in this factory simulator game by managing your idle mines and earning cash for your town. Expand your town and give it a boost with bots that will automate and speed up your workflow. Take on the challenge and discover the crafting buildings above ground to craft, make jewelry and grow plants. Improve your buildings : Upgrade your buildings to unlock more slots to produce faster, and start your own production line linking it from smelting to crafting to chemistry and more. Automate your workflow : Busy with your workday? Assign your bots to collect resources and boost your buildings to speed up your production times - meaning more profits, faster. Crafting & Money : The harder the item you produce, the more coins you receive for them - manage your money right and you’ll be heading to the asteroids in no time. FEATURES: • Automate your workflow to increase your idle income • Mine resources and continue creating even when offline • Profit from an upgrade trading portal boost your earnings • Assign bots to increase your workers’ motivation • Smart management of bots and timing of materials to create a productive workflow • Manage mines, chemistry mines and oiling stations to meet the supply chain needs • Mine for more than 15 different resources: Including coal, gold, copper, amethyst, platinum, and more • Send explorer bots to hidden caves on secret expeditions to collect artifacts • More than 5 production buildings, including smelting, crafting, jewelry, greenhouse and special ones to make electricity • No internet connection needed Like Deep Town on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/DeepTownGame/ Got any problems or suggestions? Feel free to send a message to: support@rockbitegames.com We are always happy to hear our players' feedback! Twitter https://twitter.com/DeepTownGame Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thedeeptowngame/ Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/deeptown/ Discord https://discord.gg/WMgbC27
Idle Mastermind
Embrace your inner supervillain in this idle simulation game. Build a secret lair, recruit henchmen, and execute dastardly plans to take over the world. Choose from three unique villains, each with their own strategies and grand schemes.
- Play as 3 distinct supervillains
- Build and customize your evil lair
- Hire and manage an army of henchmen
- Raid cities for resources
- Unlock new research and skills
- Execute evil grand plans
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Ever wanted to be the villain? To build a lair? Hire henchmen? Fight superheroes? Concoct dastardly plans? Raid a city? Or… take over the world? No? What, really? Sure you do! Idle Mastermind, from the makers of Idle Apocalypse, is the best supervillain simulator of 2020! Play as three supervillains. The techy but tiny: Dr DOS. The gangster crime boss: Yara. Or the unpredictable: LOL. Each has their own evil grand plan. Build a lair to run your empire from. Hire a bunch of evil henchmen to do your bidding. Raid the city above to gain precious resources. Unlock new research and skills to improve your criminal, idle empire. When you’re ready, execute your evil plan and bring about the apocalypse! Play as 3 distinct villains, each with: + A unique lair with special floors and henchmen. + Different strategies, skills and stories. + Unique resource management styles. Build your dream lair: + 30 unique floors. + Floors that will generate resources while offline. + Special floors with unique gameplay elements. Hire an army of evil thugs: + 20+ henchmen. + Different classes, abilities. + Unique resource management gameplay. And more...! + Collect heaps of skins. + Complete events. + Join the Evil Eye Association. On top of that it has all the humour and inane chatter of a Grumpy Rhino game. The makers of Idle Apocalypse. Lovers of simulation games and incremental clickers won’t be able to put down this dastardly, near criminal RPG.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Deep Town at 12K against Idle Mastermind's 441. Deep Town also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 68%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Deep Town sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Mastermind sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Deep Town holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deep Town has 12K ratings behind it against 441, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Deep Town's written reviews are positive against 68% of Idle Mastermind's.
Deep Town ships an update every 5 weeks, Idle Mastermind every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deep Town | Idle Mastermind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (12K ratings) — better | 4.6 (441 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.9% of reviews — better | 67.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 441 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 229 MB | 286 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Game Veterans | Grumpy Rhino Games LTD |
Customer experience
Deep Town
Idle Mastermind
User reviews
Deep Town
From 12K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Unique mechanics
- 💡 Interesting story and lore
- 🚀 Offline progression
- 👍 No forced ads
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 💰 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
- ⏱️ Slow progression
- 🔒 Unreliable save/restore functionality
Idle Mastermind
From 441 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful pixel art and visual design
- 😂 Witty humor and charming character dialogue
- 🎮 Engaging idle game mechanics with good progression
- ⏰ Balanced gameplay between idle and active play
- 💰 Obtainable premium currency without spending money
Room to improve
- 🐌 Painfully slow progression and grinding
- 💸 Aggressive monetization and expensive in-app purchases
- 🔐 Content locked behind paywalls required for progression
- 🔁 Repetitive prestige mechanic feels tedious
- ⏳ Time-gated events requiring premium currency to participate
Bugs and requests
Deep Town
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inventory/crafting issues
- Expedition system not working properly
- Inconsistent performance and crashes
- Incorrect/missing game data
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to queue/batch crafting
- More customization options
- Improved tutorial and onboarding
- Better resource management tools
Idle Mastermind
Reported bugs
8 issues- Game crashes when Counterfeit character robs buildings
- Random audio error producing persistent chopping/high-five sounds
- Progress randomly deleted without explanation
- Game crashes at startup after updates
- Laboratory won't produce microchips, causing soft-lock
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- Ad boost offers not functioning
- Graphics rendering issues on some iPhones
- Mission quest exploit allowing infinite gem farming
Requested features
6 requests- Increase progression speed by 20%
- VIP program with spending-based rewards and stat bonuses
- Skin texture overhaul with Sid's tower theme
- More content and longer event durations
- Better balance between free and paid progression paths
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- Additional activities in city and base areas
In-app purchases
Deep Town
- Special offer$0.99
- Fistful of Gems$1.99
- Special offer$3.99
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- Pouch of Gems$4.99
- Starter pack$5.99
- Special Offer$5.99
- Special Offer$7.99
- Bucket of Gems$9.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
- No Ads$9.99
- Barrel of Gems$19.99
Idle Mastermind
- 200 Gems$4.99
- 500 Gems$9.99
- Event Pack$9.99
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- Yara Starter Pack$9.99
- Remove Ads$9.99
- Seasonal Bundle$9.99
- More Everything$14.99
- Golden Throne$14.99
- 1,250 Gems$19.99
- LOL Starter Pack$24.99
- 2,500 Gems$29.99
- Double Trouble$49.99
Questions
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