Space Clutter vs Ocean Keeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Space Clutter
Navigate a bullet-hell arcade classic, blasting enemies and collecting power-ups to achieve the highest score. Save your progress and resume sessions later. Features original music and sound effects.
- Bullet hell gameplay
- Power-up collection
- High score chasing
- Session saving
- Double-tap to pause
- Original music and sound effects
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Space Clutter, the arcade classic from 2012 was released for one cabinet only, and has since then been on a number of exhibitions. It is now available for iOS! Everyone in space hates you, and you will make sure they'll pay. Make your way through the bullet hell, pick up power-ups, and aim for the highest score. If you need a break, just double tap to pause the game. Also, sessions are saved so you can return later to continue. Music by salkinitzor, effects by salkinitzor and boomlinde.
Ocean Keeper
Explore procedurally generated underwater caves as a crashed miner in this roguelike shooter. Dig for resources, battle hordes of sea monsters, and upgrade your mech and weapons to survive. Each playthrough offers a unique challenge with changing layouts and diverse bosses.
- Procedurally generated caves
- Mech customization
- Horde battles with monsters and bosses
- Meta-progression system
- Artifact system
- Multiple weapon choices
- Diverse biomes
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A roguelike shooter with a top-down view where you play as a Miner whose spaceship has crashed on a planet, filled with underwater monsters! Use the time between each attack to power up your diver, mech, or weapon. Build automatic turrets, use drones to gather resources and improve your skills to increase your chances of survival. Discover mysterious locations and fantastic undersea deep biomes. EACH time you explore the underwater worlds, the layout changes, making every journey unique. You never play the same scenario twice in this drill dungeon core roguelite. Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival Features: * Procedurally generated caves: each dungeon you enter is unique. * Mech customization: Upgrade and personalize your Submarine Mech. * Underwater casual game with roguelite and roguelike elements. * Horde Battles: Fight waves of sea monsters and bosses. * Meta-progression: Constant upgrades and new abilities for your survivor. * Artifact System: Unlock and equip powerful artifacts. * Multiple Weapons: Choose from a huge arsenal of weapons. * Diverse Bosses: Slay unique and challenging alien bosses. * Multiple biomes: Explore different underwater dungeons. - How to Play Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival: Play with two hands and swipe your finger across the screen to move the diver in any direction, or use the virtual joystick. Find a mine (a deep hollow lighted in blue), dive into it and start digging to find resources. Since you don't have a backpack, you need to drag the resources yourself up to the mech. Get out of the mine as soon as you hear the sound of an attack or see the timer expire. Attack aliens by aiming at them and firing bullets. Collect various resources to unlock powerful upgrades: improve your weapons, increase the impact of your drill, boost your jetpack's max speed, and many other upgrade paths - each of which gives you and your dome the best chance of survival until dawn! - Join The Fans of Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival: Join our community and become an part of Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival development! In our Discord, you can chat directly with our developers, share your valuable feedback, and have a real impact on the final version of Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival roguelike game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Space Clutter at 100% against Ocean Keeper's 48%. Space Clutter also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Ocean Keeper's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 49 months). On device support and iOS requirement 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
Ocean Keeper is free to download; Space Clutter costs $0.99 up front. Ocean Keeper sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Space Clutter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Space Clutter holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ocean Keeper has 288 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Space Clutter's written reviews are positive against 48% of Ocean Keeper's.
Space Clutter ships an update every 49 months, Ocean Keeper every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Space Clutter | Ocean Keeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better | 4.4 (288 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 48.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 288 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 49 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 272 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Harry Lundström | RetroStyle Games |
Customer experience
Space Clutter
Ocean Keeper
Bugs and requests
Space Clutter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ocean Keeper
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game not loading after purchase
- Upgrade options not functioning as expected
- Progress not saving across sessions
Requested features
4 requests- More items and upgrades to prolong engagement
- Ability to restore purchases and continue progress
- Improved UI scaling and readability on mobile
- Expanded gameplay modes and story elements
In-app purchases
Space Clutter
No in-app purchases
Ocean Keeper
- Full Game Unlock$2.99
- Heap of meta currency$2.99
- Chest of meta currency$4.99
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- Crate of meta currency$9.99
Questions
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