Comparison

What Lies Underground vs Orbadrone

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

Head to head
About

What Lies Underground

Embark on a first-person puzzle adventure where you awaken in an unknown location. Explore, solve unique puzzles, and uncover a hidden secret. This game offers a calm yet stimulating experience with a handcrafted world and immersive soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Original puzzles
  • Handcrafted world
  • Immersive soundtrack
  • Collect clues and notes
  • Solve at your own pace
  • Unlock achievements
Features
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What Lies Underground is a first person point and click adventure. Waking far from home in an unknown place, POINT, TAP, PUZZLE and EXPLORE to access something DEEPER within. Can you discover the SECRET underground entrance? Driven under cover of darkness, you awake at a mystery location. You leave the limo with a letter from the redhead driver. Explore your surroundings, use objects and solve puzzles to uncover the secret underground entrance. Escape the noise and challenge your intellect with What Lies Underground. This isn't just another escape game; it's a thoughtfully crafted first-person puzzle adventure designed for curious minds seeking a calm yet stimulating experience. Made with passion by a solo developer, every puzzle is unique, every element handcrafted to draw you in. Why You'll Love Exploring "What Lies Underground": • TRULY ORIGINAL PUZZLES: Forget cookie-cutter solutions. Dive deep into innovative brain-teasers and clever conundrums you won’t find anywhere else. Challenge your logic and creativity! • VIBRANT, HANDCRAFTED WORLD: Explore bright, colorful, and distinct environments – a refreshing visual journey, not your typical dark escape room. Every detail is placed with care. • IMMERSIVE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK: Lose yourself in an atmospheric score, composed and recorded by the solo developer, perfectly enhancing the mystery and your focus. (Best with headphones!) • A PATH THAT UNFOLDS: Collect clues, read notes, and inspect details to piece together the intriguing inward journey at your own pace. What secrets are buried here? • SOLVE AT YOUR OWN PACE: No timers, no pressure. Explore freely, experiment with solutions, and tackle puzzles in any order you discover them. Your progress auto-saves. • PURE, UNINTERRUPTED PLAY: Zero ads. Zero in-app purchases. Just one, premium experience designed to respect your time and intelligence. Buy once, own forever. • UNLOCK ACHIEVEMENTS: 16 thoughtful achievements to discover as you explore and mark your clever solutions. • WITTY & ENGAGING FEEDBACK: Poke, prod, and inspect everything! Enjoy humorous and insightful text responses that reward your curiosity. (In English) PRAISE FOR "WHAT LIES UNDERGROUND": • “This is nothing short of amazing.” – Big Boss Battle • “One of the best new games on our forums.” – TouchArcade IS THIS YOUR KIND OF ADVENTURE? If you love point-and-click adventures, escape rooms that genuinely make you think, or simply cherish indie games made with heart and soul, then What Lies Underground is waiting to be discovered by you. STUCK? WE BELIEVE IN FAIR CHALLENGES: While the puzzles are designed to be solvable with keen observation, if you find yourself truly stumped, thoughtful hints are available at: www.WhatLiesUnderground.com/hints CONNECT & LEARN MORE: Visit the official website: www.WhatLiesUnderground.com

About

Orbadrone

Features
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You're an Orb-shaped drone with the ability to repel and attract objects, awakened in a strange cave-like structure in a post-apocalypse scenario. Discover strange materials with unusual properties and use them to navigate in this dangerous and mysterious place. Features: ● 50 levels to complete ● 3 types of difficulties ● 4 mini-games ● Customize the drone with skins that have different abilities ● 2D physics mechanics ● 2D light effects and environments ● Control customization to choose your preference Controls Use a joystick to navigate and 2 buttons to control your abilities.

Screenshots

What Lies Underground4 screens
Orbadrone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: What Lies Underground at monthly against Orbadrone's every 11 months. Orbadrone's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

What Lies Underground costs $3.99 and Orbadrone $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

What Lies Underground ships an update monthly, Orbadrone every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
What Lies Underground versus Orbadrone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhat Lies UndergroundOrbadrone
Price$3.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.0 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB93 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPositronic StudiosCarlos Saoud

Bugs and requests

What Lies Underground

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • Game keeps freezing
  • Objects disappear
  • Game not automatically saved
  • Game freezes
  • Text does not really help
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  • Game keeps stuck
  • Lost an item after placing it
  • Controls are clunky
  • Glitches
  • Cannot find objects
  • Tap multiple times but it doesn’t register
  • Unable to pick up items and click objects
  • Lost two different items
  • Game constantly freezes
  • Autosaving doesn’t work
  • Lost all progress
  • Crashes
  • Cannot go past a certain point because the game crashes
  • Game keeps freezing while zoomed into objects or while looking at something in inventory
  • Game restarts at beginning after closing and continuing
  • Randomly lost an item
  • Freezes all the time
  • Drawers don’t visually open
  • Some puzzles unsolvable without a hint
  • Error in one puzzle clue

Requested features

11 requests
  • Make a follow-up/sequel
  • Add more levels
  • Expand the story
  • Add a snapshot function
  • Add a sketch function
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  • Improve inventory system
  • Improve controls
  • Add more hints
  • Fix bugs and glitches
  • Add autosave functionality
  • Add more gameplay after going underground

Orbadrone

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

What Lies Underground

No in-app purchases

None

Orbadrone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is What Lies Underground free?
What Lies Underground costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orbadrone free?
Orbadrone costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do What Lies Underground or Orbadrone have ads?
Neither What Lies Underground nor Orbadrone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, What Lies Underground or Orbadrone?
What Lies Underground ships an update monthly, and Orbadrone every 11 months. Most recently, What Lies Underground was updated on November 2, 2026 and Orbadrone on November 3, 2026.

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