Comparison

Despotism 3k vs Upload Simulator 2

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

Head to head
About

Despotism 3k

Manage enslaved humans to extract power and build your empire in this dark humor resource management sim. Features rogue-lite elements with unique playthroughs and a dramatic plot filled with pop culture references.

Highlights
  • Dark humor and satirical plot
  • Intense resource management
  • Rogue-lite gameplay with random events
  • Procedurally generated maps
  • Unique playthroughs with permadeath
  • Expedition and raid mechanics
Features
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Humanity is enslaved by an AI… which is awesome, because we’re on the right side of the conflict. Exploit puny humans to extract power and build your own empire! You’ll have to keep track of them to make sure they don’t succumb to exhaustion and hunger… although the weakest ones can always be thrown to the Bioreactor. In other words, this is a resource management sim with rogue-lite elements, dramatic plot, and an abundance of pop culture references. Also, jokes. Slaughter has never been so fun! Key features: 1) Humor as dark as your ex’s heart. Immerse yourself in the life of a merciless tyrant!! 2) Resource management on steroids. Think fast, to the point, and abandon pity! 3) Rogue-lite (Almost roguelike) Every walkthrough is unique due to randomly generated events. And every failure is fatal — you’ll have to start over! 4) Easy to learn, hard to master. It only takes a couple minutes to figure out the game’s mechanics, but using them optimally is no small feat! Core gameplay consists of transporting puny humans between various facilities using mechanical claws. They rest in one of the facilities and work in all the others. Puny humans are to produce energy for us (which is leaking constantly), they also have to reproduce and feed themselves. You need to plan your strategy and tactics in advance and track all your humans so that they don't die of exhaustion. The foremost roguelike element is that you can't save the game - you have to start from scratch every time. Besides that, a random event happens after every five feedings in the form of a text quest. A correct choice may provide some bonus, an incorrect one - well, you'll see! Many of the modifiers that you get due to the random events change the game's look significantly. In the second campaign besides resource management you get a totally new "raid" mechanic. Send your humans on expeditions around a procedurally generated map and earn resources without any limits. Come on, you have to find the Time Machine lost in the wastelands of 3k-land!

About

Upload Simulator 2

Simulate the process of uploading data to earn credits, upgrade your hardware, and research new technologies. Discover unique artifacts, craft modules, and customize your operating system with themes and wallpapers.

Highlights
  • GPU mining for credits
  • Upgrade hardware setup
  • Research new technologies
  • Craft modules
  • Customize OS with themes
  • Discover unique artifacts
Features
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Use your powerful GPU to mine credits and upgrade your setup even further! Get unique upgrades using your hard-gained reputation as an uploader! Use your uploaded data into the laboratory to research amazing new tech and boost your setup even more! Hack into the system and speed up your game with different abilities! Choose the format of your uploads for different outcomes! Find unique artifacts that grant you with different bonus effects! Collect resources to craft modules and modify your system! And customize your OS with different themes or even with the wallpaper of your choice!

Screenshots

Despotism 3k4 screens
Upload Simulator 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Upload Simulator 2 at every 2 days against Despotism 3k's every 2 months. Upload Simulator 2 also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 71%). Despotism 3k's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). 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

Despotism 3k costs $2.99 and Upload Simulator 2 $3.99 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 — 4.4 for Despotism 3k against 4.4 for Upload Simulator 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 18 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Despotism 3k's written reviews are positive against 80% of Upload Simulator 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Despotism 3k ships an update every 2 months, Upload Simulator 2 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Despotism 3k versus Upload Simulator 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDespotism 3kUpload Simulator 2
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.4 (32 ratings)4.4 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews71.2% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size202 MB125 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNikolai KuznetsovEnigmaDev Studios

Customer experience

Despotism 3k

All ratings32 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral6.3%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive71.2%
Neutral6.1%
Negative22.7%

Upload Simulator 2

All ratings18 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

Despotism 3k

No in-app purchases

None

Upload Simulator 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Despotism 3k free?
Despotism 3k costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Upload Simulator 2 free?
Upload Simulator 2 costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Despotism 3k or Upload Simulator 2?
Despotism 3k and Upload Simulator 2 are both rated 4.4 out of 5 on the App Store, from 32 and 18 ratings respectively.
Do Despotism 3k or Upload Simulator 2 have ads?
Neither Despotism 3k nor Upload Simulator 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Despotism 3k or Upload Simulator 2?
Despotism 3k ships an update every 2 months, and Upload Simulator 2 every 2 days. Most recently, Despotism 3k was updated on October 15, 2026 and Upload Simulator 2 on October 1, 2026.

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