Comparison

SIMULACRA vs 60 Parsecs!

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

Head to head
About

SIMULACRA

Explore a lost phone to uncover a desperate cry for help. Piece together fragmented clues from texts, emails, and photos to solve a mystery. This immersive narrative thriller uses a realistic mobile phone interface with live actors and real locations.

Highlights
  • Explore a world through a mobile phone interface
  • Use popular phone apps like dating and social media
  • Expansive narrative with multiple endings
  • Live actors and extensive voice cast
  • Solve decryption puzzles
Features
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"WINNER, Best Mobile Game" - Indie Prize USA 2018 “WINNER, Excellence in Storytelling” - International Mobile Game Awards SEA "Simulacra expands upon its predecessor, Sara is Missing, experimenting even further with unsettling horror. And it succeeds." 9/10 - Pocket Gamer You found the lost phone of a woman named Anna. In it, you see a desperate cry for help in the form of a video message. The phone behaves strangely as you dive deeper into it. You talk to her friends and they have no idea where she is. Her texts, emails and photo gallery provides fragments of information. It's up to you to piece it together. About the Game: SIMULACRA is an immersive narrative thriller using the interface of a mobile phone. Like all phones, you have messages, emails, gallery and all kinds of apps to look through. With a strong focus on realism, the game's characters are played by live actors and shot at real locations. Dive into Anna's life as you look at her private photos, go through her dating app or view her personal video logs. Features: - Explore a fully realised world through the lens of a mobile phone. - Enjoy a unique gameplay experience through popular phone apps, including a dating app, a social media app and a web browser. - An expansive narrative with hours of gameplay that leads to 5 possible endings. - Filmed with live actors and an extensive VO cast. - Solve the recurring image and text decryption puzzles to learn more about Anna’s story.

About

60 Parsecs!

Embark on a dark comedy sci-fi adventure where you have 60 seconds to scavenge supplies and crew before your space station explodes. Lead your unprepared astronauts through the cosmos, making tough decisions to survive and find a new home in a procedurally generated, permadeath journey.

Highlights
  • Scavenge and evacuate in 60 seconds
  • Dark comedy sci-fi setting
  • Crew and resource management
  • Procedural generation
  • Permadeath adventure
  • Crafting and exploration
Features
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Atomic Space Age was a blast! Until it became the Post-Apocalyptic Space Age. Your space station is about to explode and you only have 60 seconds before things get messy. What (or who) will you grab before you make a mad dash for the emergency shuttle and begin your journey into THE GREAT UNKNOWN? This is 60 Parsecs!, a dark comedy sci-fi adventure set in the Atomic Space Age - complete with all the Cold War paranoia, chrome-plated wall accents and cockroaches with space helmets. Lead a crew of woefully unprepared astronauts, equipped with whatever junk - sorry - "supplies" you can grab before blasting off, on a journey across the cosmos that's best described as misguided. Make the best of it, while dealing with soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. Will you have what it takes to find a new home and survive? Bon voyage! SCAVENGE & EVACUATE With only 60 seconds before nukes reduce the space station to floating particles in the vacuum of space, frantically grab whatever supplies and crew you can before getting out of there. You never know when that sock puppet will come in handy. SURVIVE & DECIDE Space funerals are inconvenient, so try to avoid dying where possible. Use your limited supplies and (hopefully not limited) wits to make difficult choices and ensure your survival, even though the odds are definitely stacked against you. EXPLORE & CRAFT Duct tape fixes all problems, but how do you fix (or at least craft) duct tape? Chart expeditions to find resources, craft survival essentials and explore strange new worlds in a procedural, very-much-permadeath adventure. LEAD & PROTECT As captain, it's your duty to keep the crew happy - they're less likely to kill you that way. Manage relationships as you watch them grow closer and hopefully not throw each other out the airlock.

Screenshots

SIMULACRA4 screens
60 Parsecs!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SIMULACRA at fortnightly against 60 Parsecs!'s every 4 months. SIMULACRA also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 73%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). 60 Parsecs!'s advantage is price ($3.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SIMULACRA costs $4.99 and 60 Parsecs! $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SIMULACRA holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SIMULACRA has 5.2K ratings behind it against 419, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of SIMULACRA's written reviews are positive against 73% of 60 Parsecs!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SIMULACRA ships an update fortnightly, 60 Parsecs! every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
SIMULACRA versus 60 Parsecs!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSIMULACRA60 Parsecs!
Price$4.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.9 (5.2K ratings) — better4.7 (419 ratings)
Positive reviews91.5% of reviews — better73.3% of reviews
Number of ratings5.2K — better419
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#49 — better#168
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.3 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size604 MB459 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperKAIGAN GAMES OUeRobot Gentleman sp. z o.o.

Customer experience

SIMULACRA

All ratings5,180 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews329 reviews
Positive91.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative6.1%

60 Parsecs!

All ratings419 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral1.4%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews225 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative15.6%

User reviews

SIMULACRA

From 5.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Immersive experience
  • 👍 Engaging story and characters
  • 🤯 Creepy and suspenseful
  • 💎 Multiple endings and replayability
  • 🎨 Well-designed phone interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 👎 Uneven voice acting quality
  • 🤔 Some story elements left unexplained

60 Parsecs!

From 419 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 🚀 Lots of replayability
  • 💡 Interesting characters and storylines
  • 👍 Smooth controls and interface
  • 👍 Great graphics and art style

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🔋 Performance issues on older devices
  • 🤔 Can feel repetitive after a while
  • 🤔 Some mechanics could be better explained

Bugs and requests

SIMULACRA

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game crashing at certain points
  • Difficulty progressing past specific scenes

Requested features

3 requests
  • More endings and branching storylines
  • Expanded character interactions
  • Improved accessibility options

60 Parsecs!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes at the end of a playthrough
  • Certain events/choices not working as expected
  • Screen goes black on some devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more planets and environments to explore
  • Implement controller support
  • Provide difficulty options
  • Add more language support (e.g. Spanish, Vietnamese, etc.)

In-app purchases

None

SIMULACRA

No in-app purchases

None

60 Parsecs!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SIMULACRA free?
SIMULACRA costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 60 Parsecs! free?
60 Parsecs! costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SIMULACRA or 60 Parsecs!?
SIMULACRA is rated higher. SIMULACRA averages 4.9 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings, while 60 Parsecs! averages 4.7 from 419 ratings.
Do SIMULACRA or 60 Parsecs! have ads?
Neither SIMULACRA nor 60 Parsecs! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SIMULACRA or 60 Parsecs!?
SIMULACRA ships an update fortnightly, and 60 Parsecs! every 4 months. Most recently, SIMULACRA was updated on October 19, 2026 and 60 Parsecs! on October 19, 2026.
Which is more popular, SIMULACRA or 60 Parsecs!?
SIMULACRA currently peaks at #49 in the App Store charts, and 60 Parsecs! at #168. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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