Comparison

Deep Town vs Idle Mastermind

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Deep Town4 screens
Idle Mastermind4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Deep Town versus Idle Mastermind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeep TownIdle Mastermind
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (12K ratings) — better4.6 (441 ratings)
Positive reviews75.9% of reviews — better67.9% of reviews
Number of ratings12K — better441
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size229 MB286 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperGame VeteransGrumpy Rhino Games LTD

Customer experience

Deep Town

All ratings11,648 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews1,676 reviews
Positive75.9%
Neutral6.2%
Negative17.9%

Idle Mastermind

All ratings440 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.4%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral5.4%
Negative26.8%

User reviews

Deep Town

From 12K App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

11 purchases

Deep Town

One-time11
  • 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
12 purchases

Idle Mastermind

One-time12
  • 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

Is Deep Town free?
Deep Town is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Mastermind free?
Idle Mastermind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Deep Town or Idle Mastermind?
Deep Town is rated higher. Deep Town averages 4.8 out of 5 from 12K ratings, while Idle Mastermind averages 4.6 from 441 ratings.
Do Deep Town or Idle Mastermind have ads?
Both Deep Town and Idle Mastermind show ads.
Which is updated more often, Deep Town or Idle Mastermind?
Deep Town ships an update every 5 weeks, and Idle Mastermind every 6 weeks. Most recently, Deep Town was updated on November 1, 2026 and Idle Mastermind on October 29, 2026.

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