DYSMANTLE vs Forager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DYSMANTLE
Explore a post-apocalyptic world after emerging from a shelter. Gather resources by breaking objects, fight or evade creatures, and build outposts. Craft weapons, farm, hunt, and solve puzzles to uncover the island's mysteries and escape.
- Break objects for materials
- Fight or evade creatures
- Explore open world
- Build outposts
- Craft weapons and tools
- Hunt and farm
- Solve puzzles
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As you ascend from your shelter after the long long years, a brave new old world awaits you. A world inhabited with nasty and vile creatures. A world with no other human soul to be seen. A world with nature in reigns now. A world that's about to get even worse. You need to find a way to escape the wretched island. But before that, enjoy the bittersweet apocalypse. Features: * Break over 99% of all objects for materials with the right tools. No barrier will stop you. * Fight with (or run away) nasty and vile creatures of the post-apocalyptic era. * Explore the handcrafted open world and uncover its mysteries. * Survive. Clear areas of monsters and claim it as yours. * Build outposts to establish your presence. * Craft permanent weapons, tools, outfits, and trinkets. * Hunt various game or tame them for your post-apocalyptic zoo ranch. * Farm nutritious plants and reap the rewards as the crop gets ripe. * Solve puzzles above ground and underground in the Tombs of the Old Ones * Fish cunning scaly things under the watery surface. * Cook delicious recipes for permanent stat and ability upgrades. * Unravel the mysteries of the strange island.
Forager
Explore a vast 2D open world, gathering resources, crafting items, and building a base from scratch. Level up your skills, solve puzzles, and discover secrets as you expand your territory and forge your own path.
- Resource gathering and management
- Item and structure crafting
- Base building and expansion
- Skill progression and learning
- Puzzle solving and dungeon raiding
- Open-ended goal setting
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Forager is a 2D open world game inspired by your favorite exploration, farming and crafting games. - Gather, collect and manage resources. - Craft useful items & structures. - Build and grow a base out of nothing. Buy land to expand and explore. - Level up and learn new skills, abilities, and blueprints. - Solve puzzles, find secrets and raid dungeons! - Achieve anything you want! The choice is yours, you set your own goals to work towards! Start small and improve your base, skills, equipment, network of friends (and enemies!) and build your future as you see fit!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Forager at none against DYSMANTLE's 3. Forager also leads on price ($7.99 vs $9.99). DYSMANTLE's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (75% vs 61%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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
DYSMANTLE costs $9.99 and Forager $7.99 up front. DYSMANTLE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Forager asks for nothing beyond the download.
DYSMANTLE holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 469 and 688 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of DYSMANTLE's written reviews are positive against 61% of Forager's.
DYSMANTLE ships an update every 2 weeks, Forager every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DYSMANTLE | Forager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $7.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (469 ratings) — better | 4.2 (688 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.3% of reviews — better | 60.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 469 | 688 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #16 — better | #102 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 905 MB | 163 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 10tons Ltd | Balor Games |
Customer experience
DYSMANTLE
Forager
User reviews
DYSMANTLE
From 469 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Huge open world to explore
- 🔨 Satisfying destruction and crafting
- 👍 Engaging story and quests
- 🎮 Great controller support
- 💰 Good value for money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and performance issues
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 🤖 Repetitive enemy encounters
- 🗺️ Lack of fast travel options
- 💾 No cloud save support
Forager
From 688 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Charming pixel art and music
- 🕹️ Satisfying progression and crafting
- 💰 Good value for money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy save system and data loss
- 🤖 Clunky and unresponsive controls
- 🧱 Difficult item placement and building
- 🕰️ Lack of updates and new content
Bugs and requests
DYSMANTLE
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when entering certain areas
- Audio issues like sound cutting out
- Progression-blocking bugs in DLC content
- Inconsistent controls and targeting system
Requested features
5 requests- Cloud save functionality
- More enemy and environmental variety
- Improved fast travel system
- Multiplayer co-op mode
- Ability to customize the player character
Forager
Reported bugs
4 issues- Islands and purchased land disappearing
- Saving issues causing progress loss
- Inability to place certain items or structures
- Glitches with locomotive and nuclear reactor
Requested features
4 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More customization options
- Improved controls for building and item placement
- Ability to resize or hide droids
In-app purchases
DYSMANTLE
- Pets & Dungeons$3.99
- Underworld$4.99
- Doomsday$4.99
Forager
No in-app purchases
