Mindustry vs Sea Drifter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mindustry
Build complex factories, manage supply chains, and defend your base from enemy waves in this real-time strategy game. Conquer planets, research new technologies, and engage in multiplayer battles with friends.
- Factory building and supply chains
- Tower defense against enemy waves
- Cross-platform multiplayer co-op and PvP
- Conquer planets with campaign and procedural sectors
- Research new blocks and technologies
- Map editor with scripting support
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Mindustry is a factory-building game with tower defense and RTS elements. Create elaborate supply chains to feed ammo into your turrets, produce materials to use for building, and construct units. Command units to capture enemy bases, and expand your production. Defend your core from waves of enemies. Gameplay Features: - Use production blocks to create a wide variety of advanced materials - Defend your structures from waves of enemies - Play with your friends in cross-platform multiplayer co-op games, or challenge them in team-based PvP matches - Distribute liquids and fight constant challenges, like outbreaks of fire or enemy flier raids - Get the most out of your production by supplying optional coolant and lubricant - Produce a wide variety of units for automatic management of your base or assault on enemy bases - Set up assembly lines to construct armies of mechanized units - Use your units to square up against fully functional enemy bases Campaign: - Conquer the planets Serpulo and Erekir as you advance through 35 hand-made maps and 250+ procedurally generated sectors - Capture territory and set up factories to produce resources while you play other sectors - Defend your sectors from periodic invasions - Coordinate resource distribution between sectors via launch pads - Research new blocks to fuel progress - Invite your friends to complete missions together - 250+ technology blocks to master - 50+ different types of drones, mechs and ships Custom Games & Cross-Platform Multiplayer: - 16+ built in maps for custom games, in addition to two entire campaigns - Play co-op, PvP or sandbox - Join a public dedicated server, or invite friends to your own private session - Customizable game rules: Change block costs, enemy stats, starting items, wave timing and more - Full functional map editor with scripting support
Sea Drifter
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Sea Drifter is a 2D top-down ocean survival game about one named ship and the long voyage to rebuild her, from the Coastal Waters to the Forgotten Ocean. Sail out of Port Haven, plunder the cargo drifting on the tide, brave island expeditions, and out-sail — or ram — the pirates who want your hold. Everything you salvage goes back into the same vessel: six keel refits, fittings, relics and masteries that all carry forward. There is only ever one ship. She is yours to lose. — SAIL A LIVING SEA — A full day passes every five minutes: dawn gold, bright noon, amber dusk, deep blue night. Weather rolls between clear skies, rain, fog banks and storms, and the wind genuinely pushes your hull. Pirates see less far at night and in bad weather, so the dark hours are the sneaky hours. — PLUNDER EVERYTHING — Sail close and safe loot scoops itself: driftwood, scrap iron, rations, coin purses, crates, barrels, chests and rare glowing Gilded Caches that often carry a temporary boon. Sealed Cargo is a visible gamble — smuggler's stash, booby trap or pirate bait — that only opens on a deliberate tap. — REBUILD ONE PERSISTENT SHIP — Port Haven's shipyard lays your ship out as a blueprint. Tap a part — keel, hull, sails, nets, cannon, spyglass — to refit or upgrade it. Gold pays the shipwright; wood, iron, food and rare artifacts become permanent fittings. Founder's Keel → Coastal → Bluewater → Deepwater → War Keel → Wayfinder. — ISLANDS, OUTPOSTS & CONTRACTS — Procedurally placed isles run a five-step rail: scout, clear, claim, outpost. Claimed islands produce on their own and ship the goods home. Harbormaster contracts, merchant escorts and treasure-fleet interceptions are always posted at the dock. — HUNT THE ENDGAME — Sink the Pirate King to claim the Heart of the Forgotten Ocean. Then the Drowned Court rises: three Ghost Admirals bound to fog, storm and midnight, a Drowned King in the Maelstrom, permanent trinkets, and New Voyage+ — a fresh, tougher sea with your trophies carried over. — SOLO OR CO-OP — Play the whole voyage alone, or open your sea to friends on the same Wi-Fi for drop-in co-op. No account, no sign-up. Plays fully offline. — AT A GLANCE — • One persistent ship, six keel configurations, dozens of fittings and relics • Fog-of-war Sea Chart, treasure maps that lead to real dug-up gold, live waypoints • Arcade sailing — thrust, drag, turn, ram • Day/night, dynamic weather and wind • Code-composed music and ~20 synthesized sound effects • Local save; autosaves on docking, after expeditions, and on a timer • No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sea Drifter at Free against Mindustry's $1.99. Mindustry's advantage is chart position (#48 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Sea Drifter is free to download; Mindustry costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Mindustry | Sea Drifter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 74.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #48 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Anton Kramskoi | ULF SIMON VICTOR ANDERSSON |
Bugs and requests
Mindustry
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes on launch
- Freezing and performance issues
- Save data corruption and loss
- Incompatibility with newer devices
Requested features
8 requests- Ability to save/load custom maps
- More campaign levels and content
- Improved tutorial and onboarding
- Expanded tech tree and upgrades
- Better UI scaling for larger screens
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- Ability to queue/fast-forward waves
- Improved pathfinding and unit AI
- More diverse enemy types and mechanics
Sea Drifter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mindustry
No in-app purchases
Sea Drifter
No in-app purchases









