Comparison

60 Parsecs! vs Beholder 2

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

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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.

About

Beholder 2

Step into the role of an intern at the Ministry and navigate a challenging career path. Make critical decisions that shape your future, from becoming a loyal officer to a ruthless careerist or even a whistleblower. Your choices determine your destiny within the state.

Highlights
  • Story-rich gameplay
  • Multiple endings
  • Career progression
  • Moral choices
  • Whistleblower mechanic
Features
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Every citizen of our great State dreams of working at the Ministry! You're lucky, intern. Your dream has come true! Though you're at the bottom of the career ladder, that's more than many of your fellow citizens will ever achieve! Have you already decided what you're going to become? Will you become a diligent and responsible officer decorated by the Wise Leader himself? Or will you become a hardline careerist capable of destroying anyone who stands between you and the Prime Minister's seat? Or maybe you're just a whistleblower? If so, who sent you? And why? Whatever the case, you are now part of the Ministry! From this moment on, no one beyond these walls has ascendance over you! You are free to shape your own future! So, what are you going to become? Enjoying Beholder2? Learn more about us at: https://beholder2.com/ https://facebook.com/beholdergame https://twitter.com/beholder_game

Screenshots

60 Parsecs!4 screens
Beholder 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Beholder 2 at every 2 weeks against 60 Parsecs!'s every 4 months. Beholder 2 also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 60 Parsecs!'s advantage is price ($3.99 vs $7.99) and review sentiment (73% vs 60%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

60 Parsecs! costs $3.99 and Beholder 2 $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for 60 Parsecs! against 4.8 for Beholder 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 422 and 311 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of 60 Parsecs!'s written reviews are positive against 60% of Beholder 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

60 Parsecs! ships an update every 4 months, Beholder 2 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
60 Parsecs! versus Beholder 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter60 Parsecs!Beholder 2
Price$3.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.7 (422 ratings)4.8 (311 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews — better59.6% of reviews
Number of ratings422 — better311
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#126 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size459 MB1.6 GB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperRobot Gentleman sp. z o.o.Alawar Entertainment, Inc

Customer experience

60 Parsecs!

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

Beholder 2

All ratings309 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive59.6%
Neutral15.9%
Negative24.5%

Bugs and requests

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.)

Beholder 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

60 Parsecs!

No in-app purchases

None

Beholder 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 60 Parsecs! free?
60 Parsecs! costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beholder 2 free?
Beholder 2 costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 60 Parsecs! or Beholder 2?
Beholder 2 is rated higher. 60 Parsecs! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 422 ratings, while Beholder 2 averages 4.8 from 311 ratings.
Do 60 Parsecs! or Beholder 2 have ads?
Neither 60 Parsecs! nor Beholder 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 60 Parsecs! or Beholder 2?
60 Parsecs! ships an update every 4 months, and Beholder 2 every 2 weeks. Most recently, 60 Parsecs! was updated on October 24, 2026 and Beholder 2 on October 25, 2026.

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